Associate Health Physicist
About The Position
This role provides expert leadership in health physics and radiation safety, delivering oversight across radiation health programs, radiological dose assessments, emergency planning, and technical evaluations under both routine and accident conditions. You’ll support and maintain local procedures spanning radiation health, dosimetry operations, emergency planning, dose analysis, and radiation detection instrumentation. You’ll manage internal and external monitoring programs, ensuring precise calibration, testing, and qualification of instruments, and directing personnel bioassay, area monitoring, and environmental surveillance. The role also includes performing radiological analyses that support dry storage, repository work, transportation, and other technical operations across NNPP sites, including shipyards.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering or science field; or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering or science field.
- All candidates must be U.S. citizens.
- Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter.
- All candidates must be able to pass a drug test in compliance with FMP company policy and 10 CFR 707.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated ability to author high-quality technical products, e.g., event investigations, data evaluations, and formal correspondence
- Experience performing statistical analysis
- Experience in using and evaluating radiation detection equipment
- Experience performing dose assessments from a variety of data sources (field surveys, direct or excreta measurements)
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience interacting with a large relational database
Responsibilities
- Leading internal monitoring programs (in‑vitro and in‑vivo)
- Establishing controls for mixed radionuclide work
- Evaluating radiation detection equipment
- Running external monitoring programs
- Performing dose assessments
- Using historical records to prepare exposure histories
- Conducting radiological engineering calculations
- Overseeing technical work documents and characterization plans
- Partnering with work groups to ensure efficient, compliant execution
- Serving in an assigned capacity within the Radiological Emergency Response Organization
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
- Disability, Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Savings program & Capital Accumulation Plan
- Personal & Medical Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Tuition Assistance for Eligible Employees
- Student Debt Benefit
- Personal Time Off Sell Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Wellness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
