Reactor Engineer (Operations) (Agency Employees Only)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), Division of Engineering (DE), Reactor Engineering Branch (REB). The supervisor is Raj Iyengar.

This position IS subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements.

This position IS subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as experience that demonstrates a knowledge of the design, construction, operation, inspection, and/or evaluation of nuclear plant components, structures, and/or facilities to understand the value and impact of the requirements of proposed standards.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1.

Demonstrated knowledge of the design, construction, operation, inspection and evaluation of nuclear plant components, structures, and facilities to understand the value and impact of the requirements of proposed standards.

(Example) Describe specific training, education, and work experience demonstrates your knowledge of the design, analysis, fabrication, operation, maintenance and testing of reactor systems and components sufficient to understand the value and impact of the requirements of the proposed standard.

Examples may include: technical assessments of engineering aspects of reactor systems involving the design analysis, fabrication, operation, maintenance and testing of reactor systems and components (Specific areas of technical assessments will involve reactor operation, inspection and monitoring), and/or the technical issues and resolutions of application of digital twins, big data engineering, domain expertise (e.g., data cleansing, data management, analytics, visualization and engineering), statistics and machine learning.

2.

Demonstrated knowledge of NRC's regulations, principles and procedures, regulatory guides, and industry codes and standards applicable to the integrity of components and structures used in nuclear power plants and/or spent-fuel storage facilities.

(Example) Describe your experience that demonstrates your knowledge of NRC's regulations, principles and procedures, regulatory guides, and industry codes and standards applicable to the integrity of components and structures used in nuclear power plants and/or spent-fuel storage facilities.

Examples may include experience that shows understanding of risk-informed approaches or impact of technological advances related to the integrity of components and structures used in nuclear power plants and/or spent-fuel storage containers.

3. Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and control complex engineering research projects.

(Example) Describe your experience that demonstrates your ability to plan, coordinate, and control complex engineering research projects.

Provide examples of relevant research projects that you have led.

Describe the scope of the projects, the identification of technical challenges and their resolution, and your specific role in the projects. 4.

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a broad range of audiences on technical issues, challenges, and resolutions.

(Example) Describe specific experiences and accomplishments communicating effectively orally and in writing with a broad range of audiences on technical issues, challenges, and resolutions.

Describe examples of significant oral communications and impactful written products. PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Major Duties:

As a Reactor Engineer (Operations), provides technical assessments of engineering aspects of reactor systems involving the design, analysis, fabrication, operation, maintenance and testing of reactor systems and components.

Specific areas of technical assessments will involve reactor operations, inspection, and monitoring.

Evaluates the technical issues and resolutions of application of digital twins, big data engineering, domain expertise (e.g., data cleansing, data management, analytics, visualization and engineering), statistics and machine learning.

Develops plans and objectives for complex analytic and experimental research programs to support technical and safety assessments of reactor operations, inspection, and monitoring.

Prepares and delivers presentations for technical and programmatic review meetings. Interacts with groups having interest and responsibility in regulatory research areas.