Senior/Principal Laboratory Support Technologist - Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST), Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a motivated R&D Laboratory Support Technologist with a background in nuclear/radiological science or closely related scientific field to join our innovative team. We maintain responsibility for several projects key to the NNSA Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) including the Consequence Management (CM) program and the Joint Technical Operations Team (JTOT). The position will help evolve how the nation responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies through the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC).

Our team is responsible the management of the Fly Away Laboratory (FAL) skill set and equipment. The FAL serves as the Department of Energy's field transportable radioanalytical laboratory and consists of members from Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the Y-12 National Security Complex. Join us and help develop and maintain this asset to provide current and future national security!

On any given day, you may be called to:

• Improve deployment readiness and integration of current and new equipment while working with CM project managers and staff.
• Support research & development projects related to nuclear incident response and CM.
• Use radiological laboratory experience to improve standard processes and procedures related to sample control, sample management, data review, and analysis.
• Verify, validate, and interpret radiological sample data to support emergency response decision making.
• Participate as a member of the national CM Response Team and other response teams as skills and interests allow.
• Participate as an on-call resource including participation in medical requirements for international travel.
• Support periodic travel (approximately 4-6 trips per year, usually 2-3 days each)

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$72,800 - $140,600

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• High school diploma plus three (3) or more years of directly related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in a radiological analytical laboratory or a facility providing gross alpha/beta counting and gamma spectroscopy.
• Experience in all of the following:
• Radiation interactions with matter and other fundamental radiation detection principles
• Radiological laboratory equipment (specifically counting and detection equipment, including gamma spectrometers, gas proportional counters, and liquid scintillation counters)
• Laboratory data quality assurance processes
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Associate of Science degree or Bachelor of Science degree in Radiological Science (or STEM)
• Extensive experience as a Radiological Control Technologist (RCT)
• Perform technical work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Experience in the following:
• Laboratory method development and method verification and validation.
• Alpha spectroscopy data interpretation and analysis including radionuclide identification and quantification
• Data analysis and visualization
• Strong Gamma Spectroscopy background and expertise
• Basic health physics principles
• Technical composition such as scientific studies, laboratory analytical procedures, or other technical methodology
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, and to team effectively with engineers, scientists, and technicians
• Demonstrated as having a high attention to detail
• Experience as a radiological worker in the DOE complex
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Radiological Worker II qualification
• Basic computer skills (MS Office)
• Active DOE Q-level or DOD equivalent security clearance

About Our Team:

The Nuclear Incident Response Programs Department is responsible for the oversight and management of several Nuclear Emergency Response teams as well as Sandia portions of the National Consequence Management(CM) Program. Department personnel are responsible for and actively developing deployable technologies to mitigate an explosive release of hazardous materials and for predicting the consequences of such releases. Containment technologies use aqueous foams and rapidly deployable containment systems which can be used to mitigate explosively dispersed materials from the atmosphere. Department personnel are also responsible for writing and maintaining field deployable, state-of-the-art computational codes for predicting the dispersal, transport, deposition, and subsequent consequences of these types of hazardous material releases. Additionally department personnel fill leading national roles in Consequence Management and Radiological Dose Assessment including developing new dose assessment analysis techniques as well as software and other tools to assist responders to a radiological event.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 695731

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F