ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (NUCLEAR)

Summary

You will serve as a Engineering Technician (Nuclear) in the Nuclear Engineering Training Branch (2301.3) under the Assistant Nuclear Engineering and Planning Manager (2301), Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department (2300) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will independently plan, organize and accomplish complex engineering technical projects in support of an effective nuclear engineer training program.
• You will serve as a consultant to shipyard management and other organizations inside and outside of the shipyard.
• You will develop, arrange and moderate seminars and conferences including conducting formal and informal classroom training and lectures on broad to detailed subject matter areas within the specialization.
• You will be responsible for adhering to the concepts, work practices, policies, and philosophy of naval nuclear work.

Qualifications

GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: - Experience crafting and delivering training to the nuclear engineering community based on NAVSEA and private industry best practices. - Experience planning, revising, modifying, and/or organizing technical training and training curriculums, such as nuclear theory, radiological controls, security, and safety. - Experience applying operational knowledge of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. - Experience within nuclear training programs and coordinating their interfaces with other shipyard departments or divisions. - Experience conducting studies, surveys, drills, and internal audits to evaluate findings and optimize training program objectives. - Experience identifying and resolving problems. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: - Experience delivering training to the nuclear engineering community. - Experience organizing instruction in nuclear subject matters, such as nuclear theory, radiological controls, security, and safety. - Experience working with nuclear training programs and interfacing with other shipyard departments or divisions. - Experience participating in studies, surveys, drills, or internal audits to evaluate training program proficiencies and efficiencies. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

How to apply

Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09/14/2026. Applications received after 09/14/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. For additional information on viewing your application status, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.