This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards (NMSS), Division of Fuel Management (DFM), Material Control & Accounting Branch (MCAB). The supervisor is Diane Jackson.   This  position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208.   This position IS not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements.   This position IS subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

Duties

An International Safeguards Analyst, provides support and expertise in the design, development, and evaluation of international safeguards systems and programs. Assists in ensuring the compliance with applicable requirements in the Agreements with the IAEA, Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, and other bilateral and multilateral agreements for safeguards and nonproliferation. Supports the Office of International Programs (OIP) with import and export licensing of special nuclear material, and in review of requests for technology transfer under 10 CFR Part 810. Conducts the analysis of international safeguards issues and generic studies related to facilities identified U.S. Agreements with IAEA, including nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and related installations. Compiles information for reporting to IAEA and international counterparts as required by agreements. Utilizes safeguards expertise to support the regulatory decision-making process and requests for international technical assistance on safeguards issues received from other Federal agencies, international organizations, or foreign counterparts 

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• This is a Drug Testing position.
• Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GG-12) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.  The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Basic knowledge of theory, principles, and practices, applicable NRC regulations, regulatory guides, standard review plans, and industry codes and standards and their application in the regulatory process and in performing the duties in the areas of international safeguards treaties and agreements. Sufficient specialized knowledge to assist in independent reviews and analyses of international safeguards. 2. Demonstrated ability to interact with technical and inspection personnel and present staff positions, utilizing knowledge of licensee systems, regulatory procedures, and environmental concerns as well as the as well as the ability to lead or participate in technical discussions with licensee personnel on environmental issues and regulatory requirements. 3. Demonstrated knowledge of nuclear systems and processes, reactor production processes, nuclear fuel operations, chemical processing systems, nuclear material control and accounting, and statistics. 4. Demonstrated skill in independent analysis of technical and policy issues and ability to develop, document, and present sound technical bases supporting the resolution of technical bases supporting the resolution of such issues. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as experience that demonstrates knowledge of the principles and practices of international safeguards and their implementation, including the structure and contents of agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency, U.S. international nuclear trading partners, and their expression in U.S. law and NRC regulations.

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

1. 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:
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

Contacts

• Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Washington, District of Columbia 20555 United States
• Name: Kreslyon Valrie
• Phone: (301) 287-0714
• Email: [email protected]