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Our Environmental, Safety and Health division is seeking a Health Physicist to join their team. In this role you can expect to:

• Provide field and laboratory support for the Radiological Protection Program and our customers in Nuclear Waste Services and Project Management organization. This is a Hybrid position, amount of remote work will be dictated by the project's needs, requirements and deadlines.

• Plan, implement, and supervise radiation protection activities for work with ionizing radiation to prevent or minimize adverse effects to onsite personnel, the surrounding public, and the environment while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.

• Propose and conduct research and development projects in applied health physics to improve the radiological protection program.

• Please watch this video to learn more: https://youtu.be/zgJVJyQr51U

Position Requirements

• Knowledge of health physics and radiation protection theory and practice, the measurement and analysis of ionizing radiation and radioactivity, radiation protection standards, emergency response, and decontamination and disposal procedures are required.

• Knowledge of state-of-the-art detection and quantification instrumentation and spectrometric techniques.

• Experience with shielding design techniques, dose assessment methodologies, effects of radiation on tissues, nuclear and atomic physics research with radionuclides, ALARA principles and experimental techniques are required.

• Proven oral and written skills to effectively communicate problems and solutions to works and management.

• Ability to make judgments and decisions in emergency situations and to maintain interpersonal relations are essential, apply health physics principles to the operational demands of a research and development organization.

• Minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s and 4+ years of experience or equivalent, preferably in Health Physics, Engineering or Physics.

• Ability to model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of MARSSIM and experience in supporting D&D projects as a health physicist.

• CHP certification

This position description documents the general nature and level of work but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties and responsibilities required of job incumbent. Consequently, job incumbent may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Job Family

Professional Technical (PT)

Job Profile

Radiological Health Physics 3

Worker Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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