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Posted: January 30, 2026 (1 day ago)

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SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Salary

$142,452 - $185,193

per year

Closes

February 5, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of engineers to oversee nuclear quality assurance at a naval shipyard, ensuring high standards in safety and operations for nuclear projects.

It requires managing staff, developing policies, and improving work processes to keep everything running smoothly and efficiently.

A good fit would be an experienced nuclear engineer with strong leadership skills who enjoys mentoring teams and solving complex organizational challenges in a high-stakes environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in nuclear engineering or related field
  • Basic educational requirements for nuclear engineering (e.g., bachelor's degree in engineering with nuclear focus)
  • Experience developing goals and objectives that align organizational and nuclear quality assurance priorities
  • Experience establishing, evaluating, and implementing nuclear quality assurance policies and procedures
  • Experience planning, scheduling, and coordinating work to ensure smooth operations and even distribution
  • Experience developing, modifying, or interpreting performance standards for teams
  • Supervisory skills including resolving employee complaints, providing training, and assessing organizational needs

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the HEAD NUCLEAR QUALITY DIVISION, NUCLEAR ENGINEERING & PLANNING DEPARTMENT of PORTSMOUTH 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-13 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 developing goals and objectives that integrate organization and nuclear quality assurance objectives.

*Experience establishing policies and procedures for accomplishment of establishes and evaluating the implementation of the Nuclear Quality Assurance Program.

*Experience planning and scheduling work in a manner that promotes a smooth flow and even distribution. *Experience coordinating plans and schedules with other organizations managers as appropriate.

*Experience developing, modifying and/or interpreting performance standards.

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.

Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.

Some supplemental documents contain personal information such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.

You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal information before you submit your application. You must provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected. Major Duties:

  • You will hear and resolve employee complaints and refer serious unresolved complaints to higher level management.
  • You will identify employee developmental needs and provide or arrange for training to maintain and improve job performance.
  • You will review organization mission, functions, and manning.
  • You will assess and revise policies and procedures as needed to find ways to improve quality, timeliness, and efficiency of work.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/30/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/30/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12874078-26-LNB