Job summary

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

Major duties

You will design, develop, implement, and maintain complex dosimetry processing instrumentation and associated software and procedures for various types of routine and unusual dosimetry occurrences. You will provide direction, oversight, troubleshooting, and technical assistance for all instrumentation use and problem resolution. You will maintain complex analysis instrumentation, associated software and procedures for various types of routine and unusual radioactivity analyses. You will investigate, resolve, document, and review circumstances surrounding unusual health physics occurrences. You will conduct research projects and submit official correspondence with recommendations to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on important health physics topics. You will collect routine and special environmental samples, analyze the data, review for trends, and develop reports for NAVSEA, BUMED, State and Federal requirements. You will compile and examine analysis data to determine trends and demonstrate equipment performance consistency. You will perform complex functions and calculations to determine the actual or anticipate consequences of radiological emergencies and determine the appropriate action to minimize the magnitude; counsel personnel on health risks involved.

Qualification

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience understanding the functions and objectives of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Radiological Control Office, and Radiation Health Division. Experience understanding the operating principles of naval nuclear reactors and reactor systems. Experience implementing the knowledge of theories, principles, standards, and applications of health physics and radiological controls, including knowledge of associated disciplines such as: mathematics, statistics, physics, nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology. Experience applying theories, principles, technical applications of radiation dosimetry, radioactivity analysis, environmental monitoring, radiation safety, and emergency response and the ability to adapt this knowledge to a complex industrial radiation health program. Experience assembling medical records, laboratory tests, and examination results and extracting pertinent information from these results to complete necessary forms and logs. 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 Health Physics Series 1306 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. Transcripts must be provided.

Evaluations

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES INFLUENCING/NEGOTIATING PROBLEM SOLVING RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.