Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager

• Full-time
• Organization: ESH and Quality
• Category:
  Environmental, Safety & Health
• Employee Referral Bonus:
  Not applicable
• Job Code 1: TSM.
  1 Technical Manager 1
• Pre-Employment Drug Test:
  Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
• Pre-Placement Medical Exam:
  Not applicable
• Security Clearance:
  Anticipated DOE Q clearance (requires U.S. citizenship and a federal background investigation)

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

We have an opening for the Radiation Protection

Functional Area

Manager (RPFAM). In this role, you will provide day-to-day management and leadership of the organizations, disciplines, and personnel within the RPFA. Additionally, you will be counted on for strategic vision and technical oversight to meet the goals and objectives of RPFA customers and stakeholders. You will be a key member of the Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Directorate management team, ensuring that radiation protection practices at the Laboratory are effective, efficient, and compliant in order to enable the safe execution of work involving radioactive materials.

This position is in the ESH Directorate within the Operations & Business Principal Associate Directorate.

This position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home 1 day per week,after a probationary period.

You will

• Serve as an integral member of the Engineered Safety Department management team to formulate and execute high-level goal setting and strategic planning and serve as a key advisor to Laboratory senior management on broad issues of radiation protection.
• Provide overall leadership, direction, technical oversight, and personnel administration to the RPFA while managing the delivery of innovative, cost-effective, schedule-driven, compliant, and reliable Radiation Protection program. RPFA’s radiation protection program provides health physicists to field support teams, internal and external dosimetry laboratories, and environmental radiation monitoring programs in various departments.
• Engage and partner with the ESH Integrated Safety Teams to ensure mission-specific priorities and concerns are considered in the development and implementation of radiation protection policies and procedures. Establish agreements with the Integrated Safety Team Leads for the management of personnel performance and career development of matrixed RPFA personnel.
• Engage RPFA customers and stakeholders from a strategic level, to ensure comprehensive integration and teaming to operate with shared fate and as a valued and trusted partner, enabling successful mission execution and enhancing safety performance.
• Provide expert level understanding of RPFA regulations in the Prime contract to effectively liaison with the Department of Energy(DOE) Livermore Field Office on regulatory interpretation and to resolve highly unusual, complex and/or sensitive technical issues. Interface with external agencies such as the DOE Headquarters and the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board on radiation protection issues and matters.
• Develop and maintain meaningful, data driven performance measures for the…