You will serve as a Physical Science Technician in the Radiological Monitoring Division, RADCON Office of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will monitor and control several phases of refueling and primary systems components replacement. You will observe nuclear propulsion plant work processes, control radioactive material, and control radiation exposure and radioactive contamination. You will ensure appropriate corrective mitigating action is taken in the event of a radiological control casualty situation. You will determine causes of deficiencies or accidents and recommend ways to prevent them.

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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.

Qualifications

GS-08: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience performing radiological safety monitoring through prevention and control of nuclear incidents to protect shipyard employees. Experience performing various phases of complicated operations with radioactive systems projects. Experience ensuring compliance with radiological safety requirements and recommending changes to improve the safety and efficiency of procedures. Experience applying knowledge of a) radiological principles, requirements, and procedures, b) trade work techniques and procedures, and c) the design and layout of Naval Nuclear Propulsion systems to ensure radiological safety requirements are met. Experience evaluating various incidents and assuming full control of activities, directing necessary emergency actions to contain radiation, including "stop work", minimizing effects, determining causes, correcting deficiencies, and identifying mitigation practices. GS-07: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience performing radiological safety monitoring through prevention and control of nuclear incidents to protect shipyard employees. Experience performing various phases of operations with radioactive systems projects. Experience ensuring compliance with radiological safety requirements and recommending changes to improve the safety and efficiency of procedures. Experience assisting with evaluating various incidents and identifying mitigation practices. 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 and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-TECH https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/physical-science-technician-series-1311/ 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 may substitute the following education for experience:

GS-08: Successful completion of one and a half years of graduate education leading to a master's degree with major study in an appropriate field of physical science, or included courses in physical science, engineering, or any branch of mathematics, except financial and commercial mathematics.

GS-07: Successful completion of one full year of graduate education leading to a master's degree with major study in an appropriate field of physical science, or included courses in physical science, engineering, or any branch of mathematics, except financial and commercial mathematics.
One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements. If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

IF CLAIMING TO QUALIFY BASED ON EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD HRO Building 44/1 Portsmouth, NH 03804-5000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]