These positions are located in Division of Operating Reactor Safety (DORS), in the following offices: RII - Atlanta, GA, RIII - Naperville, IL, and RIV - Arlington, TX Selectee will be subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure and Security Ownership Restriction reporting requirements.
You must possess at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level (i.e., GG-13). Such experience should have provided you with the full range of knowledge, skills and abilities addressed in the rating factor questions that are associated with this vacancy announcement as well as in your resume. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as work experience applying regulations, criteria, standards, guides, and general NRC policy to provide guidance to facility licensees and regional office operator licensing staff and to independently plan and coordinate staff review of operator licensing activities to assure the safe operation by licensed operators at nuclear power facilities.
The Senior Operations Engineer serves as a region-based senior inspector that leads, develops, prepares, administers, and evaluates written and operating examinations for applicants for Reactor Operator (RO) and Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) licenses for commercial nuclear reactor facilities; leads activities to inspect and evaluate the effectiveness of licensee programs to train, evaluate, and re-qualify licensed plant operating staff members; and leads and performs routine and reactive inspections and assessments of the effectiveness of licensee activities related to facility operations. The Senior Operations Engineer provides technical support and oversight for operator performance and licensing issues including providing formal presentations and training on related topics. Duties include but are not limited to: 1. Developing, preparing, and administering examinations to applicants for operation's and senior operators' licenses for nuclear reactors. 2. Integrating inspection findings into overall licensee assessment. 3. Assisting in the development of operator licensing regulatory policies, recommending improvements, and implementing procedures designed to improve the operator licensing process. 4. Performing a wide variety of lead duties, generally diverse and multi-disciplinary, associated with the inspection of power reactors. 5. Independently planning, scheduling, and determining the scope of inspection to be performed personally, or by a team (normally 4-6 inspectors). 6. Preparing individual reports and coordinating team reports of inspection findings to document whether the facility is being operated safely, the licensee's management control program is effective, and regulatory requirements are being satisfied. Qualified Chief Examiner in accordance with IMC 1245, Appendix C-10 preferred, but not required. For the following regions, pay will be set using the base salary plus the applicable locality adjustment noted: Region II in Atlanta, GA- 23.79% Region III in Naperville, IL- 30.86% Region IV in Arlington, TX- 27.26%