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NUCLEAR DIRECTOR

U.S. Pacific Fleet

Department of the Navy

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Salary

$119,630 - $155,521

per year

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April 21, 2026More Navy jobs →

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading nuclear projects for ship and submarine overhauls at a naval shipyard, ensuring everything runs safely, on time, and within budget while overseeing training and team policies.

It's ideal for someone with experience managing complex nuclear or radiological work in a high-stakes environment like the military or defense sector.

A good fit would be a detail-oriented leader who thrives in coordinating teams and handling audits and reviews.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, managing nuclear or radiological production projects for ship or submarine overhauls
  • Ability to ensure safe, economical, and timely completion of reactor plant projects in line with directives, plans, and quality standards
  • Skills in coordinating responses to audits, surveillances, incident reports, and internal/external reviews
  • Experience providing oversight and evaluation of nuclear training programs, including updates to lesson plans and corrective actions
  • Proficiency in developing short- and long-range plans for manning, facilities, materials, and equipment to support nuclear work
  • Capability to represent leadership in meetings, nuclear critiques, and discussions on shop work practices
  • Knowledge of supervising teams and ensuring compliance with labor and employee relations policies

Full Job Description

You will serve as a NUCLEAR DIRECTOR in the Production Resources Department of PSNS and IMF.

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: managing nuclear or radiological production projects in support of the overhaul of ships or submarines.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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 ensure the reactor plant projects and associated interface work performed by shop(s) is accomplished in a safe, economical and timely manner in accordance with governing directives, instructions, plans, cost and quality requirements.
  • You will coordinate and provide authoritative responses to audits, surveillances, incident and deficiency reports, Shipyard Commander's agenda items, and internal and external reviews.
  • You will provide evaluation and oversight of the nuclear training program to ensure improvements or changes to shop and trade processes are incorporated, and that lesson plans are adjusted to address deficiencies and associated corrective actions.
  • You will develop short and long-range plans to provide manning, facilities, material and equipment to support scheduled an unscheduled urgent nuclear and refueling or defueling work for the organizations covered.
  • You will represent the Shop Superintendent at meetings and nuclear critiques involving the shop(s) work and related shop work practices.
  • You will ensure that subordinate supervisors carry out policies in labor and employee relations.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/8/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/8/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12930355-26-MBP