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ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (NUCLEAR)

Portsmouth, VA

US Department of the Navy
National Security • 10K+ employees

$75K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 21 days ago


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6.4

Company rating: 6.4 out of 10

Based on 380 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

43rd of 50 rated military and defense


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You will serve as a Engineering Technician (Nuclear) in the Nuclear Engineering Training Branch (2301.3) under the Assistant Nuclear Engineering and Planning Manager (2301), Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department (2300) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.Qualifications:GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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 crafting and delivering training to the nuclear engineering community based on NAVSEA and private industry best practices.
- Experience planning, revising, modifying, and/or organizing technical training and training curriculums, such as nuclear theory, radiological controls, security, and safety.
- Experience applying operational knowledge of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
- Experience within nuclear training programs and coordinating their interfaces with other shipyard departments or divisions.
- Experience conducting studies, surveys, drills, and internal audits to evaluate findings and optimize training program objectives.
- Experience identifying and resolving problems.
GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 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 delivering training to the nuclear engineering community.
- Experience organizing instruction in nuclear subject matters, such as nuclear theory, radiological controls, security, and safety.
- Experience working with nuclear training programs and interfacing with other shipyard departments or divisions.
- Experience participating in studies, surveys, drills, or internal audits to evaluate training program proficiencies and efficiencies.
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/engineering-technical-series-0802/
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:
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