ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (NUCLEAR)

Full Job Description

You will serve as an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (NUCLEAR) in the Nuclear Quality Division of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

For the GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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 with radiological control requirements, procedures, and practices as dictated by NAVSEA, BUMED, DOT, CFR, and local shipyard policies.

Experience conducting in-depth radiological assessments, audits, surveillances, and reviews; including familiarity with audit methods, problem investigation, data analysis, and reporting procedures to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvement.

Experience in industrial radiological controls, nuclear work processes, and shipyard operations, including submarine overhauls.

Experience effectively communicating, both orally and in writing, with various levels of shipyard personnel including preparation of comprehensive reports.

Experience analyzing deficiency reports to identify trends and influencing personnel to adopt improved radiological practices.

For the GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 with radiological control requirements, procedures, and practices as dictated by NAVSEA, BUMED, DOT, CFR, and local shipyard policies.

Experience in industrial radiological controls, nuclear work processes, and shipyard operations, including submarine overhauls.

Experience communicating, both orally and in writing, with various levels of shipyard personnel including preparation of comprehensive reports.

Experience with problem investigation and reporting to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvement.

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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-TECH 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. Major Duties:

• You will perform in-depth radiological controls assessments, audits, and surveillances of Shipyard departments to ensure that they are maintaining standards and conforming to NAVSEA requirements.
• You will develop and continuously refining functional in-depth audit plans requiring coordination with different Shipyard departments.
• You will conduct analysis of radiological deficiency reports, team learning sessions, incident reports, and other periodic reports for the purpose of identifying trends and underlying causes to problems.
• You will perform reviews of Radiological Controls procedures, Nuclear Power Manuals and Engineering Technical instructions.
• You will identify conflicting instructions or inadequate instructions, development of recommendations to correct deficiencies and preparation of reports.