Radiation Safety Programs & Services Technical Leader/Alternate Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is important for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$231,660- $293,760 annually

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for the Radiation Safety Programs & Services Technical Leader/Alternate Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager (RP FAM) to provide highly advanced technical expertise and leadership to all aspects of LLNL’s Radiation Safety Program and associated analytical laboratories and services. This position is in the Radiation Protection Functional Area (RPFA) within the Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H) Directorate.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.

You will 

• Partner with the Radiation Protection Functional Area Manager/Radiological Control Manager (RP FAM/RCM) on day-to-day management and leadership of the organizations, disciplines, and personnel within the RPFA. Function as the RP FAM/RCM in their absence.
• Function as the Subject Matter Expert for 10 CFR 835, Occupational Radiation Protection and applicable Department of Energy (DOE) directives. Developing highly advanced technical/operational solutions to effectively implement contractual obligations.
• Supervise health physicists in the Radiation Safety Programs Group, providing technical expertise with the Environmental Functional Area and the Analytical Services & Instrumentation Group while ensuring contractual commitments and obligations are adequately and consistently flowed down through the group’s development of procedures and processes.
• Provide highly advanced technical expertise and leadership on all aspects of LLNL’s Radiation Safety Program to the ES&H health physics staff, developing innovative solutions to complex problems ensuring both institutional consistency and programmatic flexibility.  Responsible for high-level goal setting, strategic planning, and directing and accomplishing program goals and objectives.
• Develop and promulgate bridging documents between RPFA and the Environmental Functional Area and Analytical Services & Instrumentation Group. Ensure RPFA contractual commitments and obligations related to personnel, area, and environmental monitoring are addressed in the bridging documents.
• Serve as a technical resource to LLNL management, including providing emergency response support at the Emergency Operations Center and working with Public Affairs to address radiological issues that arise.
• Lead or participate in interdisciplinary teams to affect solutions to highly complex problems affecting multiple disciplines.
• Work with DOE staff and a network of colleagues from other sites to anticipate and ensure regulatory issues are effectively addressed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Health Physics or a closely related technical area or the equivalent combination of education and significant related experience.
• Extensive experience managing a radiation safety technical program at a large company or national laboratory and experience supervising and providing leadership and guidance to technical staff.
• Extensive experience with and an expert knowledge and understanding of radiological standards and regulations, including 10 CFR 835, Occupational Radiation Protection; DOE Standard 1098-2008, Radiological Control; DOE Order 420.2C, Safety of Accelerator Facilities; DOE