Senior Lecturer

Contracting Authority: MOD Defence Academy

Contract Length: Up to Oct 2020

Location: Gosport, HMS Sultan

IR35: In Scope

Pay Rate to Candidate: Umb/Ltd : £360 or PAYE £260

Minimum Requirement:

• Must have PHD in Theoretical Reactor Physics (Masters may possibly be considered)
• Must have 5+ years working/lecturing experience
• Security Clearance: SC

Main Duties:

• To educate and train personnel involved in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in the field of reactor physics up to RQF Level 7 (Masters level). This requires the post holder to be a technical expert and to deliver education in the form of lectures, tutorials and research project design and supervision.
• You must have in-depth expert knowledge and understanding in areas which include:
  • Nuclear fission
  • Neutron reactions, the neutron spectrum and moderation
  • Multiplication constant and reactivity
  • Reactor components, design and materials
  • Different types of reactor and their relative merits
  • The naval pressurised water reactor design and operation
  • Modelling neutron fluxes using diffusion and transport approaches
  • Reactor dynamics
  • Neutron transport codes using deterministic and Monte-Carlo approaches
• To participate in the design, development, execution and assessment of courses in Reactor Physics conducted by Nuclear Faculty; To design, supervise and assess student projects
• To lead the presentation and publication/documentation of work internally and externally
• To manage the scientific or technical research projects to improve systems or products.