Interdisciplinary @ U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command

Job Summary

About the Position

This position is located at White Sands MSL RGE, SURV, VULN ASSESS DIR IONIZING RADIATION FACILITIES DIVISION NEUTRON EFFECTS BRANCH with a duty location of White Sands, New Mexico. Serves as an Interdisciplinary Position. (merit)

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and specialized experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1.) Demonstrate proficiency in delivering technical customer support, maintaining test fixtures, or operating Flash X-ray diagnostic systems.; 2.) Demonstrate proficiency in executing nuclear reactor safety evaluations or conducting critical assembly testing.; 3.) Review electrical schematics and troubleshoot electronic devices which can include, radiation detectors, cabling, programmable logic controllers, or National Instrument (NI) cards.; and 4.)

Ability to follow all established operational, emergency, and maintenance procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower level/grade position in the federal service (NH-02/GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Nuclear Engineering Planning and Evaluating Strategic Thinking Test and Evaluation In addition to meeting the specialized experience above, to qualify for this position, you must also meet one of the basic requirements listed below: EDUCATION REQUIREMENT for General Engineer (0801) Mechanical Engineer (0830) Nuclear Engineer(0840) Electrical Engineer (0850) and Electronics Engineer (0855) Series: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:

• (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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), 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
• 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 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. 1310 Series Basic Education Requirement for a Physicist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physics, or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound OR B. Combination of

Education and Experience

Courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound. OR 1320 Series Basic Education Requirement for a Chemist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics OR B. Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Major Duties

• Conduct Reactor operations and test setups ensuring compliance and regulatory requirements are met.
• Plans, guides or reviews Reactor planned test of an unprecedented nature.
• Authority to terminate any Reactor operations.
• Analyze design, performance, and environmental standards for contracts covering the design, manufacture, and testing of reactor facility improvements to safety, security, and operability.
• Formulate good principles, techniques, and safety practices of nuclear reactor operation.
• Periodically reviews program goals and objectives.
• Coordinates with the FBR Facility Supervisor to ensure resolution of all work-related problems.
• Monitors and analyzes reactor performance data and maintains continual surveillance over all FBR operations to insure complete compliance with all Department Army Technical Specifications.
• Implements solutions to diverse, highly complex problems across multiple areas and disciplines.
• Originates new reactor design modifications and formulates new operational concepts as appropriate to accommodate the continuously changing experiment specifications.
• Originates and conducts experimental tests to determine and evaluate parameters of the reactor.
• Once certified as an FBR operator, maintain certification by performing at a minimum two (2) significant reactivity manipulation each calendar quarter.
• Must be able to apply for Radiation Material Handler, Forklift, First Aid /CPR, and Confined Space Entry certification.
• Perform hands on reactor and facility maintenance to include but not limited to lubrication, Special Nuclear Material handling, tool handling, and/or periodic system inspections.
• Periodically work in a radiation environment where exposure will be monitored via dosimetry when conducting maintenance and mission support.
• Complete all necessary training to apply for PI-538 flash X-ray operator certification.
• Able to enroll and maintain Personal Reliability Program (PRP) certification per Army Regulation 50-5.
• Complete all necessary training as outlined in the FBR’s Training Plan to achieve Reactor Operator, Reactor Leader, or Senior Reactor Leader certification.