Radiation Protection Instrumentation Health Physicist

What You Will Do

This position will be filled at either the Health Physicist 2 or 3 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Come join the Radiation Instrument and Calibration (RIC) Team in the Radiation Protection Service Group (RP-SVS) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. This Health Physicist position provides RP instrumentation technical advice and support, customer service, troubleshooting, type testing, and collaboration with the RP instrumentation manufacturers in the development or improvement of instrumentation. Our team supports the Radiation Protection Program by maintaining, calibrating, troubleshooting, and developing radiation protection instrumentation.

This position will include supporting the testing, evaluating, maintenance, and calibrating processes for fixed and portable alpha, beta, photon, neutron and tritium radiation protection instrumentation. You will provide support for routine and special operations at the Central Health Physics Calibration Facility for x-ray, gamma, and neutron RP instruments. You will perform special calibrations using a variety of radiation sources along with evaluation of existing and proposed instrumentation.

You will also participate in the development, evacuation, and implementation of new methods to improve radiation protection practices with regards to radiation protection instrumentation.

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, the Health Physicist 3 level will be responsible for the RIC Team's development and review of technical calibration procedures, and technical basis documents. As a level 3 HP, you will be responsible for supporting the implementation and oversight of the RIC Team's Quality Assurance Program. You will develop technical basis and performance documents on RP instrument capabilities.

You will develop solutions to complex problems requiring the frequent use of creativity, data analysis, and in-depth analysis of multivariable problems and situations.

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated knowledge of health physics concepts and practices, including the use and physics of radiation detection.
• Familiar with 10
  
  CFR
  835 and ANSI guidelines regarding radiation monitoring instrumentation.
• Demonstrated experience providing solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of applied engineering and scientific principles.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to exercise considerable latitude in shaping the course of small to medium projects by determining the objectives and approaches needed to successfully complete assignments.
• Working knowledge of and familiarity with radiation worker principles and practices.
• Experience evaluating alternatives and developing experimental or design plans.
• Demonstrated oral and written communications skills as evidenced by the ability to conceptualize and communicate major elements of radiological safety/protection to both technical and non-technical personnel.
• Skilled in the preparation and presentation of radiological safety/protection reports using personal computers and applications.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to work independently and as team member with minimal supervision.

Additional Job Requirements for Health Physicist 3:

• Advanced knowledge of health physics concepts and practices, including the use and physics of radiation detection.
• Advanced experience with 10
  
  CFR
  835 and ANSI guidelines regarding radiation monitoring instrumentation.
• Advanced experience developing technical documents, calibration procedures, and Quality Assurance Program.
• Advanced experience developing resolutions to complex problems that require the frequent use of creativity and where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Advanced experience developing technical basis and performance documents on RP instrument capabilities.
• Advanced skills to conceptualize and communicate major elements of radiological safety/protection to both…