Radiation Safety Specialist

Appointment Type: Full-Time Regular (FTR)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN (On-site)

*Salary Range: $101,816 - $149,805

ELIGIBLE FOR A SIGN-ON BONUS

PURPOSE: To serve as the ORAU/ORISE Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)/DOE Radiological Control Manager. This position will also ensure DOE/Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements are met, provide oversight and management of ORISE radiological work activities to comply with 10 CRF 835, and establish work controls and procedures that ensure worker exposures are maintained to meet As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) and ORISE performance goals. The Radiation Safety Specialist will also serve as the ORAU/ORISE Waste Certification Officer and ORISE Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability officer. Additionally, will also manage the ORISE Price Anderson Amendments Act (PAAA) program and serve as the PAAA Coordinator.

Oversees and manages the ORAU/ORISE Radiation Protection Programs to ensure compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 835. Involving oversight, inspections, and audits of ORISE radiological activities as well as administrative management of the Radiation Protection Programs.

• Serves as the ORAU and ORISE Radiation Safety Officer (RSO).

• Develops ORAU/ORISE Radiological Protection policy and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable DOE/NRC directives and regulations. Routinely required to review and interpret impact of said requirements to ORISE activities.

• Develops training programs for radiological protection such as RadWorker II and laboratory spill training.

• Manages the dosimetry program for ORAU/ORISE radiological workers and visitors to ensure that personnel exposures are maintained As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA).

• Conducts radiological safety training and safety briefings as required.

• Conducts hazard assessments of radiological projects and activities to determine appropriate controls to ensure worker, public, and environmental protection.

• Issues and approves Radiological Work Permits to document controls and requirements.

• Manages and provides oversight of the radioactive waste management program. Serves as the ORAU/ORISE Waste Certification Officer for ORISE and ensures waste meets all applicable regulatory requirements and acceptance criteria for disposal.

• Manages the ORISE Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability program. Serves as the ORISE NMC&A officer. Requires routine audit and surveillance of nuclear material possessed by ORISE and reporting to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System.

• Manages the ORISE Price Anderson Amendments Act (PAAA) program for ORISE. Serves as the PAAA Coordinator for ORISE. Requires reviewing, reporting, and follow-up of ORISE activities that are found to be in non-compliance with DOE requirements.

• Provides input to the Occurrence Reporting and Processing System (ORPS) reporting that involves radiological issues.

• Manages the sealed radioactive source accountability program and provides appropriate tracking and reporting to the DOE RSRT.

Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Safety, Industrial Hygiene or related field and 10 years of job related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience requiring similar knowledge, skills, abilities, and performing duties as described may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

• At least ten years of work experience in the field of health physics. This experience would allow the individual to obtain sufficient experience in all disciplines of applied health physics: dosimetry, contamination control, hazard assessment, job controls, regulatory enforcement, and management experience in decision making.
• Must have extensive knowledge of Health Physics principles.
• Considerable knowledge of industrial safety requirements, industrial hygiene requirements, and environmental law regulations.
• Must have considerable computational and math skills in order to make complex calculations required by the position.

*The candidate's starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate's qualifications to determine salary.

TOTAL REWARDS

ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU's business objectives. The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Legally required benefits
• Group Health insurance including: Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement plan contribution matching
• Disability insurance
• Group life insurance
• Travel Accident Insurance
• Section 125 reimbursement accounts
• Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
• Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program