SUPERVISORY ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
Naval Sea Systems Command
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SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
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 at a naval shipyard in Hawaii, where you'll oversee the creation and implementation of safety procedures for testing nuclear systems on ships.
You'll manage staff, ensure efficient operations, and act as the top expert on nuclear testing to keep everything running safely and effectively.
It's ideal for an experienced nuclear engineer who enjoys supervising others and has a background in naval or high-stakes technical environments.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, coordinating and developing nuclear test procedures
- Professional engineering background in nuclear systems, including radiological and technical work documents
- Ability to exercise administrative and technical supervision over subordinates
- Skills in position management to ensure organizational efficiency and accurate job descriptions
- Experience preparing procedures for nuclear evolutions and reactor plant conditions during overhauls and repairs
- Serve as a senior technical advisor on nuclear test matters
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain necessary security clearance for naval work
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the NUCLEAR TEST ENGINEERING DIVISION of PEARL HARBOR NSY 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: as a professional engineer coordinating, developing, and issuing Nuclear Test Procedures to ensure radiological, Technical Work Documents, and other requirements are met for the effective and safe operation and testing of nuclear systems.
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 exercise administrative and technical supervision over subordinates for professional nuclear engineering work
- You will exercise position management responsibilities, assuring that subordinates job descriptions are current and accurate and that position structure of organization is designed to insure optimum efficiency, effectiveness, and economy.
- You will perform senior professional nuclear engineer duties including the preparation of all procedures required to conduct nuclear evolutions and providing required reactor plant conditions for overhaul and repair work.
- You will serve as senior technical advisor on nuclear test matters
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