Job Title: Project Manager (Non Power)
Posted by: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Sep 29, 2022
Location:
Rockville , MD 20852Job Description:
Background
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proud to be ranked among the best places to work for compensation, work-life balance, and performance for mid-sized agencies in the Federal Government. We've earned our top ratings by creating a work environment rich in opportunity, diversity, leadership training, teamwork, and work life balance. Help guide our nation into the next generation of nuclear safety! Begin a challenging career with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission where you can be part of a select group of professionals who protect people and the environment with the peaceful use of nuclear materials in medicine, industry, and research.
Duties
These positions are located in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities (DANU), Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch (UNPL), Headquarters, Rockville, MD.
As the Project Manager (PM) you will serve as the focal point for the processing, oversight, and review of all matters associated with licensing project management of NRC-licensed Non-Power Production or Utilizations Facilities (NPUFs) and assigned projects. You will serve as the PM for the licensing, safety, safeguards and security, and environmental functions, reviews and evaluations of assigned facilities under construction, operation, deferred, permanently shutdown or decommissioning and license termination status. As assigned and qualified, you will conduct inspections of facilities and licensing examinations of operators.
Additional duties include but are not limited to:
• Manage, coordinate, and routinely perform safety, safeguards and security and environmental reviews of applications related to construction permits, operating licenses, technical specifications (TSs), emergency plans, safeguards and security plans, operator re-qualification plans and radiation protection plans, and amendments thereto.
• Evaluate responses to Commission generic communications, processes relief requests and exemptions from regulations, and evaluate decommissioning and license termination plans for assigned facilities.
• Maintain an awareness of regulatory issues affecting licensing project management.
• Serve as the technical monitor on assigned projects and overall contract project manager for technical assistance efforts by DOE labs or commercial contractors in support of assigned projects.
• Support discussions with potential interveners in hearings on assigned facilities and arranges meetings with them to discuss their contentions.
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/GS-12) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience with technical and regulatory reviews for nuclear facilities, or equivalent, that demonstrates knowledge in these areas.
A description of how you possess the specialized experience should be addressed in your resume and may also be addressed in the vacancy question provided for your supplemental response.
The IDEAL CANDIDATE will be able to demonstrate the following:
1. Experience in the application of the theories, principles, and practices in the field of engineering as it relates to nuclear facility design, licensing, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities.
(In your resume, describe your experience in applying engineering-related principles and practices to the design, licensing, operation, and/or regulation of nuclear facilities.)
2. Ability to prioritize, plan, schedule, manage, and complete the review and/or inspection of technical and policy issues for licensing actions and activities affecting the regulatory agenda for nuclear facilities.
(In your resume, describe your experience and accomplishments in these areas. Provide examples which demonstrate your experience and involvement in these areas.)
3. Knowledge of NRC requirements, policies, practices, and programs applicable to nuclear facilities.
(In your resume, describe your experience and accomplishments in this area. Provide examples which demonstrate your related experience and involvement in this area, including how your accomplishments demonstrate knowledge of NRC policies, practices, and programs related to licensing, inspection, enforcement, technical review, etc.)
4. Demonstrated ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing, and to establish effective working relationships with various audiences.
(In your resume, describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to effectively communicate technical issues. Describe your ability to prepare written documents such as technical information proposals, significant event briefings, input to inspection reports. Provide at least three specific examples for both written and oral communication. Be sure to describe the audience, the nature and complexity of the communication, and the outcome of such communication. Describe your experience in establishing effective working relationships with supervisors, subordinates, peers, the public and government and industry officials.)
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.
Education
You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application.
GG-0801 (General Engineering Series):
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
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How to Apply
Visit www.nrc.gov Review the NRC Opportunities page and click on “view a list of current NRC vacancies, please visit USAJobs EXIT.” Find the Project Manager (Non Power) Job Announcement Number NRR/DANU-2022-0007 and apply on-line by October 5, 2022. If you are viewing this opportunity after October 5th please visit NRC’s website and discover additional opportunities for which you might be interested.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proud to be ranked among the best places to work for compensation, work-life balance, and performance for mid-sized agencies in the Federal Government. We've earned our top ratings by creating a work environment rich in opportunity, diversity, leadership training, teamwork, and work life balance. Help guide our nation into the next generation of nuclear safety! Begin a challenging career with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission where you can be part of a select group of professionals who protect people and the environment with the peaceful use of nuclear materials in medicine, industry, and research.
Duties
These positions are located in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities (DANU), Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch (UNPL), Headquarters, Rockville, MD.
