Job DescriptionResponsibilitiesKey ResponsibilitiesThe Remote Sensing Laboratory - located at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington, DC - is searching for an enthusiastic and energetic individual looking to join our dynamic emergency response organization that is responsible for supporting several national-level radiological and nuclear emergency response assets. The selected candidate will be expected to:
- Collect and analyze radiological data from a variety of platforms and advise public safety officials on the consequences of a radiological incident.
- Utilize specialized tools and applications to calculate potential impacts to the public, workers, and the environment to support radiological emergencies.
- Attain and maintain qualification as an emergency responder.
- Serve rotating, on-call duty for approximately a third of the year, typically in one-week increments.
- Ability to deploy worldwide for exercises and responses, with as little as two-hour notice when on call.
- Maintain training and ensure job-specific qualifications remain current; as well as attend onsite and off-site training as necessary to maintain competency.
- Assist in the development of company and emergency response guidelines, manuals, procedures, etc.
- Develop and implement corrective actions and lessons learned.
- Develop training materials and train emergency responders accordingly across the DOE community.
- Assist with the preparation of technical reports and recommendations.
- Organize, evaluate, and interpret data by comparison against standards and guidelines.
- Plan and conduct work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, adaptation, and modification of standard techniques, guidelines, procedures, and criteria.
- Maintain the ability to present analysis results to a technical or non-technical audience.
- Conduct testing and evaluation of radiation detection equipment and acquisition/analysis software.
- Provide expertise, feedback, and input into the development of improved radiation detection systems and analysis algorithms.
- Provide scientific guidance on projects involving an interdisciplinary team of engineers, software developers, scientists, and technicians.
- Operate radiation detection equipment in field operations.
- Maintain subject matter expertise and proficiency on detection equipment to instruct during courses or offer troubleshooting during operations or events.
- Develop and design scientific and technical content for training exercises.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor/Manager.
- In addition to fulfilling basic ESH&Q obligations:
• Must address all aspects of safety in design and execution of work.
• Work may affect public health and safety.
• May help formulate ESH&Q protocols.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in health physics, nuclear engineering or a similar calculus-based (STEM) field, plus at 9 years' relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
- Experience with one or more of the following is highly desired: gamma-ray spectroscopy, operational health physics, and customer service and/or training development and delivery.
- Additional enhanced experience includes radiation detection, algorithm development, transport codes, programming, prototype design and testing, and training design or delivery.
- Must have strong written and oral communications skills and must show a demonstrated ability to work on complex applied projects in a group atmosphere.
- Must have the ability to interface effectively with technical personnel from other MSTS organizations, outside organizations, and government agencies.
- Must be willing and able to perform work during non-standard hours, take on-call duty, and deploy worldwide on short notice.
- Must be able to perform critical job functions while under high stress environments such as those presented in real world deployments.
- Must be able to meet Company requirements for worldwide travel including completing a medical physical and immunizations.
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment on a wide variety of tasks.
- Working knowledge of Office365, Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and Outlook is required.
- Must be fitted for and qualify for use with various respiratory protection and personal protective equipment.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
- Must be able to participate in National Response Asset Deployment activities, including flight onboard government aircraft for missions and deployments.
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain SCI accesses.
- The primary work location will be at the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Andrews on Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
- The selected candidate can choose from the following work schedules: 4/10s, (Monday through Thursday); 9/80 (off every other Friday); 5/8s, (Monday through Friday) (subject to change)
- Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
- Must possess a valid driver's license.
Annual salary range for this position is:
$121,867.20 - $185,848.00.Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
