Radiation Safety Tech Lead

EnergySolutions
United States, Wisconsin, Kewaunee
Jan 05, 2025
Is responsible for field implementation of the Radiation Safety Program. Ensures compliance with company, local, state and federal radiation safety policies and regulations. Monitors radiological work controls and work activities involving radioactive material. Interprets and verifies field data obtained from radiation surveys using the appropriate instrumentation and/or analyses. Supervises the daily activities of workers responsible for radiation safety. Participates in the Radiation Safety Program by ensuring the safe collection, storage, packaging, transportation and subsequent disposal of radioactive material. These tasks are necessary to maintain a healthy workforce thereby enabling EnergySolutions to reach its performance goals and stay competitive in the marketplace. Sets daily work priorities and assignments for Radiation Safety Technicians as directed by their Manager. Communicates daily safety, quality and procedural issues with their work team. Ensures adherence to company policies, guidelines and safety/operations procedures. Works with their Manager to address performance issues formally and makes disciplinary action recommendations when warranted. Provides input to their Manager on employee performance throughout the year and drafts annual performance evaluations for review and approval by their Manager. Provides routine work assignments as a Radiation Safety Technician. Processes routine incoming radioactive shipments and checks for excessive contamination or dose levels. Performs wipe tests on packages for contamination removal, cleans packages if there is contamination, delivers shipments to approved users, and cross-checks against inventory for approval. Verifies quantity radioactive material license limits. Records new and amended permit information for all radionuclides received. Enters information in the HIS-20 database system. Stays current on local, state, federal and EnergySolutions policies and procedures concerning shipment/ transportation of radioactive materials.