Senior Health Physicist – Radiological Engineer

Role Overview

• Provides technical guidance in support of company radiological designs and modifications.
• Calculates, analyzes, establishes, and incorporates proper radiological protection controls to prevent or minimize adverse effects to onsite personnel, the surrounding public, and the environment.
• Applies radiological engineering and health physics principles learned through formal education and comprehensive work experience for a moderate to large facility/project.
• Provides comprehensive technical, operational, and regulatory guidance on the company’s Radiological Protection issues under broad supervision.
• Performs standard to complex assessments, calculations, and/or monitoring to determine the proper radiological controls and shielding required to meet or exceed company/regulatory standards, while considering economic impacts.
• Prepares technical documentation and models to support calculations.
• Manages (tracking, estimating, etc.) and communicates changes to assigned schedule.
• Conducts peer review of tests and calculations for validity.
• Prepares briefings, presentations, technical papers, reports, and lectures for department management.
• Stays current on facilities, projects, processes, and regulatory procedures.
• Works independently on a variety of complex assignments.
• Serves as subject matter expert (SME) for radiation protection procedures that perform standard to complex radiological calculations, calibrations, data reviews, regulatory reviews, and assessments.
• Represents the group in meetings based on familiarity with Code of Federal Regulations, DOE Orders, 5Q RadCon Manual and Site Engineering Standards.
• Presents technical reports and lectures of assigned tasks to peers, facility personnel, and management.
• Performs research and analyzes new equipment to develop cost-effective solutions and improvements.
• Performs field walk downs as deemed necessary to ensure implementations are performed to calculated design.
• Functions as Radiological Engineer/Health Physicist lead or (SME) within company.
• Performs hazard assessments by conducting engineering evaluations for projects deemed to have detrimental effects to the company if proper radiological controls are not implemented.
• May guide less experienced professionals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering, health physics or applicable science or engineering discipline from an accredited college or university and relevant professional experience
• Thorough knowledge of health physics concepts, principles and techniques; general knowledge of related disciplines.
• Working knowledge of Code of Federal Regulations, DOE Orders, and ANSI standards that provide guidance and requirements for radiation protection programs.
• Familiarity with MCNP, SCALE, Origen ARP, MicroShield, HOTSPOT codes.

Benefits

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan – 5% immediate company contribution, additional matching for employee contributions
• Health Insurance & Prescription Drug Program
• Health Savings Account
• Telehealth with BlueCare on Demand
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Includes 160 hours annual paid time off (accrued monthly), plus 11 paid holidays
• Life and Accident Coverage
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement