- Position Title
- Nuclear Engineer (Deputy Program Manager Commissioned Submarines)
- Agency
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Announcement Number
- 24-NA30-18-12663527-EN Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, January 16, 2025 to Wednesday, January 29, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current/former federal employee who meets one of the following Merit Promotion eligibilities:
1. Current career/career-conditional federal employee applying for a PROMOTION or TRANSFER to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?
2. Former career/career-conditional federal employee with "Status" applying for REINSTATEMENT to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?
Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
1. Current career/career-conditional federal employee applying for a PROMOTION or TRANSFER to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?
2. Former career/career-conditional federal employee with "Status" applying for REINSTATEMENT to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?
Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
3.
Are you a current excepted service federal employee?
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
4.
Are you a SURPLUS or DISPLACED federal employee (e.g., Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP))?
If yes, confirm:
--you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy;
--you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated;
--you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
--your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or equivalent.
For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
If yes, confirm:
--you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy;
--you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated;
--you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
--your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or equivalent.
For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
5.
Are you a veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions AND:
--you served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military; OR
--you are entitled to veterans' preference?
Note: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour or claiming "derived preference" you may also meet the eligibility criteria.
For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans/
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
--you served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military; OR
--you are entitled to veterans' preference?
Note: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour or claiming "derived preference" you may also meet the eligibility criteria.
For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans/
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
Preferences
1.
Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in this position. Please provide an answer for all questions.
1.
You must meet the minimum basic educational/experience requirements for an Engineer in the Federal Government. Select one answer which best describes your educational/experience background for an engineer position.
2.
To meet the basic qualifications requirements for EN-05 level (Above GS-15), select the option that best describes your experience background.
3.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of advanced principles of nuclear engineering including reactor materials, metallurgy, nuclear physics, heat transfer, reactor theory, hydraulics, mechanical and electrical design, and naval architecture as applied to nuclear propulsion in addition to knowledge of several other engineering fields to include mechanical, electrical and chemical.
5.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
6.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of several engineering fields in addition to nuclear, such as mechanical, electrical, and chemical, sufficient to make substantive technical decision requiring application of these disciplines.
7.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
8.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to oversee and technically direct the repair, maintenance, and refueling of naval reactor plant and propulsion plant modifications, repairs, and overhauls.
9.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
10.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of Federal nuclear safety and security regulations, practices and procedures to ensure that health and safety features and precautions are considered as an integral part of the operations.
11.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
12.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of the principles and factors involved in establishing effective production control systems in large manufacturing and assembly facilities and the ability to apply these principles and factors in the performance of formal evaluations of major suppliers' production control systems.
13.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
14.
Select the response below that best describes your experience of providing guidance, direction, and vision to advise on the coordination of industrial based matters for construction, maintenance, and modernization of nuclear-powered ships.
15.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
16.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of management systems to initiate, accomplish, modify, and maintain configuration control of commissioned nuclear submarines.
17.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
18.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of regulations, practices, and procedures concerning radiological control, testing and plant condition control, quality control in fabrication and repair, cleanliness control and submarine safety control that is applicable to naval nuclear-powered submarines.
19.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflect this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
20.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to effectively interact with senior government and contractor officials in order to represent agency interests.
21.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
22.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to present briefings/speeches, influence other related federal agency plans and activities.
23.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
24.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to discern the need for, formulate and implement new technical policies and standards for naval nuclear propulsion work.
25.
Please identify the position in your resume which reflects this experience.
26.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.