Enforcement Specialist

This position is located in the Office of Enforcement (OE), Concerns Resolution Branch (CRB). The supervisor is David Solorio. This position is in the Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements and is subject to the security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

Qualifications:

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (13) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.  

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as experience that demonstrates the ability to recognize the implications and severity associated with technical problems arising from an  inspection and enforcement program, and to provide guidance on Enforcement Policy.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Knowledge of the theories, principles and practices related to commercial nuclear power plants or fuel cycle facilities. (Example: Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your knowledge of overall NRC mission in terms of functions, responsibilities, and major points of interface to develop program policy and guidelines, or equivalent activities, gained from experiences working with commercial nuclear power plants or fuel cycle facilities in various job roles.)

2. Ability to negotiate positions and resolve differing views to reach consensus. (Example: Describe examples of specific training and/or experience that demonstrates your ability to independently resolve complex differing views, including conflict, and providing senior leaders support, to reach consensus on issues.)

3. Demonstrated ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing; demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with subordinates, supervisors, peers, and government and industry officials. (Example: Describe examples of specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to write on difficult or complex technical subjects [e.g., inspection reports or evaluations] to persuade others.  Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments which demonstrate your ability to independently lead technical discussions and to consolidate diverse opinions into concise balanced and well-founded recommendations to NRC managers; ability to establish effective working relationships with subordinates, supervisors, peers and government and industry officials of diverse backgrounds to foster a motivated team atmosphere.)

4. Ability to independently manage, organize, plan, and carry out to completion special tasks and assignments. (Example: Describe the specific tasks that you were involved in that required your independent management and organizational skills.  Describe the degree of leadership and independence you have been permitted to complete tasks and assignments and propose recommendations to resolve issues.  Provide examples of your ability to adjust work assignments to meet changing priorities.)

5. Demonstrated ability to evaluate policy issues and questions arising from assigned projects and to propose to management the need for changes in policies, procedures, and requirements. (Example: Describe work experience, training, or other activities that demonstrate your ability to analyze and evaluate policy issues, procedures, and requirements.  Describe experience developing alternative solutions, assessing implications, and recommending acceptable courses of action in order to accomplish management goals and objectives. Describe professional experience with problem identification and resolution and give instances where your problem solving specifically contributed to success.)

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 and additional space provided for supplemental response.

Education:

Qualification for 0801 Series:

Basic Requirements:

A. 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

B. 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. 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:

A. 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.

Employment Type: FULL_TIME