Summary These position are located in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Reactor Oversight (DRO), Reactor Oversight Process Inspection Branch (IRIB) and Reactor Assessment Branch (IRAB). The supervisors are Thomas Hipschman and Patrick Finney. These positions are Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. These positions are not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure or to security ownership restriction reporting requirements. Responsibilities As a Reactor Operations Engineer or Scientist, you will ensure that the NRC's oversight of power reactors is effective, accurate, and credible through the inspection program and policy development, coordination, implementation, assessment, and enhancement. Activities include reviewing and assisting in the development of oversight processes, policy, and guidance; evaluating the implementation of the Reactor Oversight Process at headquarters and the regional offices, and obtaining feedback on the impact of NRC activities. Duties may include, but are not limited to: Participate in activities related to the management of the Reactor Oversight Process, with an emphasis on improving knowledge of key safety and risk aspects related to inspections and assessment activities. Provide project management support of assessment activities, to include compiling information from program leads to report on program effectiveness. Assist in the development of inspection procedures and related program guidance for NRC inspections of nuclear power facilities. Identify and promptly communicate concerns about reactor safety and regulatory burden as they become known. Provide input to public and Congressional inquiries regarding assigned areas of responsibility and NRC activities. Participate in public meetings and discussions, and contribute to technical briefings to NRC management. Provide headquarters support for regional inspections, notifying supervisor of any reactor safety concerns. Participate in task forces to develop new (or changed) concepts related to the reactor inspection program. Provide input to estimates of resources that are needed to perform all elements of the assigned program, whether established or under development. Represent the branch on technical working groups and provide independent input on related matters. Manage contracts, to include allocating and tracking resources for reactor inspection and oversight programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Demonstrated ability to understand the NRC Reactor Oversight Process, including significance determination when applied to these areas and issues. (Describe experience in applying oversight experience to nuclear power plant operations.) 2. Demonstrated ability to coordinate a broad range of technical tasks. (Describe specific assignments where you worked or acted as a project coordinator of complex technical issues. Describe your work experience in performing effectively in an environment where coordinating the efforts of others across organizations and disciplines was important to success.) 3. Demonstrated ability to identify complex issues and recommend successful approaches for resolution. Highlight examples that demonstrate resourcefulness, initiative, and ingenuity in completing the work. (Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments which demonstrate your ability to identify complex issues and recommend successful approaches for resolution.) 4. Demonstrated ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing; demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with supervisors, government and industry officials, utility employees/managers, professional committees, and coworkers. (Examples may include experience making presentations and describing technical issues to a variety of audiences.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as experience that demonstrates a thorough knowledge of commercial (or military) power plant facilities. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume. Education GG-0801 (General Engineering Series): Basic Requirements: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. OR Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum -- 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 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) GG-1301, (General Physical Science Series): Basic requirements: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, MD. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.