Associate Health Physicist

About the Role

This role provides expert leadership in health physics and radiation safety, delivering oversight across radiation health programs, radiological dose assessments, emergency planning, and technical evaluations under both routine and accident conditions. You’ll support and maintain local procedures spanning radiation health, dosimetry operations, emergency planning, dose analysis, and radiation detection instrumentation. You’ll manage internal and external monitoring programs, ensuring precise calibration, testing, and qualification of instruments, and directing personnel bioassay, area monitoring, and environmental surveillance.

The role also includes performing radiological analyses that support dry storage, repository work, transportation, and other technical operations across NNPP sites, including shipyards.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal monitoring programs (in-vitro and in-vivo), establish controls for mixed radionuclide work, evaluate radiation detection equipment, run external monitoring programs, perform dose assessments, and use historical records to prepare exposure histories.
• Conduct radiological engineering calculations and oversee technical work documents and characterization plans while partnering with work groups to ensure efficient, compliant execution.
• Serve in an assigned capacity within the Radiological Emergency Response Organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering, or science field; or Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering, or science field.

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated ability to author high-quality technical products, e.g., event investigations, data evaluations, and formal correspondence.
• Experience performing statistical analysis.
• Experience in using and evaluating radiation detection equipment.
• Experience performing dose assessments from a variety of data sources (field surveys, direct or excreta measurements).
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience interacting with a large relational database.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
• Disability, Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Savings program & Capital Accumulation Plan
• Personal & Medical Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Tuition Assistance for Eligible Employees
• Student Debt Benefit
• Personal Time Off Sell Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program

Pay

Pay Range: $70,900.00 - $108,500.00 annually

Salary information provided is a general guideline only. Annual salary is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

All candidates must be U.S. citizens. Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. FMP is a government contractor and maintains a drug-free workplace and workforce. All candidates must be able to pass a drug test in compliance with FMP company policy and 10 CFR 707.