Lead RadCon Technician 03939 NWP

Location: Crescent Junction, Utah
Title: Lead RadCon Technician
Schedule (FT/PT): Regular Full Time
Travel Required: No
Clearance: Ability to Obtain

Portage, Inc., is a technically diverse company providing consulting and project execution services to clients on their environmental, engineering, and infrastructure projects. Since its establishment in Idaho Falls in 1992, Portage has completed over $1.2 billion of projects focused primarily on investigations, remedial/response actions, and removal of radiological, hazardous, and toxic waste for federal, state, tribal, and local governments and private industry clients. Portage is ISO9001 certified and has an active NQA-1 compliant Quality Assurance Program. Portage is based in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with satellite offices throughout the country. On January 20, 2017, Portage, Inc., was acquired by North Wind Group.


POSITION PURPOSE:
The Lead RadCon Technician shall provide field implementation and oversight of the Moab Project Radiation Protection Program and implementing procedures.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement the day-to-day programmatic aspects of the Radiological Protection Plan;
• Work with the site operations to coordinate programmatic changes to the work processes.
• Communicate work actives and program changes to the Radiological Control Supervisor
• Act as point of contact (POC) for designated access point.
• Develop internal duty schedules to support project demands.
• Ensure that the site location has the required PPE and Radcon supplies.
• Perform air sampling, radiation surveys, and radioactive contamination control monitoring.
• Attend Site operational meeting as required.
• Develop RWP’s.
• Conduct personnel and equipment surveys.
• Implement access control measures such as posting and labeling and completion and management of records, ensuring personnel are meeting the RWP requirements.
• Respond to accidents and emergencies.
• Perform instrument source and function checks.
• Generate radiological data, records, and reports.
• Provide job coverage.
• Provide developmental inputs to action plans, work plans, and job hazard analyses.
• Conduct periodic work area walk downs.
• Calibrate and repair radiological instruments if assigned.
• Coordinate dosimetry services if assigned.
• Assign and oversee daily work tasks of RCTs and TQTs and ensure work is conducted in compliance with all applicable plans and procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Three (3) or more years of experience in applied health physics and experience in a field relevant to job requirements (Education may substitute for up to one year of experience—six months for a related AS degree or one year for a related BS degree).
• Successful completion of the Core and Site-Specific DOE Radiological Control Technician Certification examination.
• Current 40 Hour HAZWOPER certification or the ability to obtain upon hire.

Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrate the ability to follow procedures, work packages, and/or protocols.
• Demonstrate the ability to oversee and guide radiological support and radiological workers.
• Demonstrate the ability to use and source check radiological instrumentation.
• Demonstrate the ability to train junior technicians in the use of radiological instrumentation.
• Demonstrate the ability to document survey and data results appropriately and accurately.
• Demonstrate the ability to use different levels of PPE (including respiratory protection).
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with field project management and client representatives is essential.
• Demonstrate the ability to review and qualify HP data results and calculations (survey, air monitoring, etc.).

Special Requirements:

• Must pass pre-employment background check.
• Must pass pre-employment drug screening.
• Applicants are required to have REAL ID ACT compliant documentation at time of hire and nothing on record that would prohibit you from gaining access to Department of Energy sites.
• Ability to qualify as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Radiation Worker II and complete Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) worker qualification and pass a HAZWOPER/respirator user medical exam.

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