Radiation Control Technician with Security Clearance

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Job description

Clover Leaf is seeking an experienced Radiological Control Technician (RCT) to join our team and provide support for radiation monitoring, safety, and control at our clients DOE facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The RCT will be responsible for monitoring personnel, work areas, and equipment in radiological areas, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and controlling exposure to internal and external radiation sources. THE CANDIDATE MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A DOE Q CLEARANCE. Job Description: The Radiological Control Technician (RCT) will be responsible for: Monitoring personnel, work areas, and items leaving radiological areas to control exposure from internal and external radiation sources. Recommending appropriate personnel monitoring devices, protective equipment, and work time limits for operations and maintenance personnel working with radiation sources. Observing processes and collecting, reading, recording, evaluating, and reporting data from radiation detection devices, air samples, and bioassay sampling. Investigating causes and effects of radiation levels exceeding set guides, standards, and limits, and recommending corrective actions. Calibrating radiation detection instruments and operating automated low background counting equipment. Processing thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and conducting lung counts. Participating in the planning phase of new work processes to ensure radiation safety protocols are in place. Serving as a member of the emergency response organization, responding to radiological incidents as needed. THE CANDIDATE MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A DOE Q CLEARANCE. Qualifications: Requires DOE RCT standardized CORE training certification. Ability to perform mathematical computations and conversions for expressing sampling and monitoring results in appropriate units and terms. Knowledgeable and trained in the principles, methods, and mechanics of monitoring and sampling radiological hazards. In-depth understanding of the basic nature and types of radiation. Ability to recognize, investigate, and resolve issues related to radiation safety standards and limits, and recommend corrective actions. THE CANDIDATE MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A DOE Q CLEARANCE. Education & Experience: Associates degree or higher in a technical field with 10 to 15 years of related experience, OR High school diploma with 20 or more years of relevant experience. THE CANDIDATE MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A DOE Q CLEARANCE. Desired Qualifications: Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and skills in radiation control and safety. Ability to lead other technicians by providing work direction and planning. Clover Leaf Solutions is a small business headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with key offices in San Francisco, CA and Pittsburgh, PA, and we are growing. You can be a key part of our team and help us continue to build our capabilities long-term. Our government clients include Department of Energy facilities like Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, while our commercial clients have included globally recognized firms. We specialize in Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Construction Management, and Project Management. We have open, transparent communication without layers of bureaucracy, while also having a strong team to provide backup. We offer health, dental, vacation/sick, and a 401k with a generous match. Learn more about us at cloversolutions.us Clover Leaf Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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