Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: This Health Physicist position is located in the Directorate for Safety Radiation Analysis & Compliance Division (ASC), at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Duties

Serves as senior health physicist for the development and implementation of CECOM installation and worldwide radiation safety programs. Develop/review procedures for the calibration of radiation detection instrumentation and sample analysis counting equipment. Perform quality assurance test on various Dental X-ray systems. Performs or directs the investigation of accidents and incidents involving radioactive materials and ionizing radiation producing devices. Provide training to qualify personnel to serve as a Radiation Safety Officer and ship Class 7, Radioactive material. Conduct inspections of the Army National Guard Radiation Safety Programs to ensure compliance to NRC license requirements and DoD regulations. Designated as the technical point of contact for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and control of thermal imaging systems.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance throughout employment.
• The duties of this position require that the incumbent periodically (usually 25% or more) travel (sometimes on short notice) to world-wide locations, using the fastest mode of transportation possible.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. ALL candidates must possess the Basic Educational Requirement to be considered for this position. Basic Educational Requirement-Health Physicist 1306 (Transcripts Required) 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 (Transcripts are required) or Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or other education; (Transcripts are required). 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 above. In addition to the competencies, to qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do this work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Advise on two or more radiation safety protective equipment such as sensors, detectors and decontamination equipment to support results of ionizing and nonionizing radiation evaluation; 2) Prepare evaluation plans relating to radiation hazard threats; and 3) Provide the planning of long-range radiation safety studies to minimize/eliminate radiation hazards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service NH-02/GS-11. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address GN-W4GVAA HQ COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS CMD DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk