Team Leader - Radiation Protection

Roles and Responsibilities

• Select, develop, and provide ongoing leadership and direction of Radiation Protection Technicians.
• Prepare and conduct training for Radiation Protection Technicians, leaders and workers in the Fuel Manufacturing Operation (FMO) facility.
• Ensure team members are provided adequate training, resources and support to assure safe and compliant manufacturing practices in a nuclear regulated environment.
• Be responsible for meeting the shift's strict compliance and EHS requirements, and supporting manufacturing schedule requirements.
• Assure team planning - provide direction to support needs of production area, including work assignments, scheduling of overtime, and training.
• Perform program audits and assessments. Assess the effectiveness of the radiation safety program, promote continuous program improvement. Focus team on constantly seeking opportunity for improvement.
• Support, encourage and facilitate Human Performance and Lean principles.
• Communicate business goals, programs, and processes to radiation protection team.
• Promote team engagement and ownership.
• Develop and support the growth of all team employees.
• Perform health physics calculations for shielding design, ALARA analysis, internal & external dosimetry, and maintain radiation protection instrumentation.
• Review and implement US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and State of North Carolina Radioactive Materials License requirements. Ensure compliance with requirements.
• Support emergency response planning and events. Maintain qualifications in the Wilmington Site’s Emergency Response Organization as Nuclear Safety Advisor - Radiological.
• Promote and help drive a healthy, mature nuclear safety culture.
• Prepare reports for management on radiation protection or health physics related issues.
• Support Radiation Safety Engineering initiatives and audits.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering with 2 years of experience in an applied radiation protection role at a nuclear facility; OR High School diploma with 5 years of experience in an applied radiation protection role at a nuclear facility.
• Minimum 1 year of supervisory experience.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• Advanced degree in nuclear engineering or physics.
• Active National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists certification, including NRRPT leadership positions.
• Experience in facilities that utilize 10 CFR 20 and/or 10 CFR 835 regulations.
• Experienced track record in performing complex health physics analyses and calculations.
• American Board of Health Physics (CHP) Certification.
• Ability to develop creative solutions for complex, challenging issues.
• Ability to explain complex issues to a non-technical audience.
• Positive track record of experience resolving technical issues.
• Proficient in standard Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to develop team relationships.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Proven ability to influence regulators, other leaders, and engineers.
• Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing fundamentals.