Job Description

Are you looking for your next challenge in a role that combines leadership, operational delivery, technical oversight and radiological safety?

We are looking for a motivated and professional individual to lead the External Dosimetry team in the safe and reliable delivery of an essential site service that directly supports workforce protection and regulatory compliance.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a highly visible operational area, lead an experienced team and play a key role in maintaining the standards expected within a modern radiological protection environment.

The role offers a varied workload, daily interaction with multiple stakeholders across site, and the opportunity to influence service delivery, standards and continuous improvement within the dosimetry function.

Principal Accountabilities

What You’ll Be Responsible For:
As Dosimetry Team Leader, you will lead the team in the safe provision of a quality External Dosimetry Service. This includes:
• Production and assessment of Whole Body and Extremity Dosemeters.
• Ordering, assigning and dispatching Neutron Dosemeters.
• Management and oversight of site PAD stocks.
• Managing the collection and counting of Static Air Samples.
• Overseeing the collection of Biological Samples.

You will also:
• Carry out line management responsibilities for the External Dosimetry team.
• Ensure the safe and compliant delivery of dosimetry services in line with statutory and company requirements.
• Coordinate routine operational delivery across Whole Body Dosimetry, Extremity Dosimetry, Static Air Sampling and PAD management.
• Act as a Qualified Person (QP) for the annual calibration of the site stock of Electronic Personal Dosemeters (EPDs).
• Act as Local Clearance Coordinator for the dispatch of dosimetry equipment to off-site facilities.
• Ensure equipment maintenance schedules and essential consumable stock levels are effectively managed within budget constraints.
• Provide technical dosimetry advice to customers and stakeholders.
• Produce, review and validate procedures and instructions where required.

This role would suit someone who enjoys leading people, managing operational priorities, solving problems and maintaining high standards within a safety-focused environment.

Why Consider This Role?

This is more than a supervisory position.
The Dosimetry Team Leader plays an important role in supporting safe operations across site by ensuring critical dosimetry services are delivered reliably, professionally and to a high standard.

The role provides the opportunity to:
• Lead and develop a specialist operational team.
• Build leadership and technical experience within a radiological safety environment.
• Work closely with a wide range of internal customers and stakeholder.
• Influence standards, service delivery and continuous improvement.
• Gain experience in an area that directly supports nuclear and regulatory compliance.

Essential Skills

• Good leadership skills, with the ability to cope under pressure, motivate a team, set targets, hold individuals to account and provide direction and advice.
• Good IT skills – ability to retrieve, collate, manipulate, and distribute electronic data between and within multiple operating systems.
• Good interpersonal skills – able to communicate & collaborate effectively with personnel at all levels of the organisation as well as internal and external stakeholders.
• Good planning skills, including the ability to manage multiple work flows effectively and prioritise appropriately to ensure statutory obligations and customer services are maintained.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Safety focused with a commitment to maintaining high standards.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of the Dosimetry department, its operations and services.
• Appreciation of IRR17 and an understanding of radiation dose and dose limits.
• Team Leader / Supervisory experience.
• Real time Demander experience / experienced Local Clearance Coordinator.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: Jessica Morrison

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to be 12th June 2026.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C (9-4) GCSE in English Language, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
4.1.5 Commitment to Standards
4.1.6 Collaboration & Teamwork
4.2.4 Team Leadership
4.3.5 – Holding Self & Others to Account

Technical:
315.5 Dosimetry Advice
315.10 – Occupational Health Advice

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

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The closing date for this vacancy is 31st May 2026.