Pantex Planner
Listed on 2026-06-26
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Environmental Compliance -
Government
Career Opportunities:
Pantex Planner (13187)
Posting ‑Posted
- Dept of State Health Services
- Radiation
- Life, Physical, and Social Science
- Not Eligible for Telework - c. $5000 - $6999 per month
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Employee Benefits:
DSHS offers insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS). To learn more about all the benefits available to you as a DSHS employee and other DSHS opportunities for early career pathways, visit the DSHS Careers Page.
Functional
Title:
Pantex Planner
Job Title: Health Physicist II
Agency: Dept of State Health Services
Department: Radiation
Posting Number: 13187
Closing Date: 06/26/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Life, Physical, and Social Science
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-25
Salary Range: $5,797.66-$9,508.25
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Shift: Day
Additional Shift: None
Telework: Not Eligible for Telework
Travel: Up to 25%
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt
Facility
Location:
1100 W 49TH ST (RDM)
Job Location City: AUSTIN
Brief
Job Description:
Performs advanced senior level Health Physics and radiation control work. Working with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment, coordinates development of emergency response procedures, Pantex environmental monitoring program, establishes and performs coordination of emergency exercises and environmental monitoring activities, acts as on‑site liaison to Pantex emergency responders during emergency exercises and actual emergencies. Coordinates with Department of Energy and DSHS to evaluate nuclear weapons assembly/disassembly processes and strategic nuclear material storage practices to evaluate accident types and potential off‑site consequences.
Coordinates with DSHS Radiation Control Program's (RCP) Pantex emergency planner to develop emergency plan and procedures governing response to a radiological accident at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pantex Plant. Participates in RCP planning and exercises activities with the U.S. Department of Energy and other affected federal, state and local agencies. Coordinates development of scenarios with Pantex emergency planner for emergency response exercises involving highly advanced radiological monitoring equipment and computer dose projection models.
Plans, supervises, and provides training for RCP emergency response team and other response organizations relating to performance of senior level health physics work. Performs independent scientific and technical review and evaluation of highly technical safety analysis and engineering plans for the transport of nuclear material on State and Federal highways. Candidates for this position will be subject to a pre‑employment security review to determine employment eligibility.
Essential Job Functions (EJFs):
- Performs scientific and technical review of Pantex Plant nuclear weapons assembly/disassembly plans and facilities to evaluate potential environmental off‑site consequences.
- Researches and reviews environmental and radiological emergency planning documentation in the development of DSHS environmental program planning for Pantex.
- Measures emissions from a variety of radioactive materials at Pantex Plant; determines and predicts the movement of radioactivity through the environment.
- Consults and coordinates with other state and federal radiation control, security, and emergency agencies, special interest groups, the public, or DSHS personnel on Pantex radiation and environmental issues.
- Develops and provides technical guidance on procedures based on health physics knowledge, radiation control functions and statutory authority.
- Maintains DSHS’s Pantex environmental monitoring program.
- Represents the DSHS Radiation Control Program in conferences, workshops and other efforts to resolve program issues involving other…
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