Curtiss Wright Nuclear
Reactor Inspector
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NDT.org Job Number: 53692 * Please reference NDT.org Job Number on all correspondence
Contact: Joanne Anderson
Phone: 610-337-5353
Fax: 610-337-5180
Company: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
State: PA Pennsylvania
Contact: Joanne Anderson
Country: United States
Length: Permanent
Pay: $88,165 to $114,614
Background

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proud to be ranked as a BEST Place to Work in the Federal Government. We've earned our top ratings by creating a work environment rich in opportunity, diversity, leadership training, teamwork, and work life balance. Help guide our nation into the next generation of nuclear safety! Begin a challenging career with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission where you can be part of a select group of professionals who protect people and the environment with the peaceful use of nuclear materials in medicine, industry and research.

Duties

This position is in the Region I Office, Division of Reactor Safety, Engineering Branch 1, located in King of Prussia, PA. Position requires up to 40% travel.

As a Reactor Inspector you will be responsible for inspecting and evaluating the effectiveness of a wide variety of licensee engineering programs, performance, and support activities for nuclear facilities in such areas as design verification, plant modifications, and equipment evaluation, maintenance, performance, and testing. This position places particular emphasis on in-service inspection processes, mechanical systems and components, and plant equipment degradation. A strong focus is placed on the materials engineering area including: weld design and field installation; non-destructive and destructive examination of piping, plant equipment, and welds; degradation mechanisms; aging management; root cause evaluation of equipment, material, and weld failures; evaluation of degraded components for continued service including evaluation of wear rates, crack propagation, and impacts on component and safety system function; and temporary and permanent repairs. Substantive work is conducted at nuclear power plant sites with an emphasis on in-plant observation and evaluation of equipment and interaction with facility engineers to ensure compliance with regulations and industry codes and standards and identification and resolution of plant safety issues. You will also be responsible to perform reactive inspections and assessments in response to events at nuclear facilities.
Skills:
Education

Candidates for Federal Government professional engineering positions must meet certain basic professional knowledge requirements. Generally these knowledge requirements are met by having a bachelor's or higher degree in a relevant professional engineering discipline (e.g., mechanical, metallurgical, materials, nuclear, structural, chemical, electrical) from a school of engineering with at least one professional engineering curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). However, if you do not possess such a professional engineering degree, you may still satisfy the professional knowledge requirements if you have current Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration in one of the relevant disciplines from any U.S. State or Territory; or if you successfully passed an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) written examination administered by a State Board of Engineering Examiners; or if you have either a related professional degree or at least 60 semester hours of specified engineering-related college courses COMBINED WITH at least a year of professional engineering work experience performed under professional engineer supervision and guidance. Note: Engineering technology degrees are not generally qualifying unless supplemented by other evidence of the individual's professional knowledge (e.g., current P.E. license or EIT examination results, as discussed above).

Experience

In addition to the basic education/professional knowledge requirements described above, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level. Generally, to meet this level of experience, you would need 3-5 years of post-degree specialized experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as work experience applying a variety of relevant professional engineering disciplines (e.g., nuclear, electrical, mechanical, metallurgical, structural, chemical) in the industries of nuclear power and/or nuclear materials. Such experience should have provided you with the full range of knowledge, skills and abilities addressed in the ideal candidate descriptors that are associated with this vacancy announcement.

The ideal candidate for this position should possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

(1) Demonstrated ability to independently identify or evaluate challenging and complex materials-related design and performance issues involving a variety of nuclear power plant mechanical equipment and to resolve such issues in a timely manner.
(2) Demonstrated knowledge of the theory, principles, and practices of welding and non-destructive examination (NDE) of piping and mechanical components.
(3) Demonstrated knowledge of nuclear power plant in-service inspection programs for mechanical piping and components. Such knowledge may be demonstrated by experience related to surface examination techniques and volumetric examination including phased array ultrasonic testing, eddy current and radiography technologies.
(4) Demonstrated ability to evaluate material degradation including determining degradation mechanisms, fracture mechanics application, evaluating operability of impacted components, or evaluating or implementing mitigation or repair strategies. Emphasis is placed on actual experience in applying related NRC or ASME Code requirements as well as commercial nuclear power industry initiatives. Experience as demonstrated by non-destructive examination level II or III qualification is desired.
(5) Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

How to Apply

Visit www.nrc.gov Review the NRC Opportunities page and click on “view a list of current NRC vacancies at USAJobs EXIT.” Find the Reactor Inspector, Announcement Number R-I/DRS-2015-0003 and apply on-line by November 20, 2014. If you are viewing this opportunity after November 20th please visit NRC’s website and discover additional opportunities for which you might be interested.



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