Health Physicist

Overview

Support NASA’s Mission from the Ground Up — This Health Physicist role supports radiation safety operations at Marshall Space Flight Center, where cutting-edge research and spaceflight programs demand the highest standards of safety, compliance, and technical excellence. If you’re passionate about radiation protection, laser safety, and working in a mission-critical environment, this role puts you at the heart of it.

General Description

The Health Physicist is responsible for ensuring the safety and compliance of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation programs at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), which includes its Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) materials license and use of radioactive material, ionizing-radiation producing equipment, and laser, UV, and RF systems. This role is multi-faceted and involves non-ionizing radiation safety program management, problem solving, consultation and technical support, conducting feasibility studies, database management, and supporting the Senior Health Physicist in managing the ionizing radiation safety program operations.

The Health Physicist will work closely with other occupational health personnel to support the overall health and safety program.

• Serve as the MSFC Laser Safety Officer, Non-ionizing Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), and alternate RSO.
• Conduct feasibility studies, inspections, and radiological surveys.
• Maintain inventory of all radioisotopes and radiation (ionizing and nonionizing) producing equipment located at MSFC, as required by the NRC and other regulatory rules and regulations.
• Perform radioactive source leak tests as required by the MSFC NRC radioactive materials license.
• Provide support to the MSFC RSO regarding NRC materials license management to include helping develop required amendments, and interfacing with NRC inspectors and health physicists at the regional and national level and ensure MSFC compliance with NRC and NASA headquarter regulations.
• Maintain MSFC procedures and instructions, submit updates, and ensure all users of radioactive material and radiation-producing (ionizing and nonionizing) devices are informed.
• Coordinate and provide formal training sessions for MSFC personnel who work with radioactive material and/or radiation-producing devices and non-radiation workers, who require access to areas that store or use radioactive material and/or radiation producing equipment.
• Serve as backup Executive Secretary for the MSFC Radiation Safety Committee.
• Manage the portable radiation survey meter program including its inventory, calibration requirements, and coordinate repairs, if required.
• Manage the non-ionizing radiation producing equipment inventory.
• Assist the Senior Health Physicist in the performance of radiation shielding calculations of new or modified radiation laboratories or facilities.
• Assist other occupational health personnel as required on special work assignments.

The duties and responsibilities described in this position description in no way state or imply that these are the only duties performed. This position may require that additional duties and responsibilities be performed.

• You are able to work independently and show a high level of initiative and attention to detail.
• You have a consistent character and do not yield to pressure to compromise or cut corners.
• You have a strong ability to communicate effectively with superiors, colleagues, and customers by clearly expressing your intent and understanding the focus and purpose of the conversation while allowing each person to get their point across.
• You are open to new ideas and innovations and can create modifications or changes in yourself to adapt or suit a new environment/situation.
• You have faith in your own ideas and ability to be successful.
• You hold yourself to the highest standard and work to inspire your team to produce quality work

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Radiation Health Physics, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physical or Biological Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, or related technical fields.
• Minimum of 2 years of technical experience in…