JOB SUMMARY

About the Position: This Health Physicist position is located in the US Army Communications and Electronics Command, Directorate for Safety Rad Anal & Compl Div (ASC), at Aberdeen Proving Ground MD.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Serves as senior health physicist for the development and implementation of CECOM installation and worldwide radiation safety programs.

• Designated as the technical point of contact for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and control of thermal imaging systems.

• Conduct inspections of the Army National Guard Radiation Safety Programs to ensure compliance to NRC license requirements and DoD regulations.

• Provide training to qualify personnel to serve as a Radiation Safety Officer and ship Class 7, Radioactive material.

• Performs or directs the investigation of accidents and incidents involving radioactive materials and ionizing radiation producing devices.

• Perform quality assurance test on various Dental X-ray systems.

• Develop/review procedures for the calibration of radiation detection instrumentation and sample analysis counting equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. ALL candidates must possess the Basic Educational Requirement to be considered for this position. Basic Educational Requirement-Health Physicist 1306 (Transcripts Required)Degree: natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus or Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described in paragraph above. In addition to the competencies, to qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do this work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Advise on two or more radiation safety protective equipment such as sensors, detectors and decontamination equipment to support results of ionizing and nonionizing radiation evaluation. 2) Prepare evaluation plans relating to radiation hazard threats and 3) Provide the planning of long-range radiation safety studies to minimize/eliminate radiation hazards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service NH-02/GS-11. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Environmental Planning Health Physics Influencing/Negotiating Strategic Thinking Technical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) is the Army’s materiel integrator for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) readiness. As a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), CECOM collaborates with Army Commands, Program Executive Offices, other AMC commands, and industry partners to provide, integrate, and sustain world-class C5ISR hardware, software, and mission command capabilities for the joint warfighter. CECOM maintains a global team of approximately 9,000 Soldiers, civilians, and contractors and is headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD.