Waste Management Non-Destructive Assay Engineer
About The Position
ReNuke Services/Oak Ridge Technologies is seeking a Waste Management Non-Destructive Assay Engineer for a client site in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This 12-month position provides oversight of non-destructive assay (NDA) activities for transuranic (TRU), low-level waste, and mixed low-level waste at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex. The role serves as a Non-Destructive Assay Expert Technical Reviewer within the Waste Management TRU Program Organization. The engineer reviews NDA systems, procedures, and data; validates measurements and reports; oversees NDA instruments and operations; and supports compliance with applicable standards, regulatory requirements, and waste acceptance criteria. The position also supports audits, software testing, criticality safety controls, and training and mentoring of NDA personnel. The role requires familiarity with relevant health, safety, environmental, quality, security, and pollution-prevention requirements. The employee must follow emergency action and conduct-of-operations procedures, report unsafe conditions, help ensure the safety of coworkers, and apply the five core functions of the Integrated Safety Management System.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in physical science or engineering.
- At least 5 years of relevant NDA experience.
- At least 2 years of nuclear experience.
- Familiarity with relevant health, safety, environmental, quality, security, and pollution-prevention requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in physical science or engineering.
- Experience with gamma spectroscopy software such as Canberra/Miron NDA 2000/Genie2k, Ortec Maestro/GammaVision, MGA, or FRAM.
Responsibilities
- Conduct independent expert technical reviews of NDA systems, procedures, and data analysis for compliance with protocols, ANSI/ISO standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Recommend improvements to NDA techniques, processes, and system reliability.
- Review, revise, and approve operating, calibration, and validation procedures and quality assurance documents.
- Review Real-Time Radiography recordings to identify items requiring detailed modeling, including density and matrix corrections.
- Independently perform ISOCS modeling for specific waste configurations to improve measurement efficiency and accuracy.
- Oversee calibration, certification, and operation of NDA instruments, and assist with troubleshooting.
- Support instrument operations and collaborate with engineering and operations organizations to diagnose and resolve instrument or performance issues.
- Support software validation and testing for NDA systems.
- Calculate measurement control data and review and approve control charts for trends or anomalies affecting measurement quality.
- Validate NDA measurement data and batch data reports in the Waste Tracking System for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
- Review NDA activities for adherence to DOE, EPA, and WIPP Waste Acceptance Criteria.
- Support DOE Carlsbad Field Office, EPA, and other regulatory audits, including preparation and on-site participation.
- Support implementation of criticality safety controls and criticality working requirements for NDA and waste characterization activities.
- Perform validation activities for NDA measurements associated with WIPP and LLW/MLLW waste disposition and disposal.
- Provide technical and operational support to operations and waste management program personnel.
- Support internal and external audit and surveillance activities related to WIPP, DOE, and EPA audits.
- Train and mentor ISOCS Technicians and Independent Technical Reviewers.
- Support revisions and periodic reviews of WIPP-related documents and operating procedures.
- Complete required reading and training, comply with applicable safety and environmental procedures, and report unsafe work conditions.
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