Research Technician (Research Tec 3)

About the role

This position is open for external candidates only to apply. Los Alamos National Laboratory is looking for highly motivated, customer service focused technicians to join the Non-Destructive Assay-Vault Operations group (NDA-VO) as vault operators.

Responsibilities

• Meet with your team in the morning to identify work tasks, hazards and controls and lessons learned from past experiences.
• Don PPE, including anti-contamination coveralls, booties and safety glasses to process into the plutonium facility.
• Support other technicians in either storing or retrieving nuclear material.
• Occasionally wear a respirator to complete material moves.
• Adhere to Conduct of Operations, radiological safety, nuclear criticality safety, material control and accountability, and environmental compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success in providing good customer service.
• Ability to perform hands-on work with appropriate PPE, including occasional respirator work.
• Understand and adhere to all Laboratory and industry regulatory guidance and procedures.
• High attention to detail including strong organizational skills, analytical thinking, observation skills and problem-solving skills.
• Able to complete and maintain training, including ability to pass computer and oral examinations.
• Experience working with applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint.
• Solid understanding of technical concepts, including radiological materials handling, electronic imaging, and materials characterization and testing.
• Ability to work effectively and professionally in a high-performance team environment while completing requests from multiple organizations.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25lbs.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment such as respirator protection, safety glasses, anti-contamination clothing.
• Ability to use stairways, fixed ladders, and ladders up to six feet.
• Free from chronic wounds or chronic rashes which disrupt the integrity of the skin that would prevent safe entry into radiological areas.

Desired Requirements

• Ability to handle and transport nuclear material according to safety standards.
• Ability to learn and understand various criticality safety postings and handle nuclear material in accordance with postings.
• Experience working with classified information or material.
• Demonstrated punctuality and attendance.

Essential Job Functions

• Ability to lift and carry up to 25lbs.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment such as respirator protection, safety glasses, anti-contamination clothing.
• Ability to use stairways, fixed ladders, and ladders up to six feet.
• Free from chronic wounds or chronic rashes which disrupt the integrity of the skin that would prevent safe entry into radiological areas.

Work Location

This position will be located in Los Alamos, NM.

Position Commitment

The position commitment for this position is 2 years.

Work Schedule

This position may require 24/7 coverage, which could involve working a shift/weekend schedule. Employees may be eligible for the shift differential pay when assigned by their manager. Shift/weekend assignments are at the discretion of the manager.

Additional Details

• Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2.
• Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level).
• New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• HRP: This position is subject to the requirements of the DOE Human Reliability Program as specified in 10 Code of Federal Regulation, Part 712, 712.11. These requirements include on going drug and alcohol testing, as well as periodic medical and psychological evaluations.
• 426.2: This position is subject to DOE Order 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities, which establishes entry-level requirements to ensure candidates selected for specific positions can successfully perform the requirements of the job.