Radioactive Materials License Reviewer Job Austin area,Texas USA,Engineering

Date:
Mar 4, 2026

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Functional Title

Radioactive Materials License Reviewer

Job Title

Health Physicist I

Agency & Department

Dept. of State Health Services, Radiation Department

Posting Details

Posting Number: 14344
Closing Date: 06/02/2026
Audience:
Internal and External
Occupational Category:
Life, Physical, and Social Science
Salary Range: $5,098.66 - $8,304.83
Pay Frequency:
Monthly
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-23
Shift: Day
Telework:
Not Eligible for Telework
Travel:
Up to 5%
Regular/Temporary:
Regular
Full Time/Part Time:
Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Nonexempt
Facility

Location:

AUSTIN
Job Location Address: 1100 W 49TH ST (RDM)
MOS Codes: 230X,61DX,72A,SEI
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Brief

Job Description

Perform complex (journey‑level) health physics work evaluating permit and license application requests. Includes technical reviews of equipment, facilities, plans, procedures and personnel to minimize danger to public health, safety, or the environment for uses of radioactive material. Prepares radioactive materials licenses for issuance after performing technical reviews for safety and regulatory compliance. Also plans radiation control projects and coordinates special projects, may train others and give presentations.

Works under general supervision with moderate latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs)

Serve as project team member as independent technical reviewer. Perform or coordinate technical reviews of radiation safety plans, operations, facilities, including shielding designs. Evaluate radiation safety, operating and emergency procedure manuals, decommissioning cost estimates. Prepare authorizations, permits, and licenses based on regulatory standards. Produce licenses for applications that meet department rules. Prepare correspondence, technical reports, environmental assessments, impact statements, or programmatic assessments.

Provide technical information to applicants, licensees, the public and staff. Recommend and implement radiation safety policies, procedures and guidelines. Evaluate radiological sampling data or calculations of radiation doses from internal and/or external exposure to determine radiation dose and effects for individuals.

Research acceptable scientific practices and standards applicable to radioactive material licensing. Review and provide written comments on guides, policies and rules based on technical criteria. Draft and revise guidance documents addressing radiation safety issues. May serve as project team member or team leader in review, evaluation, and production of regulatory guidance, policies and rules. May also provide presentations based on reviews and comments.

Review Sealed Source and Device registration documents for safety criteria. When qualified, perform technical review and evaluation of radioactive sources and devices, including review of engineering design plans and construction methods to complete radiological health and safety analysis. Produce or concur on a Sealed Source and Device registration certificate summarizing results.

Act as project leader or member on other Radiation Control Program project teams. Coordinate, oversee, and lead ongoing and/or special licensing projects. Develop schedules and methods to increase efficiency and workflow.

Perform other duties as assigned, including participation in disaster response or COOP activation such as nuclear emergency response drills or actual response to accidents. May require alternate shift patterns or location.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge of: Radiation control, radiological health, radiation safety practices and techniques; health physics, physical science, radioactive materials, radiation, and mathematics; radiation detection, measurement, control and environmental monitoring equipment; information sources for radiation control, health physics, and environmental surveillance; federal and state laws and regulations; regulatory procedures of licensing programs; radiation control program operations.
Skill in: Reading, analyzing, and interpreting complex applications, regulations, and regulatory requirements; written and oral communication of technical material; communicating technical information at an appropriate level.
Ability to: Make independent and sound technical judgments; interpret and use engineering drawings and technical data; interpret and use scientific and radiological data; use Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel) at a business level; interpret radiation shielding designs and radiological and statistical data; interpret laws and regulations;…


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