Health Physics Monitor

Job Title:                     Health Physics Monitor

Location:                     Helensburgh Argyll and Bute

Compensation:           £33,686 - £37,529 Depending on experience and qualifications + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF74819

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Health Physics Monitor at our HMNB Clyde, site Near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As a Health Physics Monitor, you’ll be part of a specialist team delivering radiation protection and radioactive waste management services across Faslane and Coulport. Working within a highly regulated environment, you'll play a vital role in protecting people, facilities and the environment through monitoring, surveying and safety assurance activities.

Day-to-day, you’ll contribute directly to the safe operation of critical defence infrastructure while developing valuable technical expertise in radiation protection, environmental safety and regulatory compliance. Whether you are already qualified or looking to develop into the role, Babcock will support your professional growth as part of a collaborative and highly skilled team.

• Conducting workplace radiation and contamination surveys and producing accurate survey reports.


• Monitoring personnel, materials and waste prior to release from controlled areas and carrying out decontamination activities where required.


• Supporting the collection, processing and disposal of radioactive waste and associated materials.


• Providing radiation protection guidance and safety briefings to support safe working practices.


• Assisting team leaders in delivering safe, efficient and compliant radiation operations activities.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde.

Essential experience of the Health Physics Monitor

• Knowledge of Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017.


• Experience working within safe systems of work.


• Understanding of risk assessment processes.


• Knowledge of quality assurance policies and procedures.


• Awareness of health, safety and environmental requirements within a regulated environment.

Qualifications for the Health Physics Monitor

Essential

• Valid UK driving licence.

Desirable

• Radiation Safety Practice City and Guilds Stage 1.


• National Vocational Qualification Level 2.


• MASM 1 qualification or equivalent radiation protection certification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.


• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 12/08/2026

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