NUCLEAR ENGINEER

Summary

You will serve as a NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the Fluid Systems and Mechanical Engineering Division (Code 2320), Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department (Code 2300), of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• •You will provide direction of nuclear engineering work involved with cradle to grave processes of naval vessel propulsion plan systems in related to their assigned area of responsibility (AOR) in Code 2320.
• •You will report directly to the Assistant Division Head for all matters related to the assigned AOR in Code 2320.
• •You will be responsible for oversight of all technical aspects of the Naval Shipyard Nuclear Power Program within assigned AOR in Code 2320.
• •You will advise and provide guidance to the Assistant Division Head, on major policy and technical issues as they relate to nuclear propulsion systems on naval vessels in their AOR in Code 2320.
• •You will provide engineering direction such as; preparation, review and approval of Technical Work Documents (TWD) and administrative documents in support of reactor plant procedures.
• •You will distribute and balance the workload among employees.
• •You will maintain close liaison with production personnel and resolving technical problems identified during the production phase of a job (e.g., Deficiency Report resolutions, TWD changes).
• •You will be responsible for ensuring technical subordinates meet their organizational goals and objectives in a mentoring capacity.
• •You will mentor technical subordinates, functional area associates and departmental management.
• •You will prepare, review and approve off-station correspondence to resolve drawing, procedure, or equipment problems, or to propose improvements.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: . Experience serving as a principal consultant and advisor to high-level management both on matters pertaining to nuclear powered naval vessels, support and auxiliary systems, equipment, and support facilities. Experience providing technical oversight to interpret/evaluate engineering drawings/ specifications/ technical data packages as well as the planning/construction of nuclear facilities. Experience directing junior engineers and technicians in their performance of work on projects to which they are assigned, and be able to resolve, or, where required, alert additional supervisory authority of technical or administrative problems encountered. Experience overseeing and preparing the progress of technical reports on assigned programs/projects involving the design, development and demonstration of reactor technology. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.