Company description

Ringhals nuclear power plant delivers fossil-free electricity every day, all year round. We have more than 40 years of experience in electricity production. Ringhals is located on the west coast in Varberg municipality, six miles south of Gothenburg.

Our employee culture is characterized by competence, knowledge and positive people who want to share their knowledge. At Ringhals, we are constantly working to develop our business and our way of working to be able to meet the demands that customers and the outside world place on us. Therefore, we see the individual's development as a major part of the company's future. With us, you are offered personal development in a workplace with many opportunities.

Please read more about our business https://group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals

About the role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to grow in your professional career and at the same time want to contribute to Sweden's fossil-free electricity supply? Now you have the opportunity to do so with us at Ringhals. We are working together for a fossil-free future. To achieve our goal, we need committed employees who want to work at one of Sweden's largest electricity producers and at the same time contribute to a better climate on our planet.

Ringhals now offers an outgoing and independent work as radio physicist, or in the position of qualified radio physicist, in a group where there are great opportunities for personal development and deepening in specific areas of expertise.

About us

The Radiological Support Group (NSRS) at Ringhals provides specialist and key expertise in radiophysics, radiochemistry, dosimetry and radiation protection. We work with issues concerning the entire Ringhals organization, both towards operation and decommissioning. We handle official matters in the field and participate in both national and international cooperation forums. We staff and form an important part of the Radiation Protection Expert function at Ringhals, a function required by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, which consists of employees approved by the authority.

We also teach and are responsible for training in radiation protection and radiology and are part of Ringhals accident preparedness organization where we are responsible for staffing and training various radiology roles.

With us there are unique opportunities to develop and immerse yourself in one or more of the exciting areas of the business.

About the job

As a radiophysicist at NSRS, practical, analytical, strategic and administrative tasks are included that can span several areas; emission monitoring and emission analysis, ambient radiology and personal dosimetry, radiation shielding calculations and source term assessments, qualified nuclide-specific measurements, analysis and reporting of radioactive substances in reactor systems or execution, analysis and quality assurance of waste and clearance measurements.

As a qualified radiophysicist, the responsibilities are mainly analytical and strategic tasks in the areas of the activities. Reviewing, referring, interpreting and implementing external requirements and regulations is an important part of the work, which includes tasks that involve checking and ensuring correct application in Ringhals operations. As a qualified radiophysicist, demands are placed on the ability to lead, make strategic decisions and to translate these into operations.

Your tasks:

As a radiophysicist/qualified radiophysicist at NSRS, you can work with, among other things:

• Release monitoring and release analyses
• Skin and internal dose calculations
• Detector technology, measurement technology and measurement methodology
• Qualified nuclide-specific measurements, nuclide inventories and application of nuclide vectors, for example in release monitoring, internal dosimetry, clearance or radiological surveys
• Business development, interpretation and implementation of requirements and regulations
• Authority reporting
• Authority inspections and WANOaudits
• Teaching and development and production of training materials
• Radiation shielding calculations and source term assessments
• Contingency issues in radiology and radiation protection

Requirements specification

About you

We are looking for you who have a degree in hospital physics or a master's, master or doctoral degree in physics with a specialization in nuclear physics/radiophysics. Experience from the nuclear power industry is an advantage. We consider it a big plus if you have practical and analytical experience of gamma spectrometry, have worked with interpreting requirements from, for example, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, and have experience of other analytical tasks related to radiation safety. For the position of qualified radiophysicist, several years of experience and work in the role of radiophysicist, hospital physicist or equivalent is required.

Since you will be working in a Swedish context, it is important that you speak and write fluently in Swedish. You should also have a very good knowledge of English. As a person, you plan, organize and prioritize work in an efficient way, and ensure that deadlines are met. You take initiative, initiate activities and strive to achieve results. You work well with complex issues, have the ability to analyze and break them down into their components, and solve complicated problems.

Further information

We offer

With us, you will have an independent and outgoing work with great opportunities for personal development and deepening in specific areas of expertise. Become part of our team and help ensure a safe and secure work environment!

We have a lot of employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Place of employment

Ringhals

For more information about the position itself, contact recruiting manager Karin Magnander 0704310018

For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Lina Friberg lina.friberg@vattenfall.com