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Health Physicist 3

Health Physicist 3

Oak Ridge Associated UniversitiesOak Ridge, TN, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Health Physicist 3

Job Locations

US-TN-Oak Ridge

ID

2025-1896

Category

Other

Overview

Appointment Type : Full-Time Regular (FTR)

Location : Oak Ridge, TN (On-site)

  • Salary Range : $104,166.40 - $153,254.40 / Yr.

ELIGIBLE FOR A SIGN-ON BONUS

PURPOSE : The Health Physicist 3 provides Independent Environmental Assessment and Verification (IEAV) technical survey, document review, and special project support for complex decommissioning projects requiring special technical expertise in health physics. Additionally, this position plans projects and prepares reports on the results.

Responsibilities

Plans, performs, and oversees complex confirmatory / verification / characterization survey activities at facilities throughout the U.S. and sometimes internationally.

  • Organizes a team of 1-4 survey technicians in conducting surveys in accordance with established plans and program procedures.
  • Resolves on-site issues and modifies plans as necessary to accommodate site specific situations and conditions.
  • Travels an average of one week per month to around 50% of the work time. Travel can increase significantly during busy periods and can span multiple weeks at a time.
  • Prepares formal planning and reporting documentation including data quality objective development, survey and sampling design as described in the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM), and radiological data analysis and interpretation to compare to applicable release criteria. This requires knowledge and experience in areas related to decommissioning health physics.
  • Performs technical review of documents prepared by other organizations concerning characterization and remedial action activities.
  • Special projects could include :

    • Use of off-the-shelf computer software such as RESRAD, MCNP, and MicroShield.

  • Creating and quality control of calculations (e.g., spreadsheets).
  • General quality assurance activities.
  • Maintains radiation survey instrumentation including general maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting, and preparing equipment for survey trips.
  • Assures instrumentation is maintained and calibrated in accordance with program procedures.
  • Evaluates and recommends new equipment as appropriate.
  • Maintains all ORAU required and project-specific training and works independently in the office and at field sites after procedure sign-offs are complete.

    • Qualifications

    Bachelor's degree in Health Physics or related science and 5 to 7 years of job-related experience; or master's degree and 3 to 5 years of job-related experience. Health Physics Certification is preferred.

  • Experience in Health Physics / Radiation Safety is required.
  • Preferred experience includes :

    • Development of project planning documents, reports, procedures, etc.

  • Performing day-to-day interaction with customers, regulators and management.
  • Reviewing analytical data for adequacy / accuracy.
  • Experience working on field sites performing survey / sampling activities in Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) conditions.
  • Experience providing guidance and direction to field personnel.
  • Directly related experience performing duties involving :

    • Field and laboratory radiological instrumentation.

  • Radiation detection techniques.
  • Basic radiation protection and radiological instrumentation calibration.
  • Basic statistical analysis.
  • Detection system troubleshooting.
  • Instrument calibration.
  • Experience in electronics, health physics or a related field, radiation protection fundamentals, and effective technical or scientific writing (e.g., survey plans, procedures, reports, etc.).
  • Experience with radiation simulation codes such as RESRAD, MCNP, MicroShield, etc. to design shielding, calculate detector efficiencies, estimate radiological dose, etc.
  • Effective communication methods.
  • Experience with field sampling and survey procedures and radiation protection fundamentals such as described in the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM).
  • Knowledge of radiation survey instrumentation operation, maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting.
  • Knowledge of standard practices for field documentation and records management.
  • Knowledge of standard radio-analytical methods and procedures (e.g., sample containers, preservatives, storage, analysis, etc.).
  • The candidate's starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate's qualifications to determine salary.

    • TOTAL REWARDS

    ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU's business objectives. The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility :

  • Legally required benefits
  • Group Health insurance including : Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
  • Retirement plan contribution matching
  • Disability insurance
  • Group life insurance
  • Travel Accident Insurance
  • Section 125 reimbursement accounts
  • Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

    • The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility :

  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
  • Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
  • Employee Assistance Program

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