SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER
Naval Supply Systems Command
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SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER
United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Virginia
Salary
$106,950 - $139,036
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 26, 2026
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 a team of engineers to oversee the safe refueling of nuclear reactors on naval ships, including designing equipment, creating procedures, and ensuring everything runs smoothly and safely.
It also includes managing staff, handling complaints, and providing on-site support during operations.
A good fit would be an experienced nuclear engineer with supervisory skills who thrives in high-stakes, technical environments like shipyards.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in nuclear engineering, particularly in refueling equipment preparation, design, and testing
- Knowledge of issuing instructions for troubleshooting and resolving nuclear equipment problems
- Experience providing on-site job support, management oversight, and training in nuclear operations
- Ability to prepare procedures, standards, specifications, quality inspection, and radiological control requirements
- Basic professional engineering qualifications as per OPM standards for nuclear engineers
- Supervisory skills, including resolving employee complaints and taking disciplinary actions
- Familiarity with reviewing and ensuring safety of reactor components like vessels, control rods, and fuel cells
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the Equipment Branch (Code 2370.22), the Nuclear Refueling Engineering Division (2370) In the Nuclear Enginnering and Planning Department (Code 2300) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also 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 refueling equipment: Engineering Preparation, Design and Specification, Issue of Fabrication, Testing, Equipment, Checkout and Modification Instructions.
Experience issuing instructions for troubleshooting and resolution of problems. Experience providing onsite job support and management oversight to various support training and operations.
Experience preparing procedures, standards. specifications, quality inspection requirements and radiological control requirements.
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 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 develop and implement technical and administrative requirements and systems to ensure safe control of reactor refueling.
- You will review reactor components, which include reactor vessels, reactor head, control rods, control drive mechanisms, fuel cells, core barrel, thermal shields etc.
- You will resolve employee complaints and when determined necessary, take appropriate disciplinary action.
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