Reactor Radiation Protection Program (RPP) Officer

Company: Nebhe
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Information on MIT's COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. PROGRAM (RPP) OFFICER , Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Office , to function as an integral member of a multidisciplinary EHS office, providing expert radiation protection advice with due consideration of occupational health laws, federal and state regulations, and good practices. Will assist with managing the RPP Program and provide advice on research and operations, building projects, and experiments relative to their safety concerns. May be assigned to other programs. Job Requirements REQUIRED : bachelor's degree in EHS-related discipline, e.g., health physics, physics, or nuclear engineering; four years' relevant experience in radiation protection and EHS programs and recognition, evaluation, and control of hazardous materials and conditions and physical agents; expertise in radiation protection programs and expert-level knowledge of regulations--depending on the discipline--specific to federal, state, local, and consensus standards for the protection of property and life and occupational health and safety (including NRC, CDC and NIH guidelines, OSHA, EPA, DOT, Massachusetts DPH and DEP, Massachusetts fire prevention regulations, and OSHA regulations) and specific EHS expertise; leadership skills; ability to develop and implement well-integrated EHS programs; excellent oral and written communication skills; and basic computer and database skills. Knowledge of comprehensive radiological programs needed, including radiological effluent programs; offsite dose calculation methodologies; environmental monitoring; radiological analysis, including gamma spectroscopy, low-level alpha/beta proportional counting, and liquid scintillation; electronic dosimetry systems; waste management; radioactive material shipping procedures; air sampling and analysis; radiation protection instrumentation calibration, maintenance, and repair; development of radiation worker training programs; respiratory protection programs in a nuclear environment; and/or external and internal dosimetry programs or the ability to learn such programmatic elements quickly. PREFERRED : master's degree and knowledge of reactor environments/systems. Job #22332-9 Must be able to pass a security/background investigation for unescorted access to controlled areas. 2/1/23

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