Senior Health Physicist

Job summary

The Senior Health Physicist will lead a team in developing radiation safety controls, ALARA planning, and training for CANDU reactor refurbishment projects. They are responsible for reviewing design strategies, performing shielding calculations, and ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards.

Job details

The Senior Health Physicist will lead a team in developing radiation safety controls, ALARA planning, and training for CANDU reactor refurbishment projects. They are responsible for reviewing design strategies, performing shielding calculations, and ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards. Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree in Health Physics or equivalent and possess at least 10 years of operational experience in CANDU power plants. Proven experience in reactor refurbishment and the ability to manage a team of health physicists are essential.

What you’ll do

The Senior Health Physicist will lead a team in developing radiation safety controls, ALARA planning, and training for CANDU reactor refurbishment projects. They are responsible for reviewing design strategies, performing shielding calculations, and ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree in Health Physics or equivalent and possess at least 10 years of operational experience in CANDU power plants. Proven experience in reactor refurbishment and the ability to manage a team of health physicists are essential.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Employee recognition
• Flexible benefits
• Training and professional development
• Hybrid working culture
• Generous time-off policies

Listed skills

• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Health physics
• CANDU reactor refurbishment
• Radiation protection
• ALARA planning
• Radiation shielding calculations
• Team management
• Radiation safety controls
• Dose budgeting
• Hazard profiling
• Regulatory compliance
• Nuclear safety standards
• Technical training
• Project management
• Communication
• Operational health physics

Job areas

• Energy
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Science & Research
• Consulting

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