[Hiring] Senior Health Physicist/Radiation Safety Officer @North Wind Group

Role Description

The Senior Health Physicist (SHP) / Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) is responsible for the development, implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of radiation protection programs to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations governing the possession, use, transport, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials. The position provides technical leadership for radiological health and safety programs supporting environmental remediation, decommissioning, waste management, industrial, and government projects.

The SHP/RSO serves as the organization's subject matter expert on radiation protection and radioactive materials management, ensuring the protection of workers, the public, and the environment through the application of ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principles and industry best practices. The SHP / RSO will perform special project technical evaluation, development, design, planning, and support activities for dosimetry, air monitoring, instrumentation, MARSSIM / Final Status Survey, etc. Potential areas of assistance include:

• Performing complex survey and sampling design
• Data assessment and interpretation
• Hazard assessment and control
• Guideline development

In addition to direct support of active projects across the northeast US, this position will assist with North Wind business development/proposal efforts and provide professional-level Health Physics support, subject matter expertise, and oversight of other operations as requested.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Health Physics or related field
• Certification in Comprehensive Health Physics by the American Board of Health Physics (CHP)
• Qualification to serve as Radiation Safety Officer under applicable NRC or Agreement State requirements

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in health physics, radiation protection, radiological engineering, and/or radiation safety
• At least 10 years of experience in implementation and oversight of NRC, DOE, and/or DoD Radiation Protection programs in compliance with 10 CFR 835, including external and internal dosimetry programs
• At least 10 years of experience in radiological decommissioning, remediation and/or waste management programs, including the design, implementation and documentation of Verification/Final Status Surveys for unrestricted release of buildings and land areas
• Experience in using the RESRAD computer code
• Experience implementing the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM), particularly related to the statistical evaluation of lab and field radiological analysis results of samples
• Experience with addressing comments to assist agencies (DOE, NRC, EPA, etc.) to approve plans, procedures, applications and other technical submittals
• Experience with business development, including interpreting Request for Proposal language and writing proposals to assist in the pursuit of new work

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package
• Health, life, and disability insurance benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement for eligible employees

Working Environment

The work is conducted both indoors and outdoors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is normally mild to moderate. The employee may be exposed to moving mechanical equipment, machinery and vehicles.