Interdisciplinary

Eligibility Requirements

US Citizenship

Job Summary

About the Position: This position is located at White Sands MSL RGE, SURV, VULN ASSESS DIR IONIZING RADIATION FACILITIES DIVISION NEUTRON EFFECTS BRANCH with a duty location of White Sands, New Mexico. Serves as an Interdisciplinary Position. (merit)

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct Reactor operations and test setups ensuring compliance and regulatory requirements are met.
• Plans, guides or reviews Reactor planned test of an unprecedented nature.
• Authority to terminate any Reactor operations.
• Analyze design, performance, and environmental standards for contracts covering the design, manufacture, and testing of reactor facility improvements to safety, security, and operability.
• Formulate good principles, techniques, and safety practices of nuclear reactor operation.
• Periodically reviews program goals and objectives.
• Coordinates with the FBR Facility Supervisor to ensure resolution of all work-related problems.
• Monitors and analyzes reactor performance data and maintains continual surveillance over all FBR operations to insure complete compliance with all Department Army Technical Specifications.
• Implements solutions to diverse, highly complex problems across multiple areas and disciplines.
• Originates new reactor design modifications and formulates new operational concepts as appropriate to accommodate the continuously changing experiment specifications.
• Originates and conducts experimental tests to determine and evaluate parameters of the reactor.
• Once certified as an FBR operator, maintain certification by performing at a minimum two (2) significant reactivity manipulation each calendar quarter.
• Must be able to apply for Radiation Material Handler, Forklift, First Aid /CPR, and Confined Space Entry certification.
• Perform hands on reactor and facility maintenance to include but not limited to lubrication, Special Nuclear Material handling, tool handling, and/or periodic system inspections.
• Periodically work in a radiation environment where exposure will be monitored via dosimetry when conducting maintenance and mission support.
• Complete all necessary training to apply for PI-538 flash X-ray operator certification.
• Able to enroll and maintain Personal Reliability Program (PRP) certification per Army Regulation 50-5.
• Complete all necessary training as outlined in the FBR’s Training Plan to achieve Reactor Operator, Reactor Leader, or Senior Reactor Leader certification.