Radiation Safety Programs & Services Technical Leader/Alternate Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager

LLNL•Livermore, CA

17d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World! Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact. We have an opening for the Radiation Safety Programs & Services Technical Leader/Alternate Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager (RP FAM) to provide highly advanced technical expertise and leadership to all aspects of LLNL’s Radiation Safety Program and associated analytical laboratories and services. This position is in the Radiation Protection Functional Area (RPFA) within the Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H) Directorate. This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the ﬂexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The speciﬁcs of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the o-ice and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.

Requirements

Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree in health physics or a closely related technical area or the equivalent combination of education and signiﬁcant related experience.
Extensive experience managing a radiation safety technical program at a large company or national laboratory and experience supervising and providing leadership and guidance to technical staff.
Extensive experience with and an expert knowledge and understanding of radiological standards and regulations, including 10 CFR 835, Occupational Radiation Protection ; DOE Standard 1098-2008, Radiological Control ; DOE Order 420.2D, Safety of Accelerator Facilities ; DOE Order 231.1B, ES&H Reporting to DOE ; and DOE Order 232.2, Occurrence Reporting and Processing of Operations Information .
Extensive experience with and expert knowledge of operational health physics practices involving a wide range of materials (H-3 to heavy element isotopes) and radiation generating devices (RGDs).
Advanced interpersonal skills and ability to handle highly complex, sensitive, and conﬁdential issues with tact, discretion, and mature judgment.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with regulators and other key institutional stakeholders.
Expert verbal and written communication, facilitation and collaboration skills necessary to effectively present, explain, and provide advice on complex technical information to all levels of management, regulatory agencies, the press, and key stakeholders.
Advanced analytical and computational skills to analyze complex HP data from various data sources (e.g., ISIMS; HP-DAP; HP-Ad hoc reports; REMS; LTRAIN) and proﬁciency using Microsoft Office products (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Ability to implement solutions to highly complex issues using highly advanced organizational, problem solving, conﬂict resolution, decision making and leadership skills.
Ability to handle multiple highly complex tasks in a demanding environment with conﬂicting priorities, tight and changing deadlines, and frequent interruptions while providing high-level customer service.

Nice To Haves

Certiﬁcation by the American Board of Health Physics.
Familiarity with LLNL and NNSS radiation protection programs and practices.
Experience in radiation protection training for radiation workers, radiation control technicians, and Health Physicists.
Previous experience developing or leading development of radiation protection program procedures.
Previous experience taking part in or leading radiation protection program assessments, audits, and causal analysis to identify and strategically solve radiation protection weaknesses.
Operational or Technical Health Physics experience in Department of Energy laboratory complex and/or commercial nuclear power.
Background in radiological engineering practices affecting radiological design, including specific applications to assist with predictive modeling such as MCNP, MicroShield, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager/Radiological Control Manager (RP FAM/RCM) on day-to-day management and leadership of the organizations, disciplines, and personnel within the RPFA.
Function as the RP FAM/RCM in their absence.
Function as the Subject Matter Expert for 10 CFR 835, Occupational Radiation Protection and applicable Department of Energy (DOE) directives. Developing highly advanced technical/operational solutions to effectively implement contractual obligations.
Supervise health physicists in the Radiation Safety Programs Group, providing technical expertise with the Environmental Functional Area and the Analytical Services & Instrumentation Group while ensuring contractual commitments and obligations are adequately and consistently ﬂowed down through the group’s development of procedures and processes.
Provide technical direction and/or consultation with staff conducting radiation protection training programs.
Provide highly advanced technical expertise and leadership on all aspects of LLNL’s Radiation Safety Program to the ES&H health physics staff, developing innovative solutions to complex problems ensuring both institutional consistency and programmatic ﬂexibility.
Responsible for high-level goal setting, strategic planning, and directing and accomplishing program goals and objectives.
Develop and promulgate bridging documents between RPFA and the Environmental Functional Area and Analytical Services & Instrumentation Group.
Ensure RPFA contractual commitments and obligations related to personnel, area, and environmental monitoring are addressed in the bridging documents.
Lead Radiation Protection Safety Program staff and contractors in the maintenance and development the Radiation Protection Manual for LLNL, associated implementing procedures, and related institutional procedures such as the accelerator safety program.
Direct the Radiation Protection Safety Program staff, external assessors, and Field Office Participants in the conduct of Triennial Assessment activities and serve as Assessment Team Leader, targeted Focused Reviews of various RP Program Elements, and have primary responsibility for assessment report preparation in collaboration with Assurance Management and the Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager.
Guide Environmental Safety and Health HPs through initial implementation of a Radiation Protection Performance Trending and Metrics program to demonstrate the strategy for performance improvement feedback in Radiation Protection.
Take part in causal analysis efforts for programmatic issues and events, and provide input to requirements specification for radiation protection application development and serve in stakeholder roles for multidiscipline applications affecting radiation protection.
Serve as a technical resource to LLNL management, including providing emergency response support at the Emergency Operations Center and working with Public Affairs to address radiological issues that arise.
Lead or participate in interdisciplinary teams to effect solutions to highly complex problems impacting multiple disciplines and work with DOE staff and a network of colleagues from other program sites to anticipate and ensure regulatory issues are effectively addressed.
Perform other duties as assigned.