Pay Grade: / 8
Title: / Senior Radiation Surveyor
Unit/Project Description:
For Department use only.
Job Summary: / The Senior Radiation Surveyor is responsible for providing consultation and audit services in the area of public and occupational radiation safety. Collects and transfers radiological waste and mitigates and eliminates radiation hazards from the University community. The Senior Radiation Surveyor coordinates the safe collection and disposal of waste material and provides technical expertise as it relates to troubleshooting and maintaining departmental testing and safety equipment.
Purpose and Key Functions: /
- Coordinate weekly health physics laboratory inspections and radioactive waste removal.
- Coordinate the characterization of radioactive waste for removal off campus.
- Negotiate vendor contracts for waste removal, transportation, instrument repair, and equipment maintenance.
- Determine the waste content for each shipment ensuring that loads are within the established safety limits for transport off campus.
- Provide guidance and advice regarding waste collection and packaging.
- Develop and deliver training sessions.
- Analyze samples of radioactive.
- Prepare and maintain records of analyses.
- Write the user manual for counting equipment which includes relevant drawings, procedures, and background information.
- Maintain equipment and supplies for emergency response scenarios.
- Act as a lead during emergency response field activities.
- Complete regression analyses for counting efficiency curves.
- Identify and mitigate sources of radioactive releases and contamination in the University’s nuclear reactor and high level labs.
- Inspect and audit laboratories, facilities, and workplaces for potentially hazardous materials and agents.
- Collect and count radiological samples and determine if results are within established safety limits.
- Conduct measurements in the field to detect hazardous materials and agents, and interpret their impact with respect to established safety regulations.
- Formulate recommendations and provide advice on how to eliminate safety hazards.
- Collect radioactive waste from University facilities and transport materials safely between buildings.
- Commission and decommission radioisotope laboratories.
- Write operational procedures involving the safe handling and use of radioactive materials and radiation detection instrumentation.
- Write reports and summaries of radioactive waste characterization, segregation, and amount disposed.
- Maintain and update inventory lists.
- Complete various calculations including, but not limited to, radioactivity, decay, and monitoring amounts.
- Calibrate portable radiation detection instrumentation.
- Pipette and prepare samples for liquid scintillation counting.
- Operate various power tools and hydraulic forklifts.
- Respond to and resolve radiological and nuclear emergencies.
- Maintain security clearances sufficient.
Supervision: / Ongoing responsibility for supervising up to 9 casual employees at any one time.
Requirements: / 3 year Community College diploma in Health Physics, or related field.
Requires 3 years of relevant experience.
Assets:
For Department use only.
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