INTERDISCIPLINARY NUCLEAR ENGINEER/HEALTH PHYSICIST

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Qualifications:

For the

GS-0840-12/GS-1306-12 IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

(see Education section), your resume must also 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 with nuclear engineering/health physics concepts, principles, practices, and administrative techniques, used to plan and carry out an assigned Shipyard Radiation Health program.
• Experience recognizing the effects of the nuclear environment upon equipment, systems, materials, and personnel.
• Experience with the use of quantitative measurement and engineering techniques, for evaluating the magnitude of radiation health conditions.
• Experience planning, developing, and carrying out a program/project, determining the approaches to be taken, priorities, deadlines, and anticipated complex problem areas.

For the

GS-0840-11/GS-1306-11 IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

(see Education section), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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, planning, organizing, and preparing project designs and protocols for research and development work on methods, techniques, work processes, equipment and instrumentation assuring compliance with existing regulations.
• Experience coordinating, monitoring, reviewing, and integrating efforts of engineers, consultants, physicists, mechanics and others.
• Experience furnishing technical advice and assistance to managers, supervisors, employees, and other specialists on the assigned radiation health program and on specific problems encountered.
• Experience understanding of the effects of the nuclear environment upon equipment, systems materials, and personnel.

For the

GS-0840-09/GS-1306-09 IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

(see Education section ), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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 planning and carrying out an assigned radiation health program(s) that entails the recognition and evaluation of a wide variety of radiologically initiated occupational health hazards.
• Experience performing technical Health Physics studies in support of a Radiation Health Program.
• Experience monitoring, reviewing, and integrating efforts of engineers, consultants, physicists, mechanics and others.
• Experience assisting with developing criteria for radiation health standards for a variety of potentially hazardous conditions.

For the

GS-0840-07/GS-1306-07 IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

(see Education section), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 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 planning and preparing project designs and protocols for research and development work on methods, techniques, and work processes assuring compliance with existing regulations.
• Experience monitoring, reviewing, and integrating efforts of engineers, consultants, health physicists, mechanics and others.
• Experience using engineering and health physics sampling techniques and instrumentation.
• Experience writing technical/scientific reports.

For the

GS-0840-05/GS-1306-05 IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

(see Education section), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 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 using engineering and health physics sampling techniques and instrumentation.
• Experience writing technical/scientific reports.
• Experience assisting with investigating unexpected results of instrumentation.

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/0800/nuclear-engineering-series-0840/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/health-physics-series-1306/ 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.