Technologist I

Job Title

Technologist I

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering

Department

Nuclear Engineering and Science Center

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

The Nuclear Engineering & Science Center’s (NESC) Reactor Facilities play an important role in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s (TEES) mission of performing research and leveraging expertise from universities, national laboratories, and state and federal agencies to improve lives through basic and applied engineering research. The Reactor Facilities provide support to instructional and research programs for all TAMUS colleges and departments as well as other organizations state-wide, nationally, and internationally. The two reactors are the foundation of the NESC, consisting of a 1-Megawatt TRIGA (NSCR) and a 5-Watt AGN along with associated research and service facilities and infrastructure.

The Health Physicist/Radiation Safety Engineer reports to the Radiation Safety Officer of the NESC Reactor Facilities and works as part of both the health physics and engineering teams in the support of all safety and technical activities at the complex. The position is within the Reactor Facilities health physics and engineering teams, but the incumbent works collaboratively with the other Facilities Leadership and team members as well as stakeholders external to the NESC. The health physics team asses the radiological risks within the NESC complex and ensures that the NESC is operated safely and in full compliance with rules and regulations. The engineering team manages all reactor-related and other systems, equipment and infrastructure design, evaluation, construction/fabrication, installation, implementation, maintenance, and replacement, including the necessary evaluation and safety analyses. This position is ideal for new engineering and health physics graduates with previous research reactor experience.

The Health Physicist/Radiation Safety Engineer reports to the Radiation Safety Officer and works with a team of health physicists, engineers, technicians, and students engaged in activities associated with the conduct of operations, research, and development at the Nuclear Engineering & Science Center.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with radiation protection record keeping and reviews. These records include routine radiation surveys and surveillances, special surveys, radioactive material shipping documents, instrument calibration data, effluent and environmental monitoring, radioactive material inventory, radiation work permits, waste disposal records, and training records.
• Assisting with investigating and correcting the cause of any radiation safety anomalies found.
• Assisting with the maintenance and calibration of radiation detection equipment.
• Assisting with non-reactor related facility infrastructure projects including design, evaluation, construction/fabrication, installation/implementation, maintenance, and replacement (when necessary), in accordance with the facility requirements.
• Assisting with maintenance of the equipment necessary (with the support of Facilities staff) for each of the two reactors’ continued operation in accordance with their respective reactor licenses, technical specifications, safety bases, the relevant Federal and State regulations, and TEES/TAMUS policies and procedures. This includes nuclear instrumentation, some reactor-related systems, and other systems, structures, and components, including experiment equipment.
• Supporting existing and new research and service efforts utilizing the reactors and other NESC facilities by designing, developing, and installing new fixtures, experiment systems, and scientific instruments or equipment necessary to conduct the work.
• Development of documentation, including reports, plans, statements of work, and related documents for research and activities at the facility under supervision.
• Assisting the Director and Radiation Safety Officer in review and required revisions of NESC Health Physics procedures.
• Performance of other duties as part of the NESC Reactor Facilities team as necessary and assigned by the Director.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, radiological health/health physics, or closely related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Experience:

• No experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to manage resources and to balance safety issues with the need to fulfill the functions of the Nuclear Engineering & Science Center.
• Ability to lift and/or move heavy objects up to fifty (50) pounds at times.
• Ability to multi-task and manage priorities in a dynamic research and radiation services environment.
• Knowledge of radiation safety regulations and practices.

Preferred Certifications:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Qualified Health Physicist certificate for both NESC reactors.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

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