Senior Health Physicist

The Opportunity

The Opportunity Tetra Tech is looking for a full-time,
senior Health Physicist for our Albuquerque, NM office. This position is not remote.

In support of the Response, Assessment, and Evaluation Services (RAES) program, the selected candidate will:

• Perform Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) Final Status Survey sampling design and implementation.
• Perform CERCLA preliminary site assessments (PA), site inspections (SI), removal site evaluations (RSE) and expanded site inspections (ESI) on sites with radionuclide and non-radioactive hazardous substances.
• Operate and/or oversee field teams and be familiar with field equipment, including radiation instrumentation, for site assessment and radiation health surveys.
• Recommend adaptations and modifications of scientific or engineering methods using independent judgment.

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The following duties are considered essential to the role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:

• Possess or have strong desire to lead and implement complex radiological monitoring techniques and site characterization studies.
• Direct and implement MARSSIM 2 guidance.

• MS degree in Health Physics or current certification from the American Board of Health Physicists (ABHP)
• 12+ Years of Experience
• Certified Health Physics Certification
• Knowledge, skills, experience: MARSSIM

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 12 years of practical scientific or environmental engineering work experience in performing the responsibilities listed above. In addition:

• Experience in radiation exposure limits for workers, safe work methods, and decontamination.
• Experience with abandoned uranium mine sites.
• 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience using computer software including word processing, Minitab, ProUCL, spreadsheet, and database programs.
• Familiarity with naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) or technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) in uranium mining, oil and gas, or other industries.
• Experience with environmental remediation, mining and mine reclamation, uranium mining and mills, interaction with regulatory agencies, tribal lands, CERCLA sites.
• Experience with construction or construction oversight.
• Experience working with Principal Threat Waste (PTW).
• Comfortable assigning work to staff and cultivating health physicist junior staff career growth.

• This position is primarily desk work, however, occasionally (15%) you will need to travel and perform fieldwork.
• The field work is in Arizona and New Mexico.
• A physical capacity for working outdoors, often in isolated remote areas.

• The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made.
• Work outdoors in all weather conditions, both hot and cold
• Walk on uneven terrain
• Work in variable outdoor environments, packing heavy equipment, and excavations using hand tools.
• Carry field equipment (35 to 40 pounds)
• Don personal protective gear as…