Jefferson Lab

    Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.

    Posting Date: 06/20/2025
    Salary Range: $136,400 - $215,600 (SSE)
    Work Location Type: Flexible On-site (working more than 60% on-site)

    What your job will be like:
    The Jefferson Lab Environment Safety and Health (ES&H) Division is seeking an expert on accelerator radiation safety to lead and serve as the chief subject matter expert for the Jefferson Lab Accelerator Safety Program. The incumbent will ensure compliance with DOE Order 420.2D Safety of Accelerator Facilities. The ES&H Program Manager for Accelerator Safety will be responsible for maintaining the safety basis documentation (including associated subject areas) and ensuring the accuracy and quality of all formal documentation and DOE SC-TJNAF transmittals associated with the program.

    In this role you will:

    • Chair the Safety Configuration Management Board (SCMB). Oversee the implementation of the Unreviewed Safety Issue (USI) process to evaluate proposed facility modifications, new activities or discovered conditions to determine if associated accelerator related hazards are appropriately addressed by existing safety analysis.
    • Coordinate with facility operations staff, scientists, and TJSO facilities representative to assist in the development and implementation of safety bases, analysis of policies, practices, and procedures.
    • Meet existing challenges and respond to emerging accelerator safety issues to support operations and mission need.
    • Ensure that safety assessment documents and accelerator safety envelopes are revised and updated as needed and in compliance with associated requirements.
    • Develop and maintain the laboratory’s accelerator safety program description. Monitor the laboratory's implementation of other programs and policies that functionally impact accelerator safety. Participate in program assessment and quality assurance activities, and maintain records related to assignment and nuclear safety.
    • Provide accelerator safety related training to system engineers, system owners, and system operators responsible for safety related credited controls. Provide technical training for lab staff in accelerator safety analysis development, implementation, and maintenance.
    • Provides safety analysis support to researchers and facility management organizations associated with accelerator facilities that operate below 10 MeV per DOE O 420.2D.
    • Support review processes to meet 420.2D 5-year review intervals, support other internal review processes related to Internal Readiness Reviews (IRRs), and support internal/external review processes related to Accelerator Readiness Reviews (ARRs).
    • Maintain and foster strong relationships with the DOE Accelerator community and participate in program assessments and reviews at other accelerator laboratories. Support the Accelerator safety workshop effort by contributing to and attending annual workshops.


    Qualifications We Require:

    Education:

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering or related scientific field. A Master's Degree is preferred.
    • Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience.

    Experience:

    • 15 or more years applied accelerator safety field experience within the DOE complex.
    • Relevant experience may not be substituted for education.

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

    • Familiarity with DOE (i.e., 10CFR835), NRC (i.e., 10CFR20) or Agreement State occupational radiation protection regulations and applicable standards.
    • Experience performing or evaluating hazards analyses or radiological shielding designs.
    • Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Familiarity with Monte Carlo simulation codes (e.g., MCNP, FLUKA, etc.) and their use in validating facility shielding.
    • Demonstrated experience and excellent working knowledge of DOE Safety of Accelerators Orders (DOE O 420.2D).
    • Experience in developing program descriptions and associated guidance.

    Certifications:

    • Specialized certifications such as National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologist (NRRPT), Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or successful completion of one part of the American Board of Health Physics Certification (CHP) examination, preferred.


    About Jefferson Lab

    Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

    A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

    Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

    At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

    • Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans • Flexible Spending Accounts
    • Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
    • 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested • Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)
    • Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs
    • Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

    Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting @jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

    Employment with JSA is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.