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Reactor Engineer (Examiner Qualified)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission · Posted 120 days ago
Hybrid Atlanta, GA $126K – $187K Apply by Jun 2, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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This position is located in Division of Reactor Oversight. The supervisor is Jim Anderson. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position ss subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.
What You'll Do
- →The successful candidate will perform the full range of Reactor Engineer (Examiner Qualified) duties.
- →Such duties include but are not limited to: Maintain qualification as an NRC operator licensing examiner, including assisting the regional offices in the administration of operator examinations and requalification inspections as necessary.
- →Provide input to and participate in the policy and decision processes associated with oversight and programmatic administration of operator licensing, including the conduct of programmatic reviews, examination audits, reviews of applicant informal appeals, and preparation of staff responses related to the formal hearing process.
- →Develop or assist in developing safety evaluations for licensing actions (e.g., amendments and exemptions) involving operator actions or related to NRC operator licensing requirements.
- →Respond to questions from the public or internal and external stakeholders regarding the operator licensing program.
- →Provide support and guidance to the regional offices in the implementation of operator licensing-related regulations.
- →Participate in the review and preparation of standards and guides related to operator licensing and training programs at reactor facilities.
- →Evaluate proposals from NRC staff and external stakeholders related to operator licensing-related regulations.
- →Participate in the continuing development of enhancement to the examination process.
- →Candidates must have a strong technical and project management background with excellent written and oral communications skills.
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: This is a Drug Testing position Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.
- ✓Education Requirements for 0801/0830/0840/0850 A.
- ✓Degree: Engineering.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
Benefits
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Job ID: 63571605-e3d7-4c36-bcb1-8d8946b2f795
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