This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of Risk Assessment (DRA), Radiation Protection and Consequence Branch (ARCB).  The supervisor is Kevin Hsueh.  This  position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. This position is not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements

Duties

As a Health Physicist in the Radiation Protection and Consequence Branch, Division of Risk Assessment, the individual selected for this position would be responsible for the development and implementation of rules, technical guidance, and procedures in areas related to radiation protection, radioactive effluent, and radiological environmental monitoring for operating and new reactors.  Such duties include but are not limited to: 

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• This is a Drug Testing position.
• Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GG-13) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.  The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Detailed knowledge of and experience with implementing the principles, theories, and practices of reactor radiation protection, radioactive effluent, radiological environmental monitoring, and radiation health effects on the public.  (EXAMPLE: Describe specific training, education and experience that demonstrate your knowledge of the principles, theories, and practices of radiation protection sufficient to conduct technical and regulatory reviews of reactor applications and amendments, and provide guidance and support to inspection staff in addressing complex technical and regulatory issues.  Describe your experience in conducting evaluations involving complex technical issues in radiation protection, radioactive effluent, radiological environmental monitoring, and radiation health effects on the public.)  2. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with NRC regulatory programs for reactors including licensing, inspection, and event assessment.   (EXAMPLE: Describe specific experience, education, and training which demonstrate your ability to identify, evaluate, and address technical issues associated with NRC’s regulatory programs including reactor oversight process and licensing action reviews.  Provide examples of your application of NRC rules, procedures, and guidance to address complex issues related to licensing, inspection, and event assessment.  Describe how you applied risk insights and risk informed performance-based philosophy to perform analyses.)  3. Ability to independently organize, plan, coordinate, and conduct special projects and studies.  (EXAMPLE: Describe specific experience and training which demonstrate your ability to formulate project goals and objectives, develop project plans and resource estimates, evaluate and report progress against established milestones, and coordinate with personnel of diverse technical backgrounds.  Describe specific projects of high technical complexity related to radiation protection you have led or participated in, and describe your role and level of responsibility for completing project tasks and milestones.  Describe the results of these projects including any publications, awards, or other recognition.)  4. Demonstrated ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and to coordinate with other NRC offices, other government agencies, the public and industry groups on varied complex technical and regulatory issues.  (EXAMPLE: Describe experience in making oral presentations and preparing written documents, and the various levels of individuals for which presentations were made.  Discuss examples where you have used skills in communicating complex technical and regulatory issues to NRC staff and management, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, general public, governmental agencies, the industry groups or others.  Discuss how your oral or written communications have played a role in the understanding or resolution of issues.  5. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership for others, including providing guidance/direction to others to ensure appropriate focus/scope of activities.  (EXAMPLE: Describe specific experience, training, or developmental assignments that demonstrate your ability or potential to provide leadership of a team.  Describe specific assignments that have required you to work with a team environment.  Describe your experience functioning as a team leader or as a contributing team member faced with situational leadership opportunities.  Specifically describe any mentoring or coaching activities that you have engaged in with team members to assist in their accomplishments, to help maximize their potential, or to aid in resolving conflicts.  SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: demonstrates technical aspects of the NRC programs, policies, and inspections relating to reactors.  Experience in performing complex technical and regulatory reviews of reactor license applications and amendments.  In addition, experience associated with regulatory programs focusing on radiation safety, reactor oversight, and dose assessment.  A description of how you possess the specialized experience should be addressed in your resume, responses to the vacancy questions, and in the additional space provided for your supplemental response. 

Education

You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application.  Education must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of credibility of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency.  If you have multiple degrees (e.g., BS, MS, PhD) please submit transcripts for each degree.

Qualification for 1306 Series:

Basic Requirements:

Degree: 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

Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A 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 in paragraph A.

Contacts

• Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Human Resources Attn: M/S T2-A77M Washington, District of Columbia 20555 United States
• Name: Lindsey Redden
• Phone: 301-287-0519
• Email: [email protected]