Health Physics Field Coordinator

Overview

What You Will Do

This position will be filled at either Health Physics Field Coordinator 1 or Health Physics Field Coordinator 2, depending on the skills of the selected candidate(s). Additional job responsibilities, outlined below, will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level. The Radiation Protection Division has a need for an operational Health Physics Field Coordinator (HPFC) supporting LANL programs and projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) deployed Health Physics group RP-TA55.

Reporting to the RP-TA55 Radiation Protection Manager, the operational HPFC is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Radiation Protection (RP) program while supporting work execution. Provides Health Physics radiation protection services and support and ensures radiological controls are correctly applied for radiological work and high hazard radiological work. The HPFC will assist the Radiation Protection Program, by supporting work execution and coordinating Radiological Control Technicians resources.

HPFC will interact with construction, maintenance, and Programmatic personnel to help ensure the appropriate radiological controls are in place, provide guidance and mentoring to assigned RCTS, respond to radiological incidents, and ensure work documents and permits are readily available for work.

Health Physics Field Coordinator 1 Salary Range: (94,)

Health Physics Field Coordinator 1 is a working technician who may also serve as the primary point of contact for planning, coordination of resources, and ensuring radiological work planning controls are correctly applied. Implements the essential components of the Radiation Protection Program. Developing professional expertise, applies Laboratory policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues. Provides resolutions to an assortment of problems of moderately complex scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.

Contributes to the fulfillment of projects and organizational objectives.

Health Physics Field Coordinator 2 Salary Range: $104,100- $172,200

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, Health Physics Field Coordinator 2 will have: specialized knowledge and demonstrated experience responding to radiological incidents and emergencies, demonstrated in depth problem solving and analytical skills as well as the demonstrated ability to prepare and present radiological safety/protection reports to peers and managers in the directorate. Must be able to obtain TSQP qualification (LANL provide training).

May act as lead person or technical advisor on small to medium projects related to radiation protection. May also act as mentor and provide technical and professional guidance to less experienced health physicists and technicians.

What You Need

Minimum

Job Requirements:

Health Physics Field Coordinator 1:

• Knowledge and experience with nuclear material radiation protection principles, practices and ability to implement those principles in at least one area of health physics (e.g. accelerators, reactors, actinides, dosimetry, instrumentation, etc.).
• Knowledge and experience with radiation monitoring, personnel exposure control, dosimetry, calibration of instrumentation and other health physics activities.
• Knowledge and experience with radiological controls and the surveillance of related safety measures and requirements.
• Knowledge and experience responding to radiological incidents and emergencies.
• Experience and demonstrated skill in conducting research, investigating alternative solutions, and recommending solutions on problems affecting radiological safety/protection.
• Skill to conceptualize and communicate major elements of radiation control procedures to both technical and non-technical personnel.
• Skill in the preparation and presentation of radiological safety/protection reports. Knowledge of the Laboratory's radiological safety policies, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of legal requirements and environmental impacts affecting radiological safety/protection. Demonstrated knowledge of radiation protections reporting systems.
• The selected candidate must be able to…