Associate Radiation Safety Officer

Associate Radiation Safety Officer

Everett, WA, USA

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Powers mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the companys activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

The Associated Radiation Safety Officer supports the Terra Power Radiation Safety Officer in directing and administering the Terra Power Radiation Safety Program. The Associate Radiation Safety Officer is expected to have experience with interpreting regulations, licensing, and communicating with regulators. The Associate Radiation Safety Officer is expected to have a strong foundation of health physicist work, have excellent communication skills, and be self-directed and highly independent requiring minimal supervision.

The ARSO will have supervisory duties for part of the Health Physics Team. The ARSO will be expected to communicate internally and externally with various organizations including regulators.

• Administer the Radiation Safety Program with oversight from the Radiation Safety Officer.
• Ensure Terra Power radiation activities are compliant with regulations, licensing, and Terra Power policies.
• Generate and oversee Radiation Work Permits for non-routine tasks.
• Direct and/or lead response to off-normals in consultation with the Radiation Safety Officer.
• Assist the Radiation Safety Officer in the investigation of accidents involving radioactive material and/or radiological work.
• Provide oversight and direction of Health Physicists and Health Physicist Technicians.
• Assist the Radiation Safety Officer with permitting, licensing, and compliance related activities as directed.
• Assist the Radiation Safety Officer with reporting to the internal Terra Power Safety Committees and regulators.
• Generate licensing amendments and permitting applications.
• Compile extensive data and summarize for internal and external review.
• Perform routine reviews of the Radiation Safety Program and records generated by radiation workers and the Health Physics Team.
• Coordinate with internal and external groups to progress Terra Power objectives.
• Assist or perform routine audits of the Radiation Safety Program.
• Supervisory duties as assigned for members of the Health Physics Team.
• Review usage of radiological instrumentation for proper application.
• Review and assist the RSO in establishing dose limits and ALARA controls.
• Ability to apply principles and practices of health physics.
• Analyze data qualitative and quantitative.
• Review and provide professional judgement for radiation and radioactive material hazards.
• Perform contamination and exposure rate surveys.
• Perform routine inspections of laboratory and radiological conditions.
• Deploy and collect airborne monitoring equipment and filters.
• Provide operational radiation safety support and serve as points of contact for Terra Power radiation workers.
• Provide daily operational/laboratory support to ensure appropriate instruments and equipment are functional and adequate to support Terra Power operations.
• Review, survey, and complete shipments of Class 7 Radioactive Material including receipt inspections.
• Purchase, maintain, and calibrate radiological instruments.
• Assist in maintaining inventory and supplies of health physics materials and equipment.
• Perform and direct decontamination as necessary.
• Effectively communicate radiation protection requirements to personnel.
• Provide radiation safety training and instrumentation training to Terra Power…