Positions are located in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities (DANU), Advanced Reactor Technical Branch 3 (Supervisor: Greg Oberson) and NRR, Division of Risk Assessment (DRA), PRA Licensing Branch C (Supervisor: Alissa Neuhausen). 

Duties

As a Reliability and Risk Analyst, the successful candidate will utilize probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), reactor systems expertise, and regulatory expertise to address issues for new and operating reactors, including development of policy and guidance, evaluations of applications for new designs and licensing actions, and analysis of plant operating performance.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Demonstrated knowledge of structures, systems, component design and general operating characteristics of nuclear reactors. (Describe your experience performing reviews and evaluations in the design and functional capability of nuclear power plants - including currently operating reactors, new light-water reactors, and non light-water reactors - to withstand transient and accident conditions.) 2. Demonstrated experience applying the principles, theories, and practices of probabilistic risk analysis in the assessment of operating commercial nuclear power reactors. Experience in reviewing risk-informed license amendment requests and pilot risk applications for operating reactors should be highlighted. (Describe experience, education, and training which demonstrates your knowledge of the principles, theories and practices of engineering or physical science as it relates to the application of reliability and risk analysis in nuclear power facility design, analysis, testing, maintenance and/or operations. Provide examples demonstrating your experience in the application of probabilistic risk analysis for nuclear power plants. Describe your accomplishments in areas such as Levels 1 and 2, internal and external events PRAs; human reliability analysis; common cause failure analysis; and fault tree and event tree modeling. Describe your experience reviewing risk informed license amendment requests and pilot risk applications for operating reactors; applying NRC guidance (i.e., SRP Chapter 19, RG 1.174, RG 1.200) to those applications; resolving issues with the licensee during these reviews; and writing safety evaluations.) 3. Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and experience in the formulation of sound technical judgement on the adequacy of existing and proposed systems design and operation. (Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments which demonstrate your ability to formulate technical judgement. Provide several examples of judgements, recommendations, or actions you have taken in regard to the adequacy of reactor systems design or analytical methods used in reactor systems analyses. Describe your ability to identify complex issues and recommend successful approaches for resolution. Highlight examples that demonstrate resourcefulness, initiative, and ingenuity in completing the work.) 4. Demonstrated ability to prioritize, plan, schedule, manage, and resolve regulatory or technical issues. (Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to formulate technical judgment. Provide examples of how your knowledge in thermal-hydraulics was used to support your professional experience. Provide examples of judgments, recommendations made, or actions you have taken in regard to the adequacy of reactor systems design or analytical methods used in reactor systems analyses. Describe your ability to perform the review of a technical issue and recommend successful approaches for resolution. Highlight examples that demonstrate resourcefulness, planning, initiative, and ingenuity in completing the work.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as demonstrated skill in applying the principles, theories, and practices of PRA in the assessment of complex nuclear facilities (e.g., operating commercial nuclear power reactors, new reactor designs, fuel cycle, etc.).

Education

Qualification for All Professional Engineering 0800 Series:

Basic Requirements:

A. 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

B. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.)

Qualification for All General Physical Science 1301 Series:

Basic Requirements:

1. 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.

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2. 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 Human Resources Attn: Please Complete Washington, District of Columbia 20555 United States
• Name: Erica Mosley-Ferebee
• Phone: 301-415-1577
• Email: [email protected]