Team Leader - Radiation Protection

About the role

The Radiation Protection Team Leader will provide technical support and radiation protection technician leadership for the GNF-A radiation safety function at a commercial nuclear fuel manufacturing facility. You will be responsible for promoting team compliance, safety, efficiency, and positive team engagement. Additionally, you will recommend changes to the radiation safety program including design criteria, procedures, and training.

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.
• Provide leadership, advice and counsel to area managers on radiation protection safety measures, including review and approval of operating procedures.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Maintain after hours cell phone availability.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• 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.
• Willingness to obtain certification within 5 years of start of employment.
• 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.
• Demonstrated proficiency 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.