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Duties

You will serve as Scientist for the radiation safety program administrated by the Safety branch. You will daily interaction with other departments and tenants. You will work with other senior safety professionals and management to ensure the Command's ionizing radiation safety program is compliant with all applicable regulations and Naval Radioactive Materials Permits (NRMPs). You will assist in the development, and coordinate training and orientation programs, for all individuals potentially exposed to ionizing radiation. You will maintain an inventory of radioactive materials and their location. You will be responsible for ensuring sources are protected from loss or unauthorized use. You will ensure that appropriate operating procedures are being followed. You will assist to ensure that all required surveys and audits are completed in accordance with requirements and schedule.

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
• 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 pay band (GS-9/10/11 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Knowledge of radiological health principles, practices, and protocol; knowledge of radiation survey, monitoring equipment, and other radiological information; ability to understand regulations to apply to existing and proposed processes; ability to interact with radiological officials, health safety specialists and management; knowledge of radiation survey and monitoring equipment; knowledge of dosimetry procedures and 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=Group-Standards AND 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

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 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 SURFACE WARFARE CENTER 300 Highway 361 Crane, IN 47522-5001 US
• Name: Mary Bayird
• Email: [email protected]