HP Vacancy at NIST

[Timothy Mengers <tmengers@nist.gov>]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Occupational Health and

Safety Division, Health Physics Group, NIST MS3542 Gaithersburg MD 20899.  



NIST has an opening for a Health Physicist (Payband ZP1306-IV) for daily

supervision of the Laboratory Health Physics Group (LHPG). The group

includes two technicians, two professional HPs and one supervisor

(currently vacant). The group is responsible for radiation safety and

regulatory compliance for a broad scope materials license, and a variety of

ionizing and non-ionizing radiation producing machines, assuring compliance

with the SNM and distribution licenses, NRC, OSHA, DOT, IATA, and EPA

regulations. The machines include accelerators up to 32 MeV, a synchrotron

UV light source, x-ray machines, and electron microscopes, lasers, and

microwaves. The group performs radiation safety training, dosimetry,

bioassays, RAM inventory control for sealed and unsealed sources with

isotopes ranging from H-3 to Am-241, shipping and receiving, effluent and

environmental monitoring, lab instrument QC, contamination monitor and

survey instrument calibrations, lab surveys, and other license support

duties. The primary customers of the LHPG are the scientists of the NIST

Physics Laboratory. The Physics Laboratory provides primary instrument

calibration services for neutron, alpha, beta, x-ray, and gamma

measurements.  It provides primary isotope standards for distribution to

secondary labs. The laboratory uses accelerators, high dose gamma cells,

and radiochemical processes for fundamental research on materials

properties.  



The applicant must possess skill in working with a diverse group of

scientists, technicians, and support staff, and in building teams and

consensus. The supervisor shall serve as a HP technical expert (CHP or

equivalent experience is desirable) and will be responsible for daily

management of the group. This will include training, assignment of duties,

and oversight of results. The supervisor shall manage performance plans and

evaluations. The supervisor shall participate in facility surveys and

program audits, and cover staff duties as required. The position requires

radiation safety committee interaction, policy recommendations, and review,

modification and approval of procedures. The incumbent shall participate

with operational health physics research presentations and publications. 



To apply use the Commerce Opportunities On Line Web site at

http://www.jobs.doc.gov/ and search the National Institute Of Standards

Vacancy Announcements for the HP position.   



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