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Summary This position is located in the Office Of The Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO), Human Resources Training And Development (HRTD), Specialized Technical Training and Support Branch. The supervisor is Latonya Mahlahla. This position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. Responsibilities The successful candidate will serve as an expert Regulatory Skills Instructor responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and providing regulatory advice for the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training and development activities to meet agency-wide technical and regulatory skills needs. Conducts presentations, discussions, and activities through the application of inspection techniques, field techniques and regulatory processes; manages learning and development contracts with external organizations; and consults with international regulatory agencies in support of regulatory program and training development. Such duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a technical expert, advisor and agency resource for regulatory programs and training systems methodology for NRC staff and international agencies, institutions of higher education, and training organizations. Coordinates with regional and program office personnel to provide expert instructional or technical assistance. Participates and leads, as assigned, agency activities such as routine inspections and investigations, Special inspection Teams, Incident Investigation Teams, Augmented investigation Teams, and emergency drills. Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, and evaluates training and development activities to meet agency-wide technical and regulatory needs, as assigned. Assesses the implications of changes in agency goals and strategies, and applicable laws and regulations, on technical training requirements. Evaluates and recommends sources of education and training methodologies to satisfy NRC skill and competency needs, selecting new and alternative methods, as appropriate. Provides expert advice on instructional technologies, design, techniques and methods, media suitability, and selection and evaluation techniques. Manages broad and complex programs involving contracts with external organizations and corporations for the design, development, implementation, and administration of technical training programs. Conducts classroom presentations, discussions, and workshop activities to meet technical and regulatory skills training needs of the NRC staff. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires. 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 or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Extensive knowledge and understanding of engineering principles as it applies nuclear facilities in areas such as systems design and operation, emergency preparedness, and incident response. Such knowledge and understanding can be attained through relevant NRC and industry experiences such as performance as an NRC senior resident inspector, NRC operator license examiner, industry SRO/STA, or other industry activities that demonstrate a thorough understanding of nuclear facility design and operations. (Describe specific education, experience and training which demonstrates your knowledge and understanding of engineering principles, nuclear facility systems design and operations, and emergency preparedness including incident response.) Advanced knowledge of the NRC’s regulatory framework including the Reactor Oversight Process, Strategic Performance Areas, Cornerstones, and cross cutting areas such as Human Performance, Problem Identification and Resolution, and Safety Conscious Work Environment. Such knowledge and understanding can be attained through relevant NRC and industry experiences such as performance as an NRC resident inspector, 1245 qualified inspectors, or Regulatory Affairs Manager at a commercial operating reactor, or other industry activities (Describe specific knowledge and experience with NRC Regulatory activities such as experience as an NRC inspector or as a licensee regulatory affairs manager or other position in which you would have had to deal with the NRC on regulatory issues. Describe your specific knowledge of and use of NRC regulations, regulatory guides, NUREGs, etc.) Knowledge of the principles and practices and demonstrated experience in the implementation and maintenance of technical training programs including the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT). (See examples below) (Describe specific experience, education and training which demonstrates your knowledge and understanding of the implementation and maintenance of technical training programs. Describe the relevance of your knowledge and experience to the implementation and maintenance of technical training programs, including your application and understanding of the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT).) Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing and ability to deal tactfully and professionally with all levels of personnel. (Describe presentations or formal training you delivered, to whom, complexity, and what topics. Describe the various levels of individuals you interact with and for what purpose. Describe specific education, training, and/or experience which has enable you to acquire human relations and interpersonal skills. Explain how these skills fostered your ability to work effectively with people either individually or in a group or team environment; enabled you to effectively exchange information, provide advice, or resolve complaints and concerns of a person or group of people; or enable you to convince, persuade to a person or group of people your point, idea, or recommendation.) Demonstrated knowledge and experience managing and coordinating projects including managing budgets, establishing schedules, developing milestones development, and identifying resources. (Examples may include project management or experience as a Contract Officer’s Representative providing oversight of contract staff.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as providing oversight and implementation of the NRC’s regulatory framework including the Reactor Oversight Process, Strategic Performance Areas, Cornerstones, and cross cutting areas such as Human Performance, Problem Identification and Resolution, and Safety Conscious Work Environment. Experience should include applying inspection techniques, field techniques and regulatory processes, leading inspection teams, and mentoring others to support regulatory skills development for training programs. 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 All Professional Engineering 0800 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 rottenest (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.) Additional Information The duty location of this position is Chattanooga, Tennessee In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period**. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.