This position is located in Region III, Division of Radiological Safety and Security, Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Incident Response Branch, Lisle, Illinois. The supervisor is Michael E. Ziolkowski. This position is in the Bargaining Unit of the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. The selectee for this position will NOT be subject to the Office of Government Ethics Confidential Financial Disclosure Reporting Requirements. 

Duties

The successful candidate will perform the full range of the Emergency Preparedness Inspector duties. 

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 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.   SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: work experience knowledge of the principles, practices, and theories of emergency preparedness inherent in licensee emergency preparedness programs and prepare reports of field drills and exercises testing emergency plans. Such experience must have provided you with the full range of knowledge, skills and abilities identified for what is considered an "Ideal Candidate" for this position.   For GG-13: Generally, five+ years post-bachelor's degree professional engineering or physical science experience or at least 3+ years of post-master's degree professional engineering or physical science experience, which includes at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG-12 level.The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:1. Knowledge of the principles, theories, and practices of radiological emergency preparedness and emergency plan development, licensing, and inspection. 2. Ability to formulate and document sound technical judgements on the adequacy of emergency preparedness and emergency planning programs. 3. Ability to evaluate activities and operational/emergency events at nuclear facilities, develop inspection or audit findings, and evaluate the adequacy of corrective actions.  4. Skill in clearly communicating technical information, inspection or examination findings, performance assessment's, and program information, both orally and in writing, to licensees, applicants, and members of the public.  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. The NRC encourages applicants to provide extensive job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy questions to provide additional information pertaining to specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.  PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.   

Education

To be considered qualified for this professional position, candidates must meet BOTH the basic professional knowledge/education requirements that apply to Federal positions, for either the 0801-General Engineering Series or the 1301-General Physical Sciences series AND the specialized experience requirements outlined above no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. 

You must provide a copy of your college transcripts

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 lease one program accreted 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 aggregated 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 meeting additional OPM requirements. 

0801 Professional Engineering Occupational Requirements

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 the 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. 

1301 General Physical Science Occupational Requirements

Contacts

• Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road Region III - Human Resources Staff Lisle, Illinois 60532 United States
• Name: Lindsey Spicer
• Phone: 630-829-9522
• Email: [email protected]