PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN (INSTRUCTOR)

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICAN (INSTRUCTOR) in the RADIOLOGICAL CONTROLS OFFICE, SAN DIEGO DETACHMENT of PSNS and IMF.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: developing and implementing radiological control training products (e.g., instructions, course material, training aids, qualification examinations) ensuring compliance with radiological control requirements and alignment with current work practices and procedures.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/physical-science-technician-series-1311/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

• You will ensure the shipyard strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the instructional team and integrated into the team's strategies and objectives.
• You will identify, distribute, and balance the workload among assigned team members in accordance to priorities provided by the branch head.
• You will train or arrange for the training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects.
• You will monitor and report on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work.
• You will serve as coach, facilitator, or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members.
• You will maintain NAVSEA and shipyard administrative requirements and directives, health physics reference materials, technical handbooks and established practices regarding the team's assigned instructional area-of-responsibility.
• You will estimate and report to both the team and the branch head on progress in meeting established milestones and deadlines for completion of assigned action, projects, and tasks.
• You will act as a major radiological control representative in dry-run planning, practice, or mock-up sessions in preparation for major repairs and overhaul or refueling operations.
• You will review radioactivity control-related plans and procedures to assure that radiological controls are adequate for anticipated and actual on-the-job conditions.
• You will assure adherence to radiological control requirements for assignments which involve numerous processes in several high skill level trades (e.g., pipefitting, welding, machining, and rigging).
• You will recommend changes to work plans, trades procedures to improve radiological controls, correct deficiencies, increase efficiency, minimize exposure to radiation, and prevent nuclear incidents.