As the Project Manager (PM) you will serve as the focal point for the processing, oversight, and review of all matters associated with licensing project management of NRC-licensed Non-Power Production or Utilizations Facilities (NPUFs) and assigned projects. You will serve as the PM for the licensing, safety, safeguards and security, and environmental functions, reviews and evaluations of assigned facilities under construction, operation, deferred, permanently shutdown or decommissioning and license termination status. As assigned and qualified, you will conduct inspections of facilities and licensing examinations of operators.
Additional duties include but are not limited to:
• Manage, coordinate, and routinely perform safety, safeguards and security and environmental reviews of applications related to construction permits, operating licenses, technical specifications (TSs), emergency plans, safeguards and security plans, operator re-qualification plans and radiation protection plans, and amendments thereto.
• Evaluate responses to Commission generic communications, processes relief requests and exemptions from regulations, and evaluate decommissioning and license termination plans for assigned facilities.
• Maintain an awareness of regulatory issues affecting licensing project management.
• Serve as the technical monitor on assigned projects and overall contract project manager for technical assistance efforts by DOE labs or commercial contractors in support of assigned projects.
• Support discussions with potential interveners in hearings on assigned facilities and arranges meetings with them to discuss their contentions.
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/GS-12) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience with technical and regulatory reviews for nuclear facilities, or equivalent, that demonstrates knowledge in these areas.
A description of how you possess the specialized experience should be addressed in your resume and may also be addressed in the vacancy question provided for your supplemental response.
The IDEAL CANDIDATE will be able to demonstrate the following:
1. Experience in the application of the theories, principles, and practices in the field of engineering as it relates to nuclear facility design, licensing, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities.
(In your resume, describe your experience in applying engineering-related principles and practices to the design, licensing, operation, and/or regulation of nuclear facilities.)
2. Ability to prioritize, plan, schedule, manage, and complete the review and/or inspection of technical and policy issues for licensing actions and activities affecting the regulatory agenda for nuclear facilities.
(In your resume, describe your experience and accomplishments in these areas. Provide examples which demonstrate your experience and involvement in these areas.)
3. Knowledge of NRC requirements, policies, practices, and programs applicable to nuclear facilities.
(In your resume, describe your experience and accomplishments in this area. Provide examples which demonstrate your related experience and involvement in this area, including how your accomplishments demonstrate knowledge of NRC policies, practices, and programs related to licensing, inspection, enforcement, technical review, etc.)
4. Demonstrated ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing, and to establish effective working relationships with various audiences.
(In your resume, describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to effectively communicate technical issues. Describe your ability to prepare written documents such as technical information proposals, significant event briefings, input to inspection reports. Provide at least three specific examples for both written and oral communication. Be sure to describe the audience, the nature and complexity of the communication, and the outcome of such communication. Describe your experience in establishing effective working relationships with supervisors, subordinates, peers, the public and government and industry officials.)
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.
Education
You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application.
GG-0801 (General Engineering Series):
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
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How to Apply
Visit www.nrc.gov Review the NRC Opportunities page and click on “view a list of current NRC vacancies, please visit USAJobs EXIT.” Find the Project Manager (Non Power) Job Announcement Number NRR/DANU-2022-0007 and apply on-line by October 5, 2022. If you are viewing this opportunity after October 5th please visit NRC’s website and discover additional opportunities for which you might be interested.
Education Level:
Bachelors degree or higher
Pay Rate:
Over $100,000
HR. Website URL:
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/employment.html
Security Clearance:
None
Travel Requirements:
Light
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About U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and began operations in 1975. NRC’s mission is to license and regulate the Nation’s civilian use of radioactive materials to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety and to promote the common defense and security and to protect the environment. In carrying out its mission it exercises the following vision: Demonstrate the Principles of Good Regulation (independence, openness, efficiency, clarity, and reliability) in performing our mission. NRC’s scope of responsibility includes: the regulation of commercial nuclear power plants, research and test reactors, nuclear fuel cycle facilities, medical, academic, and industrial uses of radioactive materials; the decommissioning of these facilities and sites; and, the transport, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials and wastes. NRC issues licenses for civilian uses of radioactive materials, oversees the licensees, and certifies standard nuclear reactor designs and spent fuel storage casks and transportation packages. It also licenses the import and export of radioactive materials; participates in international nuclear activities, including multilateral and bilateral safety and security activities; and works closely with its international counterparts to enhance nuclear safety and security worldwide. To accomplish its overall mission NRC has identified two Strategic Goals—To ensure the safe and secure use of radioactive materials. We need a wide variety of administrative and technical staff to accomplish our objectives. We hire engineers, scientists, security specialists, information technology professionals, financial analysts, and a range of other occupations. We’re constantly looking for outstanding individuals at all levels – recent grads, mid-career professionals, and senior leaders.
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