Associate Project Engineer

Naval Nuclear Laboratory • West Mifflin, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Working at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory we foster pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, and Collaboration. Our company promotes a positive culture while ensuring the safety and reliability of our nation's naval nuclear reactors, and training the Sailors who operate those reactors in the U.S. Navy's submarines and aircraft carrier Fleets. Looking for a lifetime career? Apply today! Do you want to support the world's best Navy? The Carrier and Fleet Programs Unit is looking for an experience project engineer who ensures the needs of major Fleet Power Plant programs are planned, budgeted, and executed effectively. The successful candidate will coordinate and support in satisfying these needs by working with multiple stakeholders including the power plant technical community, Financial Services, NNL Procurement Department, Naval Reactors, and shipyards. The ability to learn applicable Fleet Power Plant engineering work and integrate with program/project funding needs is important. Gaining knowledge of Government contracting, funding guidelines, and cost estimating, and how they affect key power plant platforms will be necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering, science or construction field; or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a related technical, engineering, science or construction field.
• All candidates must be U.S. citizens.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter.
• All candidates must be able to pass a drug test in compliance with FMP company policy and 10 CFR 707.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with analyzing large datasets in Excel
• Experience with oversight of shipyard work
• Ability to learn applicable power plant engineering work
• Ability to learn project management of moderately sized engineering efforts
• Understanding of planning estimates

Responsibilities

• Support cost estimate and special schedule development for major Naval projects
• Provide programmatic oversight of work performed at the shipyard
• Manage budget and portfolio databases of shipyard work
• Support multi-organizational assessments of major project work.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
• Disability, Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Savings program & Capital Accumulation Plan
• Personal & Medical Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Tuition Assistance for Eligible Employees
• Student Debt Benefit
• Personal Time Off Sell Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level