Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor

Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor based in Reading salary £45,000

Client Details

Leader in the provision of reliable and compliant transportation of government, defence and secure cargo across land, sea and air.

Description

SAFETY & COMPLIANCE

• Maintains safety and service quality as first priorities when working across all areas of the business.
• Where required in the case of non-conformance, exercises 'Stop Work Authority' to suspend operations involving radioactive materials.
• Maintains the highest standards of corporate & local governance ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with company policies, relevant laws, regulations, standards and industry practices.
• Supports the Legal, Facilities, Compliance and Assurance departments as required.
• Ensure compliance with any additional trade compliance laws for specific radioactive material or device that has dual uses.
• Ensuring the completion of a Root Cause Analysis for all Radiation incidents/exposures in facility/Field Operations of responsibility.

OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY

* Manage and co-ordinate the Radiation Protection Program to ensure compliance to CTS standards and local regulations in the facility/field operations under their jurisdiction, ensuring any potential improvements or other required changes are communicated to the Operations team.
* Develop, implement and maintain local radiation protection procedures and/or management plans as necessary to fulfil regulatory or client requirements. Ensuring Local Rules, work instructions, risk assessments and safe work practices (control of exposure) are in place for personnel working with radioactive material.
* Maintain, renew and update all licenses and permits pertaining to the use, storage or transportation of radioactive material with full traceability.
* Ensure that licensed radioactive material in the company's possession or used by the company is limited to those specified in the license.
* Ensure the terms and conditions of the applicable Radiation licenses are met and the required reports/records, such as personnel authorisation, exposure, inventory, surveys and usage records, etc. are periodically reviewed for accuracy and compliance with regulations and license conditions.
* Implement, monitor and maintain records of the radiation training program for employees.
* Maintain the leak test program and/or supervise leak testing of sealed sources as applicable.

Profile

• Excellent communicator who is able to operate at all levels
• Builds strong relationships with internal and external customers and works collaboratively
• Able to manage priorities working in a multi-site environment
• Highly organised and able to combine a range of tasks and manage a diverse workload
• Highly organised
• Eye for detail
• Have very strong knowledge required of Legislation
• Must have experience in dealing with inspection bodies.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, being able to communicate effectively with Certification Body staff, Senior Management Teams, Assessment Centres and their customers at all levels.

Job Offer

Generous employee benefits including flexible working, pension, life assurance, 5 days' annual company sick pay, 20 days holiday plus BHs with the ability to build up service days. We also provide comprehensive training and development opportunities for our staff.

• Salary £45,000