This position is located in the Division of Radiological Safety and Security; Decommissioning, Reactor, and ISFSI Health Physics Branch, in Lisle, IL.  The supervisor is David Hills. This position is subject to the Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is in the Bargaining Unit of the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 208.   More than one selection may be made based upon the staffing needs of the organization.

Duties

The successful candidate will implement inspection programs associated with the DRIHP Branch and represent the NRC with the licensees and the public.  Such duties include but are not limited to:

Requirements

• This is a Drug Testing position.
• This position requires a L security clearance.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience includes experience that demonstrates experience in the technical aspects of NRC programs and policies and inspections relating to programs that require work with radiological safety technology, including radiation physics and dosimetry, with particular emphasis on the use of ionizing radiation in medicine and industry.

Education

To qualify for this position, you must meet basic education and professional knowledge requirements that apply to Federal engineering positions and/or health physics at all grade levels, in addition to the specialized experience requirements. 

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

Regardless of the grade level of this vacancy, candidates for Federal Government professional engineering positions must meet certain basic professional knowledge requirements. Generally the knowledge requirements are met by having a bachelor's or higher degree in a relevant professional engineering discipline (e.g. nuclear, electrical, mechanical, metallurgical, structural, chemical) from a school of engineering with at least one professional engineering curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). However, if you do not possess such a professional engineering degree, you may still satisfy the professional knowledge requirements if you have current Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration in one of the relevant disciplines from any U.S. State or Territory; or if you successfully passed an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) written examination administered by a State Board of Engineering Examiner's; or if you have either a related professional degree or at least 60 semester hours of specified engineering-related college courses combined with at least a year of professional engineering work experience performed under professional engineer supervision and guidance.  

OR

Candidates must have a thorough understanding of theories, principles, and practices in the general field of health physics, evidenced by possession of a bachelor's degree in a natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics, including calculus or equivalent, OR completion of the courses listed above, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics. 

Contacts

• Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road Region III - Human Resources Staff Lisle, Illinois 60532 United States
• Name: Dawn M. Jonsson
• Phone: 630-829-9516
• Email: [email protected]