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Job opening: Health Physicist

Salary: $94 199 - 145 617 per year
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This Health Physicist position is located in the US Army Communications and Electronics Command, Directorate for Safety Rad Anal & Compl Div (ASC), at Aberdeen Proving Ground MD.

Duties

Serves as senior health physicist for the development and implementation of CECOM installation and worldwide radiation safety programs. Designated as the technical point of contact for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and control of thermal imaging systems. Conduct inspections of the Army National Guard Radiation Safety Programs to ensure compliance to NRC license requirements and DoD regulations. Provide training to qualify personnel to serve as a Radiation Safety Officer and ship Class 7, Radioactive material. Performs or directs the investigation of accidents and incidents involving radioactive materials and ionizing radiation producing devices. Perform quality assurance test on various Dental X-ray systems. Develop/review procedures for the calibration of radiation detection instrumentation and sample analysis counting equipment.

Requirements

  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. ???Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas EmploymentPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. ALL candidates must possess the Basic Educational Requirement to be considered for this position. Basic Educational Requirement-Health Physicist 1306 (Transcripts Required)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 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 above. In addition to the competencies, to qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do this work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Advise on two or more radiation safety protective equipment such as sensors, detectors and decontamination equipment to support results of ionizing and nonionizing radiation evaluation; 2) Prepare evaluation plans relating to radiation hazard threats; and 3) Provide the planning of long-range radiation safety studies to minimize/eliminate radiation hazards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower pay band or grade/level in the federal service (NH-02/GS-11).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

  • Address AG-APF-W4GVAA USA HQ COMM ELECT CMD DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
  • Name: Army Applicant Help Desk

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