Nuclear Inspector
Vacancy No. KNRA/16/2023
Qualifications
For appointment to this
grade an officer must have: –
- Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: –
Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil
Engineering, Physical Sciences with a bias in Atomic or Radiation Science,
Risk and Disaster Management or any other relevant and equivalent
qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Membership with a relevant professional body, where it is
applicable, and in good standing;
- Proficiency in computer applications; and
- Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the
Constitution.
Duties and Responsibilities
- This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An
officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer and
will be assigned duties and responsibilities in any of the following
functional areas:
Standards and Licensing
Function
- Collecting and collating data on radiation and nuclear
regulatory standards:
- Maintaining a register of regulatory standards, protocols,
procedures, guidelines manuals and implementation of regulations and
standards on radiation and nuclear matters.
- Collecting and collating data on licensing, certification and
transport of radioactive and nuclear materials for dissemination of
information;
- Implementing and maintaining licensing control systems;
- Conducting safety evaluation reviews of radiation and nuclear
sources and devices; and
- Receiving and assessing the completed license and certificate
applications.
Compliance &
Enforcement Function
- Collecting and compiling data on compliance for dissemination
of information:
- Maintaining and updating the compliance control systems;
- Keying in compliance data into the regulatory authority
information system (RAIS);
- Undertaking compliance checks on radiation devices,
radioactive materials, nuclear facilities and sites; and
- Implementing an alternative dispute resolution program.
- Enforcing nuclear and radiation regulatory requirements,
standards, policies, guidelines, protocols and legislations so as to provide
for the protection of persons, property and the environment against the
harmful effects of radiation;
- Recording statements on nuclear and radiation related
enforcement actions.
Nuclear Safety and
Safeguards
- Development and maintenance of national nuclear alarm
assessment procedures;
- Preparing data on nuclear safety assurance measures;
- Assessing adequacy of nuclear safety measures;
- Assisting in the provision of Secretariat services to the EU
CBRN Center of Excellence for ECA Region; and
- Development and review of national Emergency CBRN Response.
Nuclear Security and
Protection
- Development of guidelines and standards for physical security
of nuclear and other radioactive materials;
- Ensuring the implementation of rapid and comprehensive
measures to locate and, where appropriate, recover missing or stolen
nuclear material;
- Development and implementation of escorting procedures for
nuclear and other radioactive elements
- Reviewing contingency plans for physical protection of
nuclear and other radioactive materials;
- Reviewing plans for protecting the confidentiality of
information;
- Coordinate activities to be carried out in collaboration with
national intelligence gathering institutions to define the design basis
threat for the NPP.
- Check the assessment of the facility’s characteristics used
to design the physical protection system, ensuring that no measures are
detrimental to nuclear and radiation safety;
- Ensure that the passive components of the physical protection
system include deterrents, obstructions of access and means of delaying
the entry and escape of intruders;
- Check that the information contained in the physical
protection system, including its specifications, is covered by an
appropriate classification system;
- Assess the physical protection measures envisaged for the
domestic transport, import and export of nuclear and other radioactive
materials;
- Implement a regular inspection programme to verify compliance
with the physical protection conditions established in the license in
force;
- Participate in the drafting of physical protection standards,
as an expert in the field; and
- Periodically check on the facility’s design to determine any
threat and any revisions to the physical protection system that are deemed
necessary.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified
candidates are hereby invited to apply by filling the KNRA Employment Application Form from https://knra.co.ke/careers/ then attaching scan
copies of academic certificates ONLY, and submitting through email address: careers@knra.co.ke or
post to the address below, on
or before 21st July 2023 at 1700hrs.
The Director General,
Kenya Nuclear
Regulatory Authority,
P.O. Box
19841-00202 KNH.
NAIROBI.
