Emergency Preparedness Officer - Lucas Heights, Australia - ANSTO

ANSTO

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Lucas Heights, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Position Overview:

Ongoing I Full Time | $107k $120k +15.4% super | Salary sacrificing available
Sutherland Shire location I Health & Wellbeing Programs I Generous leave provisions
Onsite Childcare for employees | Work in a campusbased community environment
An opportunity to work in a specialised field of science and be immersed in interesting & inspiring work

About the Opportunity:

With the nuclear sector growing in the coming years, we are looking to expand our highly diverse and capable workforce for the exciting future ahead.

As Australia looks to ANSTO as the leading source of nuclear expertise, advice, and services, you will have a crucial role in providing benefit to Australians by providing advice and guidance in emergency management to our internal and external stakeholders.

The Emergency Preparedness Officer is responsible for implementing different activities to support ANSTO and client's preparedness to respond to nuclear or radiological safety and security related incidents and emergencies.

You will organise and implement training and other activities to build capacity in emergency preparedness and response, implement relevant peer reviews and advisory activities, and provide technical advice for the design, implementation and follow up for projects in emergency preparedness and response at ANSTO, local, national and regional levels.

About You:

Your Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop safety standards, technical guidelines and tools on emergency preparedness and response to provide adequate reference to ANSTO for development, and continuous improvement of robust arrangements for preparedness for and response to safety and security related incidents and emergencies, in particular nuclear and radiological.
Support ANSTO business units in maintaining and testing their local emergency response arrangements including assisting and coordinating emergency exercises and supporting improvement initiatives.
Provide technical inputs and background information required for the organisation for training courses, workshops, and exercises, such as training materials and exercise scenarios.
Contribute towards ensuring ANSTO's emergency response teams are suitably trained and competent to carry out their roles for ANSTO, national and international emergency response through the development of training drills and refresher exercises to maintain and build on knowledge and experience.
Maintain ANSTO's EPR and Nuclear-Powered Warship (NPW) Response kits in a state of readiness for immediate deployment.

About Us:

Benefits of Working with Us:

ANSTO employees are passionate about what they do. We enjoy being part of an organisation making a difference in the lives of Australians.

We support and reward our employees through eligibility for:

Training, development and mentoring opportunities
Performance based salary increases
Worklife balance with generous leave entitlements and flexible conditions

How to Apply:

For further technical information relating to this position please refer to the Position Description or contact Prashant Maharaj on For all other queries please contact Talent Acquisition on

To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.

Application closing date:
Tuesday 6th February 2024
**_All applicants must be Australian citizens._