SUPERVISORY PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN in the RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING BRANCH, RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL OFFICE of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

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: Experience providing technical guidance in understanding and applying standardized rules, procedures, and operations.

Experience applying laboratory principles, methods, and techniques through inspecting, reviewing, and analyzing radiological work assignments and documents.

Experience supervising the setup, operation, maintenance, and calibration of a variety of test equipment with known standards.

Experiencing gathering, recording, and assembling of pertinent data and report observations and findings applying standards and guidelines to determine which samples must be further tested and referred for further evaluation.

Experience overseeing and advising personnel functions regarding performance, training, development, and behavior.

Experience developing recommendations to improve methods, procedures, equipment, etc., to prevent recurrence or to improve radiological control operations.

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 proper control of radioactive material associated with Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plants.
• You will conduct continuing surveillance of work involving radioactive materials and radiological controls associated with Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plants.
• You will be responsible for the review of overall work operations in an assigned control area involving personnel exposure to ionizing radiation.
• You will serve as a radiological control representative on tasks or work groups comprised of various levels of Production Supervisors and technical code representatives.
• You will determine course of action required to resolve known or anticipated technical radiological problems and ensure radiological control procedures are adhered to.