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Operations Engineer
Nuclear Regulatory Commission · Posted 64 days ago
Hybrid Atlanta, GA $106K – $158K Apply by Aug 10, 2026 Nuclear Engineering ISFPISTP EngineeringOperations
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These positions are located in the Office of the Chief Nuclear Reactor Inspector, R3 Division of Reactor Safety, Operator Licensing Branch in Region III - Naperville, IL. Selectee may work out of any NRC office location listed. This is not a full-time remote position. The supervisor is Karla Stoedter. This position is not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is not subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.
What You'll Do
- →The successful candidate will perform the full range of duties as an Operations Engineer.
- →As a region-based inspector and examiner, you will develop, prepare and administer examinations to applicants for operator and senior operator licenses for nuclear reactors.
- →You will plan, conduct, report, and coordinate findings associated with inspections of light-water reactors, in accordance with the NRC Inspection Manual.
- →Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 1.
- →Preparing, reviewing, and administering written and operating examinations for operator license applicants. 2.
- →Planning and preparing for the scope of an assigned inspection to obtain sufficient information through direct observation and verification of licensee activities, including licensed operator re-qualification training. 3.
- →Performing routine and complex inspections of reactor facilities to observe and assure conformance to NRC rules and regulations, inspection procedures, and orders. 4.
- →Writing reports of inspection findings to ascertain whether the facility is being operated safely, the licensee's management control programs are effective and regulatory requirements are being satisfied. 5.
- →Coordinating inspection findings into overall licensee assessment.
Requirements
- ✓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.
- ✓All information in your resume must be true and accurate.
- ✓Conditions of Employment: U.S.
- ✓Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Candidates for Federal Government professional engineering positions must meet certain basic professional knowledge requirements.
- ✓Generally these knowledge requirements are met by having a bachelor's or higher degree in a relevant professional engineering discipline (e.g., mechanical, metallurgical, materials, nuclear, structural, chemical, electrical) from a school of engineering with at least one professional engineering curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
- ✓However, if you do not possess such a professional engineering degree, you may still satisfy the professional knowledge requirements if you have current Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration in one of the relevant disciplines from any U.S.
- ✓Note: Engineering technology degrees are not generally qualifying unless supplemented by other evidence of the individual's professional knowledge (e.g., current P.E. license or EIT examination results, as discussed above).
- ✓More detailed information about these alternatives for meeting the knowledge requirements for Federal professional engineering jobs are described in the U.S.
- ✓Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standards Operating Manual which may be accessed at the following Web site: OPM Qualification Standards for 0800 Professional Engineering Positions You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application.
- ✓Transcript must include the School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable).
Benefits
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Job ID: 17e217e1-d4f4-489f-b8f7-02f8c33bda5b
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