Branch Chief
- Employer
- USAJobs
- Location
- Rockville, Maryland
- Closing date
- Jan 19, 2021
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- Industry
- Government and Public Services, Federal
- Function
- Executive, Chief
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
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Duties
Summary
This position is located in The Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Advanced Reactors and NPUF (DANU)
The supervisors are Mohamed Shams and Brian Smith.
This position Non Bargaining Unit.
Learn more about this agency
Responsibilities
As the Branch Chief, you will supervise and perform project management and oversight of licensing activities for non-power production and utilization facilities (i.e., research and test reactors and medical isotope production facilities); provide timely advice and recommendations to Division management for resolving issues; debrief staff on licensing issues and ensures issues are handled properly according to safety significance and in accordance with Agency and Office procedures. You will also review and approve principle work products such as licensing actions and/or reports; manage the handling of allegations and enforcement actions involving tracking of status, recommending follow-up actions, supporting inspections, supporting investigations, and participating in enforcement conferences or alternate dispute resolutions meetings; develop efficient work processes to assure resources are effectively used; provide leadership necessary to develop subordinate staff for appropriate future professional growth; lead and/or support initiatives to modernize and risk-inform the agency's regulatory framework for non-power production and utilization facilities.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - .
Supervisory status
Yes
Promotion Potential
15
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
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.
Qualifications
In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience that demonstrates the potential to provide transformative leadership, to assure organizational agility in the areas of work processes and resource utilization, and to enable effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume.
Education
Qualification for 0801 Series:
Basic Requirements:
Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
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: 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. 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. 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. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
More detailed information about these alternatives are described in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standards Operating Manual which may be accessed at the following website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/
Qualification for 1301 series:
Basic Requirements:
Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Additional information
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to any vacancy questions to determine your level of knowledge, skill and ability related to the job requirements. If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager.
Your resume and answers to your KSA questions are the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position.
To preview questions please click here .
Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
L Access Authorization
Drug test required
No
Required Documents
As a NRC employee you are required to submit your most recent Rating of Record (Performance Appraisal) or a statement saying that one is not available. You may do so either electronically, following the instructions below, or by sending one copy by mail to:
Lindsey Redden, HR Specialist
lindsey.redden@nrc.gov
All supplemental documents can now be collected electronically and should be submitted before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. You have three choices for submitting your supplemental documents:
1. Use the "USAJOBs" feature to download documents from your USAJOBs portfolio; or
2. use the "Upload" feature to upload documents directly from your computer. The following types of documents can be uploaded:
.gif, .jpeg, .png, .rtf, .pdf, and .doc; or
3. use the "Fax" feature to print the Fax Cover Sheet and fax it, along with your supplemental documents to 1-571-258-4052.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Summary
This position is located in The Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Advanced Reactors and NPUF (DANU)
The supervisors are Mohamed Shams and Brian Smith.
This position Non Bargaining Unit.
Learn more about this agency
Responsibilities
As the Branch Chief, you will supervise and perform project management and oversight of licensing activities for non-power production and utilization facilities (i.e., research and test reactors and medical isotope production facilities); provide timely advice and recommendations to Division management for resolving issues; debrief staff on licensing issues and ensures issues are handled properly according to safety significance and in accordance with Agency and Office procedures. You will also review and approve principle work products such as licensing actions and/or reports; manage the handling of allegations and enforcement actions involving tracking of status, recommending follow-up actions, supporting inspections, supporting investigations, and participating in enforcement conferences or alternate dispute resolutions meetings; develop efficient work processes to assure resources are effectively used; provide leadership necessary to develop subordinate staff for appropriate future professional growth; lead and/or support initiatives to modernize and risk-inform the agency's regulatory framework for non-power production and utilization facilities.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - .
Supervisory status
Yes
Promotion Potential
15
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
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.
Qualifications
In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience that demonstrates the potential to provide transformative leadership, to assure organizational agility in the areas of work processes and resource utilization, and to enable effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume.
Education
Qualification for 0801 Series:
Basic Requirements:
OR
More detailed information about these alternatives are described in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standards Operating Manual which may be accessed at the following website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/
Qualification for 1301 series:
Basic Requirements:
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Additional information
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to any vacancy questions to determine your level of knowledge, skill and ability related to the job requirements. If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager.
Your resume and answers to your KSA questions are the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position.
To preview questions please click here .
Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
L Access Authorization
Drug test required
No
Required Documents
As a NRC employee you are required to submit your most recent Rating of Record (Performance Appraisal) or a statement saying that one is not available. You may do so either electronically, following the instructions below, or by sending one copy by mail to:
Lindsey Redden, HR Specialist
lindsey.redden@nrc.gov
All supplemental documents can now be collected electronically and should be submitted before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. You have three choices for submitting your supplemental documents:
1. Use the "USAJOBs" feature to download documents from your USAJOBs portfolio; or
2. use the "Upload" feature to upload documents directly from your computer. The following types of documents can be uploaded:
.gif, .jpeg, .png, .rtf, .pdf, and .doc; or
3. use the "Fax" feature to print the Fax Cover Sheet and fax it, along with your supplemental documents to 1-571-258-4052.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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