Summary This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for 9905 to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as a technical expert in health physics, radiation protection safety, and radiation risk assessment for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District. Responsibilities Provide biological, toxicological, and health information support to an organization in carrying out radiation risk assessments for specific Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) sites. Comply with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work that enhances the safety and security of the work environment. Interpret and supplement health physics/radiation safety policy/standards and apply federally mandated standards and national consensus standards in establishing safety policy and programs. Analyze accidents to identify causes and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Plan, organize, and conduct or direct surveys of radiation areas within customers organizations to include field measurements, wipe tests, and laboratory analysis. Serve as a technical expert in health physics, radiation protection safety, and radiation risk assessment for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District. Interprets and applies NRC, EPA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), DA, and USACE regulations, standards and guidance pertaining to the possession, use, transport, transfer, and disposal of radioactive materials. Represents the district and internal/external customers in meetings with public, congressional, contractors, DOE, EPA, and other federal, state, and local agencies. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. This position has a basic requirement for Health Physicist A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) 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 B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or other education. OR C. 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 requirements listed below: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing technical direction, review, support in the areas of chemical, biological, health physics, radiation protection safety, and radiation risk assessment; Monitoring, reviewing, developing, and recommending technical documents regarding health physics/radiation protection safety/radiation risk assessment for Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) sites; analyzing radiological control practices and modify or initiate new programs, techniques, or procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Career Field 12 position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.htm for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.