General Engineer/Physical Scientist
As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist, you will:
Conduct walk-through inspections of the facilities and/or operations for the purpose of identifying hazards, incidents of non-compliance with standards and guidelines, and potential problem areas. Ensure that activities are performed within approved safe operating envelopes and in compliance with applicable orders, laws, and regulations. Monitor integrated and complex systems involving:
unique equipment, facility designs, operations and processes, a variety of human factors, and dangerous operations and processes. Ensure contractor management control systems and procedures adhere to NNSA/DOE and national nuclear, radiological and/or industrial safety, and environmental compliance program requirements, policies and practices, and contractual obligations. Ensure that activities are performed within approved safe operating envelopes and in compliance with applicable orders, laws, and regulations. Make contractor and site management aware of issues and concerns and recommends potential solutions to regulatory, technical and/or programmatic issues and requirements. Serve as the primary interface between local NNSA/DOE management and the contractor, and maintains cognizance of all operational activities, both technical and administrative, in providing technical and policy guidance, direction and interpretation. Observe, appraise and evaluates contractor performance through surveillance, field observations, and the evaluation of operational integration of production, environmental compliance, maintenance, utility operations, quality of performance, and industrial, radiological and/or nuclear safety. Under this Excepted Service NNSA Hiring authority, applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration as vacancies occur at the locations specified by the applicants. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS In addition to the positive education requirement, a qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 (EN-00/NN-02 for NNSA Demonstration Project employees). Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience supporting a team that provides guidance, oversight or technical evaluations of contractor operational and implementation plans that could impact the safe operation of industrial, nuclear or non-nuclear facilities and or/operations. Examples of specialized experience include:
Evaluating compliance with health and safety operating systems, processes, formality of operations, material flows, waste streams, instruments/alarms, control room practices, maintenance and construction, quality assurance, safety, health, and environmental activities, design, construction, maintenance or operational activities. Education may not be substituted for specialized experience. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write see resume in your application! 1. Knowledge of the safety analysis report and systems of the assigned facilities sufficient to draw from memory a diagram of safety systems and describe the basis, function, and operational characteristics of the system in the event that emergencies preclude immediate access to the relevant plans and specifications. 2. Knowledge of the current status of safety systems is required to be maintained through continuous site presence. 3. Knowledge of NNSA/DOE policies and orders, and national codes, regulations and standards in the areas of industrial safety, environmental protection, worker health and safety, nuclear/nuclear explosive safety, and/or quality assurance. 4. Ability to interpret, apply, and enforce these guidelines in the context of operations in assigned Defense Nuclear Facilities. 5. Skill in communicating orally in order to maintain constant surveillance and effective communications with M&O contractors, site managers, and federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. 6. Skill in communicating in writing in order to maintain constant surveillance and effective communications with M&O contractors, site managers, and federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include:
volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.CTAP candidates:
To be considered well qualified you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements at the time of application.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Conduct walk-through inspections of the facilities and/or operations for the purpose of identifying hazards, incidents of non-compliance with standards and guidelines, and potential problem areas. Ensure that activities are performed within approved safe operating envelopes and in compliance with applicable orders, laws, and regulations. Monitor integrated and complex systems involving:
unique equipment, facility designs, operations and processes, a variety of human factors, and dangerous operations and processes. Ensure contractor management control systems and procedures adhere to NNSA/DOE and national nuclear, radiological and/or industrial safety, and environmental compliance program requirements, policies and practices, and contractual obligations. Ensure that activities are performed within approved safe operating envelopes and in compliance with applicable orders, laws, and regulations. Make contractor and site management aware of issues and concerns and recommends potential solutions to regulatory, technical and/or programmatic issues and requirements. Serve as the primary interface between local NNSA/DOE management and the contractor, and maintains cognizance of all operational activities, both technical and administrative, in providing technical and policy guidance, direction and interpretation. Observe, appraise and evaluates contractor performance through surveillance, field observations, and the evaluation of operational integration of production, environmental compliance, maintenance, utility operations, quality of performance, and industrial, radiological and/or nuclear safety. Under this Excepted Service NNSA Hiring authority, applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration as vacancies occur at the locations specified by the applicants. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS In addition to the positive education requirement, a qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 (EN-00/NN-02 for NNSA Demonstration Project employees). Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience supporting a team that provides guidance, oversight or technical evaluations of contractor operational and implementation plans that could impact the safe operation of industrial, nuclear or non-nuclear facilities and or/operations. Examples of specialized experience include:
Evaluating compliance with health and safety operating systems, processes, formality of operations, material flows, waste streams, instruments/alarms, control room practices, maintenance and construction, quality assurance, safety, health, and environmental activities, design, construction, maintenance or operational activities. Education may not be substituted for specialized experience. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write see resume in your application! 1. Knowledge of the safety analysis report and systems of the assigned facilities sufficient to draw from memory a diagram of safety systems and describe the basis, function, and operational characteristics of the system in the event that emergencies preclude immediate access to the relevant plans and specifications. 2. Knowledge of the current status of safety systems is required to be maintained through continuous site presence. 3. Knowledge of NNSA/DOE policies and orders, and national codes, regulations and standards in the areas of industrial safety, environmental protection, worker health and safety, nuclear/nuclear explosive safety, and/or quality assurance. 4. Ability to interpret, apply, and enforce these guidelines in the context of operations in assigned Defense Nuclear Facilities. 5. Skill in communicating orally in order to maintain constant surveillance and effective communications with M&O contractors, site managers, and federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. 6. Skill in communicating in writing in order to maintain constant surveillance and effective communications with M&O contractors, site managers, and federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include:
volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.CTAP candidates:
To be considered well qualified you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements at the time of application.
- Department:
0801 General Engineering - Salary Range:
$66,167 to $105,373 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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