Summary
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) is an independent agency in the executive branch chartered with the responsibility of providing recommendations and advice to the President and the Secretary of Energy regarding public health and safety issues at Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facilities.
Clarification from the agency
This job is open to the public.
Duties
- Strategic leadership: Serve as a member of the Board’s technical leadership team and assist the Technical Director in planning, implementing, and directing the agency’s independent safety oversight of Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facilities that design, build, maintain, and dismantle nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon components. Identify and propose DOE facilities, activities, and programs for Board review that would be of major importance to the Board and the nation and have the potential for significantly affecting public health and safety. Monitor progress toward meeting objectives for independent safety oversight of nuclear weapon programs; assess safety oversight program effectiveness, productivity, and contributions to overall Board mission and goals; identify barriers and determine solutions to ensure the Board's strategic objectives related to the safety of DOE’s defense nuclear facilities are achieved.
- Supervisory functions: Plan, direct, and manage the efforts of engineers and scientists responsible for reviewing and evaluating the technical adequacy of complex processes and safety-related systems across DOE’s defense nuclear facilities complex. Recommend promotions, assignments, awards, and training. Advise and counsel employees on work-related issues, complaints, and the need for training. This includes the responsibility for applying the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in hiring practices, training, employee development, utilization of employee skills, and other applicable areas.
- Technical review: Review technical work products of subordinates, colleagues, consultants, contractors, and others. Serve as primary and secondary reviewer of Board reports on highly technical issues regarding the safe operation of defense nuclear facilities that design, build, maintain, and dismantle nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon components. Assess the technical adequacy of DOE’s implementation plans for the Board’s safety recommendations.
- Executive-level interactions: Interact closely with the Chair, Board Members, and the General Counsel to resolve and recommend resolution of policy and programmatic issues of the highest level related to safe operation of defense nuclear facilities that design, build, maintain, and dismantle nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon components. Interact with senior DOE officials and contractors, scientific groups and committees, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, other Federal agencies, and state and local governments to assist the Board in assessing such DOE activities and in developing Board safety recommendations to the Secretary of Energy. Serve as key spokesperson for the Board regarding public health and safety topics related to the safe operation of defense nuclear facilities that design, build, maintain, and dismantle nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon components.
Conditions of Employment
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Incumbents of this position will be required to complete and maintain a background investigation with Security Clearance (T5/Q Access).
- Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
- This position may require travel away from your normal duty station.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Must be able to submit and pass designated and random drug testing as required.
- Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required within 30 days of appointment.
Qualifications
As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership that is indicative of senior executive level management capability. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.
Failure to address all Mandatory Technical and Executive Core Qualification factors will result in determining your application to be "not qualified."
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Applicants must submit a written narrative to address the 5 ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and should contain at least two examples per ECQ describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. The narrative should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives undertaken and the results of your actions. Applicants should not enter "Refer to Resume" as a written narrative. The narrative must not exceed 10 pages.
Current career SES members, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program graduates who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to address the ECQs.
1. Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2. Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3. Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4. Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5. Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Additional information about the SES and Executive Core Qualifications can be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) SES Website. You are strongly encouraged to review OPM's Guide to SES Qualifications for specific examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Result (C-C-A-R) model outlined in the guide.
Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs)
Applicants are required to submit a narrative statement for each MTQ. MTQs are designed to assess an applicant’s experience relevant to the specific position requirements. Each MTQ narrative statement must (1) not exceed two pages; (2) include specific examples of your experience, education, and/or accomplishments; and (3) address specific challenges, contexts, actions, and results.
MTQ1 – Discuss your experience and skill in the management and supervision of a staff composed of entry level, journey level, and senior level scientists and engineers in a hybrid working environment.
MTQ2 – Discuss the scope of your technical knowledge and experience overseeing safety assessments or field reviews as they pertain to the operation of nuclear facilities or to activities relating to nuclear weapon stockpile stewardship.
Education
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), 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, 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.)
If you do not meet the education requirement, your application will be assigned a "not qualified" status.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
DNFSB offers flexible work schedules, 11 paid holidays, financial subsidies to employees who use public transportation to commute, in-house training, fitness center reimbursement, alternative work schedules (AWS) and telework opportunities, and eligibility for performance awards. The agency also provides attractive health, life, and dental/vision insurance programs, and employee health insurance contributions are made on a pre-tax basis. New employees are covered by a three-tier retirement system that includes a pre-tax retirement contribution program with matching funds. Click on the following link to learn more about benefits offered at the DNFSB.
https://www.dnfsb.gov/careers/benefits-pay
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Upon receipt of your completed application package, your application will be reviewed to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. Our determination will be based on your separate narrative statement responses to the Executive Core Qualifications and Mandatory Technical Qualifications using the CCAR Model in addition to the information stated in your resume and transcript(s). If you are among the best qualified applicants, your application may be referred to the Selecting Official for consideration. Interviews are exclusively at the discretion of the Selecting Official.
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- A resume. Applicants typically provide the following information in their resume:
- Job Announcement number
- Full name, e-mail and mailing address, and contact telephone number
- Educational information including the name, city, and state of colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type of any degree received. Please include your major and/or minor for each degree received. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Information about your paid and non-paid work experience related to this position including job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, duration of employment, and salary.
- Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments.
- Executive Core Qualifications: A narrative statement specifically addressing each ECQ. The statement must not exceed 10 pages total and should meet the requirements described above. NOTE: If you are graduate from an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program or are a current or former Career Senior Executive Service member, you do not need to provide a statement addressing the ECQs.
- Mandatory Technical Qualifications: A narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. The statement must not exceed two (2) pages per technical qualification and should meet the requirements described above.
- A legible copy of your unofficial transcript(s) which contains the name of the accredited educational institution, academic major, course titles, number of credits, grades, cumulative GPA, courses currently in progress (if applicable), date of completion, and degree conferral (if degree is completed). If you fail to submit a transcript(s) with your application, you will be considered not qualified and will no longer be considered. Applicants are highly encouraged to proactively order a copy of their official transcripts to be delivered to their home address, so transcripts will be readily available if selected. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- A copy of your most recent performance appraisal noting your rating or equivalent. If you do not have a recent performance appraisal, provide a statement on a separate sheet of paper or in your cover letter explaining why an appraisal cannot be provided.
- If you are a current or former non-SES Federal employee, your most recent SF-50 documenting your tenure, position title, series, and pay.
- If you are a OPM QRB certified SES Candidate Development Program graduate, your OPM certificate of QRB ECQ approval.
- If you are a current Senior Executive or individual with SES reinstatement eligibility, your most recent SF-50 that documents your career appointment status in the SES.
Candidates who do not submit complete application packages will be eliminated from consideration.
All materials submitted with your resume become the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.
DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Extraneous materials such as award certificates will not be considered.
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.
**You MUST apply online. Online applications allow you to review and track the status of your application. **
Your complete application package must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on the closing date in order to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Applicants are responsible for verifying that their application package is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.
To update your application at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Update Application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.
To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account All of your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application Information page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/
Next steps
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants will be notified about the status of their application.
After all application packages have been received, we will review your application to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. You will be notified if you do not meet the qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best qualified applicants. If a tentative job offer is made, we will conduct a suitability and/or security background investigation.
The Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) of the selectee are subject to prior approval by the Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board (OPM QRB). Unless you have already been certified by an OPM QRB, your ECQs must be certified by an OPM QRB before your appointment can occur.
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