Health Physicist – Aiken, SC
We are excited to announce an opening at our Aiken, South Carolina office (on-site with the potential for future remote work).
The MJW Companies is seeking a health physicist to help provide technical support to a group of health physicists and statisticians who are reconstructing historical exposures of workers to radiation and radioactive materials in the workplace.
Requirements:
- Graduate level knowledge of health physics, especially internal and external dosimetry
- At least 5 years of operational experience (including internal dosimetry) in the radiation protection program at a DOE facility
- Strong desire to be mentored by senior internal dosimetrists and statisticians
- Aptitude for clearly communicating complex health physics and statistical concepts to coworkers and non-technical personnel, both verbally and in writing
- Aptitude for exploratory data analysis with attention to detail
- Aptitude for clear-thinking and technical calculations and the desire to learn more
- Knowledge of a programming language
Preferences:
- Ability to perform complex internal dosimetry calculations from first principles
- Working knowledge of mathematical statistics and data analysis at the undergraduate level
- Working knowledge of programming the scripting language R
All candidates must have US citizenship and be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
This position is posted for in-person work at our Aiken, SC office.
Health Physicist – Remote
MJW is currently seeking Health Physicists to support the Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Act (EEOICPA) Project in the area of Dose Reconstruction work.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produces and reports timely dose estimates, supporting methodology, and factual basis for each claim received by NIOSH from DOL under EEOICPA, and for claims requiring rework because of changes in claim information or changes in dose reconstruction policy.
- Performs internal and external dose reconstructions and peer reviews.
- Performs complex and in-depth evaluation of physical quality, accessibility, and relevance of discovered data and records.
- Evaluates medical histories.
- Utilizes site research documents, reports, and other applicable records to retrospectively reconstruct occupational radiation doses.
- Documents findings and writes detailed reports that clearly and accurately reflect the results of the individual dose reconstruction, including probability of causation.
- Responds to issues brought out in the COI, NIOSH comments/questions, and ABRWH reviews.
Candidates will work with other HP professionals through training and collaboration.
Candidates should be reliable, mature, detail-oriented, organized, and able to work under time constraints in a busy project-oriented environment.
Preferred Skills:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in health physics, environmental or natural sciences, or related field
- 2 or more years’ experience in health physics or radiation safety with a strong technical/educational background in the fields of environmental science, radiological engineering, site remediation or health physics, with practical applications with CERCLA/DOE site experience preferred
- Experience with dose reconstruction on past projects, specific accidents, or other occupational exposure conditions
- Knowledge of methods and procedures used in monitoring for internal and external radiation exposures, specifically in recognition and evaluation of records that either directly or indirectly may be used to retrospectively reconstruct occupational radiation doses
- Experience with DOE facilities and AEC, ERDA, and DOE records systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Requirements include:
- Knowledge of MS Office software
All candidates must have US citizenship and be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
Dose Reconstructor – Remote
MJW is currently seeking multiple Dose Reconstructors to support the Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Act (EEOICPA) Project work.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produces and reports timely dose estimates, supporting methodology, and factual basis for each claim received by NIOSH from DOL under EEOICPA, and for claims requiring rework because of changes in claim information or changes in dose reconstruction policy.
- Performs internal and external dose reconstructions and peer reviews.
- Performs complex and in-depth evaluation of physical quality, accessibility, and relevance of discovered data and records.
- Evaluates medical histories.
- Utilizes site research documents, reports, and other applicable records to retrospectively reconstruct occupational radiation doses.
- Documents findings and writes detailed reports that clearly and accurately reflect the results of the individual dose reconstruction, including probability of causation.
- Responds to issues brought out in the COI, NIOSH comments/questions, and ABRWH reviews.
Candidates will work with other HP professionals through training and collaboration.
Candidates should be reliable, mature, detail-oriented, organized, and able to work under time constraints in a busy project-oriented environment.
Preferred Skills:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in health physics, environmental or natural sciences, or related field
- 2 or more years’ experience in health physics or radiation safety with a strong technical/educational background in the fields of environmental science, radiological engineering, site remediation or health physics, with practical applications with CERCLA/DOE site experience preferred
- Experience with dose reconstruction on past projects, specific accidents, or other occupational exposure conditions
- Knowledge of methods and procedures used in monitoring for internal and external radiation exposures, specifically in recognition and evaluation of records that either directly or indirectly may be used to retrospectively reconstruct occupational radiation doses
- Experience with DOE facilities and AEC, ERDA, and DOE records systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Requirements include:
- Knowledge of MS Office software
All candidates must have US citizenship or be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
Data Analyst – Aiken, SC
We are excited to announce an opening at our Aiken, South Carolina office.
