HEALTH PHYSICIST

U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD seeks a Health Physicist in the Radiation Health Division (Code 105.5) within the Radiological Control Office (Code 105). The role supports dosimetry, environmental sampling, data analysis, and exposure record review in a naval shipyard setting.

Responsibilities include designing dosimetry systems, validating equipment performance, and providing technical oversight for sampling and surveys to assess radiological risk to shipyard personnel and nearby communities.

Qualifications

• Experience applying NRC regulations, NAVSEA and BUMED procedures and federal and state regs.
• Strong knowledge of naval radiological control programs and health physics principles.
• Experience with radiation dosimetry, radioactivity analysis, environmental monitoring, and emergency response.
• Ability to adapt health physics knowledge to an industrial radiation program.
• Education/combination requirements per OPM standards or ABHP certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain dosimetry processing instrumentation and software.
• Analyze radiological analysis data and validate equipment performance through trend analyses.
• Provide oversight for collection of environmental samples and survey data; perform statistical analyses.
• Compile historical exposure records and review radiation exposure data for accuracy.
• Oversee broad range of radiological surveys and samples to assess emergency risks.

Skills

Nuclear regs knowledge

Health physics

Radiological controls

Environmental sampling

Dosimetry concepts

Education

Health physics degree requirements

Job description

Summary

You will serve as a HEALTH PHYSICIST in the Radiation Health Division (Code 105.5), Radiological Control Office (Code 105) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Summary

You will serve as a HEALTH PHYSICIST in the Radiation Health Division (Code 105.5), Radiological Control Office (Code 105) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining complex dosimetry processing instrumentation and associated software and procedures for various types of routine and unusual dosimetry occurrences.
• You will compile and examine radiological analysis data, validate equipment performance through trend analysis, analyze results to ensure they are accurate and performed in accordance with specified techniques and requirements.
• You will provide oversight and technical assistance for the collection of routine and special environmental samples and survey data and also review, analyze, compile and perform statistical analyses and monitor trends with this data.
• You will compile historical exposure records for each new radiation worker, request and record radiation exposure data, and review radiation exposure data in the medical record for completeness and accuracy.
• You will oversee the collection of a broad range of radiological surveys and samples necessary to assess the magnitude of the emergency and the risk to shipyard personnel and surrounding community.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

GS-09:

• Experience applying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations, NAVSEA policies and procedures, BUMED policies and procedures, Federal regulations, State regulations, shipyard regulations, and/or applicable technical manuals sufficient to adapt or extrapolate pertinent guidelines.
• Experience applying professional knowledge of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Radiological Control Office, and Radiation Health Division.
• Experience applying the operating principles of naval nuclear reactors and reactor systems.
• Experience in applying detailed knowledge of theories, principles, standards and applications of health physics and radiological controls, including associated disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, physics, nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology.
• Experience applying the theories, principles, technical applications of radiation dosimetry, radioactivity analysis, environmental monitory, radiation safety, and emergency response and the ability to adapt this knowledge to a complex industrial radiation health program.

GS-07:

• Experience applying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations, NAVSEA policies and procedures, BUMED policies and procedures, Federal regulations, State regulations, shipyard regulations, and/or applicable technical manuals sufficient to adapt or extrapolate pertinent guidelines.
• Experience applying the fundamentals of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Radiological Control Office, and Radiation Health Division.
• Experience applying the operating principles of naval nuclear reactors and reactor systems.
• Experience in applying the theories, principles, standards and applications of health physics and radiological controls, including associated disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, physics, nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

• Degree: natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus.

or

• Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described in paragraph A.

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

GS-09:

• 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree
• A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience

GS-7:

• Successful completion of one full year of graduate level education; or
• Successful completion of a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement; or
• A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

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