SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the Nuclear Refueling Engineering Division (2370) of the Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department (Code 2300) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

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 with refueling equipment to include tasks such as engineering planning, development of designs and specifications, issue of instructions to fabricate, test, modify and checkout reactor servicing equipment and systems.

Experience providing on site job support and management oversight to various nuclear support training and operations.

Experience in extensive advanced nuclear engineering concepts, principles, and practices, with proven ability to manage, coordinate, and review activities related to nuclear plant refueling/defueling.

Skilled in providing expert technical and engineering guidance while effectively interfacing with overhaul, maintenance, and other repair organizations and operations Experience as a Shift Refueling Engineer a including successful Shift Refueling Engineering re-qualification or cross qualification, demonstrating continued proficiency and adaptability in critical refueling/defueling operations.

Experience as a subject matter expert in letter, substance and intent of the Nuclear Reactor Servicing Manual, Manual for the Control of Refueling, other manuals applicable to a particular refueling type and associated Component Technical Manuals or similar.

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. Major Duties:

• You will provide technical and administrative supervision.
• You will be responsible for refueling operations during a specific shift and coordination of refueling operations with other reactor plant work, which is carried out during a work shift.
• You will assure the safety of the reactor plant at all times during the assigned shift by identifying and resolving errors.
• You will be required to determine the need for and prepares detailed instructions or changes to technical instructions.
• You will function as Senior Shift Refueling Engineer on a shift and coordinate refueling operations between shipboard and dockside refueling work ensuring safety and proper conduct of nuclear reactor plant refueling.