Interdisciplinary Nuclear EngineerHealth Physicist

• You will serve as a Nuclear Engineer/Health Physicist in the Laboratory and Environmental Sciences Branch in the Radiation Health Division Radiological Control Office.
• You will organize and administer the Health Physics instrumentation program such as establish program goals and objectives and monitor progress and readjust as necessary.
• You will establish parameters for types of instrumentation required determine required analysis capabilities and design instrumentation configurations.
• You will conduct evaluation and analysis of instrumentation currently in use and identify problem areas and recommend changes where appropriate.
• You will perform quality assurance assessments to document the accuracy of instrumentation results and investigate unexpected results.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD) the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes dust heat ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets gloves coveralls glasses goggles respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour including nights weekends and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This may be a bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

For the GS/GS
IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (see Education section) 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 with nuclear engineering/health physics concepts principles practices and administrative techniques used to plan and carry out an assigned Shipyard Radiation Health program.
* Experience recognizing the effects of the nuclear environment upon equipment systems materials and personnel.
* Experience with the use of quantitative measurement and engineering techniques for evaluating the magnitude of radiation health conditions.
* Experience planning developing and carrying out a program/project determining the approaches to be taken priorities deadlines and anticipated complex problem areas.

For the GS/GS
IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (see Education section) your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 developing planning organizing and preparing project designs and protocols for research and development work on methods techniques work processes equipment and instrumentation assuring compliance with existing regulations.
* Experience coordinating monitoring reviewing and integrating efforts of engineers consultants physicists mechanics and others.
* Experience furnishing technical advice and assistance to managers supervisors employees and other specialists on the assigned radiation health program and on specific problems encountered.
* Experience understanding of the effects of the nuclear environment upon equipment systems materials and personnel.

For the GS/GS
IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (see Education section) your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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 planning and carrying out an assigned radiation health program(s) that entails the recognition and evaluation of a wide variety of radiologically initiated occupational health hazards.
* Experience performing technical Health Physics studies in support of a Radiation Health Program.
* Experience monitoring reviewing and integrating efforts of engineers consultants physicists mechanics and others.
* Experience assisting with developing criteria for radiation health standards for a variety of potentially hazardous conditions.

For the GS/GS
IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (see Education section) your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 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 planning and preparing project designs and protocols for research and development work on methods techniques and work processes assuring compliance with existing regulations.
* Experience monitoring reviewing and integrating efforts of engineers consultants health physicists mechanics and others.
* Experience using engineering and health physics sampling techniques and instrumentation.
* Experience writing technical/scientific reports.

For the GS/GS
IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (see Education section) your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 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 using engineering and health physics sampling techniques and instrumentation.
* Experience writing technical/scientific reports.
* Experience assisting with investigating unexpected results of instrumentation.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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.