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SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER

U.S. Pacific Fleet

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Guam

Salary

$106,437 - $138,370

per year

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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 nuclear engineers in testing and maintaining reactor systems on naval ships at a shipyard in Guam, ensuring everything runs safely and on schedule.

You'll supervise daily operations, plan tests, and solve technical problems to keep the fleet operational.

It's a great fit for experienced nuclear engineers with supervisory skills and a background in shipyard testing who thrive in high-stakes, team-based environments.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in nuclear engineering
  • Extensive experience as a Shift Test Supervisor
  • Currently qualified as a Shift Test Engineer
  • Significant experience in work controls, retest, and systems testing
  • Experience resolving waterfront issues and collaborating with Ships Force and Shipyard technical codes/shops
  • Basic educational requirements for nuclear engineering series (per OPM standards)
  • Ability to provide administrative and technical supervision to subordinates

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the Guam Detachment Naval Shipyard of PEARL HARBOR NSY AND IMF.

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: Candidate must have extensive experience as a Shift Test Supervisor and must be a currently qualified Shift Test Engineer.Candidate must have significant experience in work controls, retest, and systems testing.

Candidate must have experience in resolving waterfront issues and experience in working with Ships Force and Shipyard technical codes/shops.

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/nuclear-engineering-series-0840/ 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 administrative and technical supervision to three GS-12 Nuclear Shift Test Engineers.
  • You will plan work to be accomplished by subordinates commensurate with their skill and abilities, setting and adjusting priorities for the subordinates, and preparing schedules to ensure timely completion of the work with the required quality.
  • You will maintain actual personal knowledge of the day-to-day progress and conditions of all reactor plant systems, operations, and tests that affect the reactor plant.
  • You will development of a detailed daily test planning document: Test Plan of the Day (TPOD) and plant condition memos.
  • You will monitor the progress of test preparations and accomplishment and providing technical assistance when necessary to resolve problems.
  • You will schedule, review, monitor, and revise a variety of tests on all reactor plant systems.
  • You will direct the activities of waterfront administration and planning groups to support planned operations, ensuring efficient productive use of all resources.
  • You will ensure that all prerequisites (Test Preparations) are ready and will support testing prior to the scheduling of a test.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/9/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12900381-26-DMK