nuclear engineer

1 month ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States USAJobs Full time
Duties
  • You will be responsible for the overall design, development, testing, evaluation, procurement, installation, operation and maintenance of enterprise applications used by Naval Nuclear Propulsion headquarters, field office and contractor personnel.
  • You will initiate, direct, and be responsible for oversight and execution of new initiatives including the implementation of new techniques, concepts, and approaches at Naval Reactors Headquarters (HRHQ) and field activities.
  • You will provide technical direction and oversight of various government laboratories, prime contractors, shipyard design agents, and on-site contractor personnel in support of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
  • You will set priorities for work being performed by the various activities to ensure that important decisions are being made in a timely manner to support overall schedules.
  • You will coordinate with other technical divisions, project managers, business support divisions, and senior management to ensure delivered products fully support Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program operations.
  • You will serve at the direction of senior management in a technical advisory capacity, and as a personal representative in meetings, panels, task forces, and conferences with other federal agencies, state agencies, and other stakeholders.
  • You will ensure compliance with emerging regulations and policies from the federal government, Department of Defense (DoD), and Department of Energy (DOE) that affect Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program enterprise applications.
  • You will serve as a recognized consultant and a senior technical expert.

    Requirements

    Conditions of Employment
    • Must be a US Citizen.
    • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
    • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
    • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-
    • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
    • Males born after must be registered for Selective Service.
    • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
    • MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
    • Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
    • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
    • You may be required to travel on short notice and for an extended period of time.
    • Positions filled may require Temporary Duty (TDY) travel approximately 65% of the time.
    • You may be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
    • You may be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
    • You may be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

      Qualifications

      Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band, BN-03 (GS-13 Equivalent), in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer managing engineering projects or activities for the design, development, construction, modification, testing, or operation of nuclear propulsion plants, systems or components to ensure compliance with established requirements or specifications.

      Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
      AND

      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.

      Education

      Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

      Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

      OR

      Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at:

      OR

      Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit:

      OR

      Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)

      OR

      Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

      Additional information

      This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

      Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

      A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

      Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

      ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

      Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

      PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

      Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

      A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

      Applicants rated ineligible on this vacancy announcement need to reapply and update their application package to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement.

      Applicants selected and hired on this vacancy announcement need to reapply to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement.

      Referral Lists will be issued on an as needed basis as vacancies occur.

      All eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met by the referral cut-off date.

      Positions may be filled at the BN-04, NH-04, GS-14 or GS-15 level.

      This announcement may be used to fill a Key Leadership Position (KLP).

      This announcement may be used to fill Supervisory positions.

      Security clearances may vary (Confidential, Secret, Secret (SSBI), or Top-Secret) depending on the position.

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