Senior Health Physicist​/Radiation Safety Officer NWP

Location:
Knoxville, Tennessee

Title:

Senior Health Physicist/Radiation Safety Officer
Schedule (FT/PT):
Regular Full Time

Travel Required:

Yes (25-50%)
Government Clearance:
Ability to Obtain

As a nationally recognized and awarded small, disadvantaged business with over 30 years of successful experience, North Wind Portage, Inc. is committed to solving our clients' most challenging environmental issues and creating and sustaining a better environment. Dedicated to developing strong partnerships with our clients and stakeholders, mixing innovation with proven strategies, and developing and inspiring our staff, North Wind Portage delivers exceptional customer service, quality services, and safe and reliable project completion.

Ranging from $5,000 to over $6.4 billion, our projects are focused primarily on design, investigation, remediation, and removal of radiological, hazardous, and toxic wastes from soils, structures, and groundwater for federal, state, tribal, and local governments and private industry clients.

The Senior Health Physicist (SHP) / Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) is responsible for the development, implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of radiation protection programs to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations governing the possession, use, transport, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials. The position provides technical leadership for radiological health and safety programs supporting environmental remediation, decommissioning, waste management, industrial, and government projects.

The SHP/RSO serves as the organization's subject matter expert on radiation protection and radioactive materials management, ensuring the protection of workers, the public, and the environment through the application of ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principles and industry best practices. The SHP / RSO will perform special project technical evaluation, development, design, planning, and support activities for dosimetry, air monitoring, instrumentation, MARSSIM / Final Status Survey, etc.

Potential areas of assistance include performing complex survey and sampling design, data assessment and interpretation, hazard assessment and control, and guideline development. In addition to direct support of active projects across the northeast US, this position will assist with North Wind business development/proposal efforts and provide professional-level Health Physics support, subject matter expertise, and oversight of other operations as requested.

• Serve as the designated Radiation Safety Officer for licensed radioactive material programs.
• Develop, implement, and maintain radiation protection policies, procedures, and standard operating practices.
• Administer radiation safety programs in accordance with NRC, Agreement State, DOE, DOT, EPA, OSHA, and client-specific requirements.
• Maintain radiation use authorizations, licenses, permits, and associated records.
• Lead internal audits, program assessments, and readiness reviews.

• Provide technical guidance for radiological characterization, surveys, and assessments.
• Support environmental remediation, decommissioning, radioactive waste management, and site investigation projects.
• Perform dose assessments, shielding evaluations, exposure modeling, and risk analyses.
• Review and approve radiological work plans, health and safety plans, and technical reports.
• Evaluate radiological hazards and develop appropriate controls.

• Lead all aspects of Final Status Survey planning, implementation, and closeout activities.
• Manage FSS teams consisting of health physicists, survey…