The MJW Companies is seeking a data analyst to help provide support to a group of health physicists and statisticians who are reconstructing historical exposures of workers to radiation and radioactive materials in the workplace.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field
- Strong desire to work with a team of statisticians and health physicists to ensure data are of the quality needed to produce sound statistical analyses
- Ability to assist with the design of data capture requests to ensure appropriate data are collected
- Ability to assist in the creation of data entry instructions used to guide the entry of data into electronic databases
- Ability to identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in datasets
- Ability to clearly communicate results to coworkers and non-technical personnel, both verbally and in writing
- Be inquisitive, persistent, and have attention to detail
Preferences:
- Working knowledge of basic statistical techniques
- Working knowledge of a scripting language (preferably R)
All candidates must have US citizenship and be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
This position is posted for in-person work at our Aiken, SC office.
IT Specialist 1 – Cincinnati, OH
MJW is currently seeking an IT Specialist to support our helpdesk activities.
The IT Specialist 1 is responsible for taking initial telephone, email, or ticketing system inquiries and addressing relatively simple laptop/desktop hardware, software, or network problems. This position will document all support requests in the Help Desk ticketing system and provide more detailed documentation in the Help Desk team OneNote repository. Individual will recognize and escalate more difficult requests as necessary to Systems Administrators, Cybersecurity Analysts and Application Developers, and this position will be required to participate in an on-call rotation for non-business hours support with other Help Desk staff.
Training is encouraged and candidates will work with other IT professionals.
Candidates should be reliable, mature, detail-oriented, organized, and able to work under time constraints in a busy project-oriented environment.
Preferred Skills:
- Familiar with Microsoft Active Directory for basic user and computer administration tasks such as password resets, security group membership, DHCP assignment.
- Ability to support end users with issues related to Microsoft Windows 10 client operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2016/2019 Remote Desktop Services.
- Experience supporting end users with Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat and willingness to learn supporting end users with in-house developed applications.
- CompTIA A+/Network+ Certification, or a two year associate degree in an IT-related field of study, or equivalent work experience.
- A customer-friendly attitude along with excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
All candidates must have US citizenship and be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
This position is posted for in-person work at our Cincinnati, OH office.
Claimant Phone Interviewer – Cincinnati, OH
We are excited to announce openings at our Cincinnati, Ohio office.
Candidates should be reliable, mature, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, problem solving skills, and be detail-oriented, organized and able to work under time constraints in a busy project-oriented environment. Responsibilities include: effective listening skills in transcribing telephone interviews with claimants with high quality; ability to understand and explain results of technical reports in a manner the claimant may understand clearly. Candidates will need to use problem-solving skills to anticipate and respond to claimant questions and concerns during telephone interviews. Ability to type at least 60 words/minute is necessary.
A 4-year degree with a science or math background or 8 years comparable experience is required.
Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook required. In addition, candidates must be proficient in MS Outlook email, calendar, scheduling and task manager functions.
All candidates must have US citizenship or be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
Accounting Assistant – Amherst, NY
We are excited to announce an opening at our Amherst, NY office.
Candidates should be reliable, mature, detail-oriented, organized and able to work under time constraints in a busy project-oriented environment. Excellent communication and grammar skills are a must. This position provides support to the Accounting department through a wide array of department specific activities and Company objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Account reconciliation through Financial Statements
- Full cycle accounts payable
- Accounts receivable assistance, as needed
- Bank account and credit card account reconciliation
- Payroll
- Data entry and records management
- Oversees employee travel program
- Provides administrative support for the VP of Finance
- Other tasks and special projects, as needed
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 1-3 years of accounting experience required
- Proven expertise with Microsoft Excel and Word
- QuickBooks experience preferred
- Ability to handle confidential information
- Flexibility between tasks
All candidates must have US citizenship or be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
TENORM Radiological Control Technician – Part Time/Seasonal
This is a SEASONAL position.
We are excited to announce openings at our Amherst, NY office. These openings are offered on a part time or full-time basis to support client projects of varying duration. The work involves the monitoring of construction activities to determine the presence of Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) typically in the Western NY area.
Candidates should be reliable, mature, detail-oriented, organized and able to work under time constraints in a busy project-oriented environment. Any math or science background a plus. Excellent communication and grammar skills are a must.
Requirements include:
- Radiological monitoring or environmental experience preferred but not required.
- Valid Driver’s License and dependable Car/Truck
- Ability to observe and concisely document and describe field activities
- Ability to complete forms and generate field sketches
- Ability to perform calculations such as to record and calculate the average of several numbers
- Ability to work outside in cold or hot weather
- Ability to lift/carry up to 30 pounds and walk on uneven surfaces
- Ability to read and interpret digital and analog displays
- Willingness to work with and around radioactive materials upon completion of training
- Ability to pass physical
No experience necessary, training will be provided.
All candidates must have US citizenship or be legally able to work in the United States. Candidates must pass a background check.
