Health Physicist, GS-1306-11/12 (27894)
US Army Corps of Engineers · Buffalo, NY · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, legal, navigation, etc). Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them.
Let's parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Announcement Type Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) Position Type Permanent USACE Organization Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) - Buffalo District Locations (City, State) Buffalo, NY
- Position Overview/Duties: Introduction, Position, Period of Assignment, Description of Assignment/Duties, Other Conditions and Requirements (maybe includes Applicability/Area of Consideration, Who may apply, Applicant qualifications, etc.)
- There's also Competencies needed: Technical Compliance Writing Oral Communication
- Conditions of Employment: probationary period, TDY 15%, suitability, Non-Sensitive, etc.
- Other Essential Information: selection restrictions, proof of US citizenship, Exempt from FLSA, Nepotism, announcement may be used to fill like vacancies for three months, situational telework, etc.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Direct deposit required. This is a CP-12-Safety and Occupational Health Management position. Payment of PCS costs MAY BE authorized. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives MAY BE authorized (up to 25%). With a signed Service Agreement. Male applicants born after Dec 31 1959 required to register for Selective Service.
- Application instructions: resume requirements, etc. (We must remove application instructions? The instruction says: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we need to remove application instructions (like resume must be two pages, etc). Also remove EEO boilerplate, etc.
- Also remove "Qualifications - Candidates will be evaluated..." and "Reasonable Accommodation" maybe considered boilerplate? It's not EEO but still maybe considered generic. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Reasonable accommodation might be considered generic but not explicitly listed; but it's likely part of standard boilerplate. Safer to remove it as it's generic.
We need to preserve all substantive information: duties, responsibilities, qualifications, requirements, competencies, conditions of employment, salary info, benefits (maybe relocation incentives, PCS, telework), schedule (maybe TDY 15% travel). Also location.
We need to decide sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role: could include Position Overview/Duties introduction, position title, series, location, organization, etc.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (planning radiation surveys, reviewing documents, investigating incidents, developing ALARA programs, etc.)
- Requirements: maybe include citizenship, selective service, etc. Or we could put under Qualifications.
- Qualifications: education and experience requirements (basic requirement, specialized experience for GS-11 and GS-12 levels, competencies).
- Skills: maybe competencies (Technical Compliance Writing Oral Communication) could go under Skills.
- Benefits: maybe relocation incentives, PCS costs, telework, etc.
- Pay: salary includes locality pay or local market supplement, direct deposit required.
- Schedule: maybe TDY 15% business travel requirement.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. If we have content for each, we can include.
Let's extract substantive content.
From posting:
**Overview/Duties**:
- Serves as a Health Physicist and technical lead for FUSRAP.
- Provide expert advisory and planning services on complex health physics issues, ensuring protection of people and environment from ionizing radiation.
- Planning and directing radiation surveys, providing technical direction on regulatory compliance with agencies like NRC and EPA.
- Position: Health Physicist, GS-1306-11/12
- Period of Assignment: PERMANENT
- Description of Assignment/Duties:
- Serves as a Health Physics technical lead for FUSRAP, providing expertise, advisory and planning services.
- Provides technical direction and advice to professionals by reviewing and studying proposals for CERCLA-related documents, including remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and health and safety plans.
- Plans, organizes, and either conducts or directs radiation surveys within FUSRAP sites, which includes field measurements, wipe tests, and laboratory analysis.
- Investigates cases of excess radiation exposure and incidents of deviation from proper control of radioactive material, reporting findings and recommending corrective actions.
- Develops and evaluates programs to ensure personal exposure to radiation is as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
**Other Conditions and Requirements**:
- Applicability/Area of Consideration: Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD, Section 9905 to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
- Who May Apply: US Citizens
- Applicant Qualifications:
- Basic Requirement: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus. OR Combination of Education and Experience: Courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or other education. OR Certification: Certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described in paragraph A.
- In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirement listed below:
- Experience Requirement:
- Specialized Experience GS-11 Level: One year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service which includes:
- Applying health physics principles to assist in the evaluation of radiological problems or programs.
- Assisting in the review of documents such as safety plans or survey results for compliance with established radiological standards and guidelines.
- Participating in radiation protection surveys, which may include collecting field measurements, wipe tests, or environmental samples.
- Assisting in investigation of incidents involving potential radiation exposure or the release of radioactive materials.
- This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09)
- Specialized Experience GS-12 Level: One year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes:
- Providing technical guidance and direction on complex health physics activities, including the handling, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials.
- Reviewing and interpreting health and safety plan, radiological safety plans, and waste disposal plans to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations (e.g., NRC, EPA, OSHA.
- Planning, directing, or coordinating comprehensive radiation surveys, including field measurements and laboratory analysis, for environmental remediation or radiological protection programs.
- Performing comprehensive risk assessment for sites with hazardous, toxic, or radioactive waste and developing programs to minimize personnel exposure to radiation (ALARA).
- This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11)
- Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience to qualify. For this job, you must meet the basic requirement and the qualification requirement.
- Competencies needed for the position: Technical Compliance Writing Oral Communication
**Conditions of Employment**:
- One-year probationary period may be required.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 15% of the time.
- Appointment may be subject to suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Position is designated as Non-Sensitive-No access security clearance.
**Other Essential Information** (we need to keep substantive info, remove boilerplate like EEO, etc.):
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.
- This announcement may be used to fill like vacancies for three months after the closing date.
- This position MAY be eligible for situational telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".
- All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- This is a(n) CP-12-Safety and Occupational Health Management position.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs MAY BE authorized.
- Relocation/Recruitment Incentives MAY BE authorized (up to 25%). With a signed Service Agreement.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, are required to register for Selective Service prior to appointment.
- Point of contact for this announcement is Michelle Cala (maybe we keep as contact? It's not boilerplate; could be considered contact info. Might be considered minor metadata; we could fold into a short p or drop. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include point of contact in a short paragraph. - Resume requirements etc are application instructions; we must remove them. - EEO policy etc remove. - Reasonable Accommodation remove. Now we need to decide sections. Potential sections: - About the role: could include overview, position title, series, location, organization, permanent, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet points from Description of Assignment/Duties). Could also include planning and directing radiation surveys, reviewing documents, investigating incidents, developing ALARA programs. - Requirements: maybe include citizenship, selective service, etc. But we could also put under Qualifications. - Qualifications: education, experience, competencies. - Skills: maybe the competencies (Technical Compliance Writing Oral Communication) could be under Skills. - Benefits: relocation incentives, PCS costs, telework eligibility. - Pay: salary includes locality pay or local market supplement, direct deposit required. - Schedule: TDY 15% business travel requirement. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "not specified". All sections we include must have real content. Let's craft each. **About the role** (