You will serve as a ASSISTANT RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (ARSO) in the TECHNCIAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENT of NAVAL ACADEMY.

Duties

You will advise on corrective action plans and processes related to the Radiation Safety Program. You will monitor and evaluate safety practices, equipment, and operational procedures from a radiation safety perspective. You will prepare operating and emergency procedures for the use of radioactive material, devices containing radioactive material, and machine sources of ionizing radiation to ensure compliance with pertinent Naval Radioactive Material Permits. You will provide technical and program support for Nuclear and Radiation Safety classes, programs, and student projects at the Naval Academy. You will assist the Radiation Safety Officer with the planning and managing daily operations of USNA radiological processes, ensuring compliance with all pertinent regulations.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Incumbent must receive favorable ANACI background investigation.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• Must be able to respond within normal commuting time, less than 2 hours if offsite, when Radiological Affairs Support Program (RSP) operations are being performed or when acting for the RSO.
• Must maintain assistant Radiation Safety Officer Certification and all other mandatory certifications required by RAD 10 guidelines.
• The RAD-010 document requires the ARSO to successfully complete the S-41-0016 Radiation Safety Officer Training Course and the S-553-1111 Transportation of RAM course or its equivalent from NAVSEADET- RASO.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card to make official government purchases for goods and services.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Implementing radiation safety program activities in accordance with organization mission and objectives; 2) Coordinating with personnel on the administration of the radiation safety program; 3) Evaluating radiation safety operations to ensure compliance with directives and regulations; and 4) Monitoring radiological health programs to ensure compliance with radiation safety requirements, procedures, or policies. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/health-physics-series-1306/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree or higher in natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus OR have a combination of education and experience with courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described above.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL ACADEMY 121 Blake Road Annapolis, MD 21402 US
• Name: Lauren Cross
• Phone: (410) 293-3388
• Email: [email protected]