About this role
Job Summary
You will serve as a HEALTH PHYSICIST in the Radiation Health Division (Code 105.5), Radiological Control Office (Code 105) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.
Qualifications
GS-09: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also 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 applying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations, NAVSEA policies and procedures, BUMED policies and procedures, Federal regulations, State regulations, shipyard regulations, and/or applicable technical manuals sufficient to adapt or extrapolate pertinent guidelines.
Experience applying professional knowledge of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Radiological Control Office, and Radiation Health Division. Experience applying the operating principles of naval nuclear reactors and reactor systems. Experience in applying detailed knowledge of theories, principles, standards and applications of health physics and radiological controls, including associated disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, physics, nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology. Experience applying the theories, principles, technical applications of radiation dosimetry, radioactivity analysis, environmental monitory, radiation safety, and emergency response and the ability to adapt this knowledge to a complex industrial radiation health program.
GS-07: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Experience applying the fundamentals of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Radiological Control Office, and Radiation Health Division. Experience in applying the theories, principles, standards and applications of health physics and radiological controls, including associated disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, physics, nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology.
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 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.
Major Duties
- You will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining complex dosimetry processing instrumentation and associated software and procedures for various types of routine and unusual dosimetry occurrences.
- You will compile and examine radiological analysis data, validate equipment performance through trend analysis, analyze results to ensure they are accurate and performed in accordance with specified techniques and requirements.
- You will provide oversight and technical assistance for the collection of routine and special environmental samples and survey data and also review, analyze, compile and perform statistical analyses and monitor trends with this data.
- You will compile historical exposure records for each new radiation worker, request and record radiation exposure data, and review radiation exposure data in the medical record for completeness and accuracy.
- You will oversee the collection of a broad range of radiological surveys and samples necessary to assess the magnitude of the emergency and the risk to shipyard personnel and surrounding community.