The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville MD is looking to hire a Senior Hydrologist to provide technical, programmatic, and project leadership focused on new reactor siting safety reviews. Join a team of multi-hazard experts in NRC’s Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. The desired candidate has a focus on risk-informed approaches such as probabilistic flood hazard analysis, probabilistic risk assessments, graded approaches, and other innovations for the changing size and technologies of new reactor applications. This position also covers safety reviews related to the operating fleet of reactors and other facilities and includes leadership of NRC’s Dam Safety Program.
The announcement is open now through 1/20/25 can be found at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825810600. Applications must be submitted through USAJOBS by the closing date of 1/20/25 and NRC requires submission of a resume built using the USAJOBS resume builder.
Barbara Dean Hayes (she/her), PhD, PE (301) 415-7442
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of Engineering and External Hazards, External Hazards Branch, Chief
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville MD is looking to hire a Senior Hydrologist to provide technical, programmatic, and project leadership focused on new reactor siting safety reviews. Join a team of multi-hazard experts in NRC’s Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. The desired candidate has a focus on risk-informed approaches such as probabilistic flood hazard analysis, probabilistic risk assessments, graded approaches, and other innovations for the changing size and technologies of new reactor applications. This position also covers safety reviews related to the operating fleet of reactors and other facilities and includes leadership of NRC’s Dam Safety Program.
The announcement is open now through 9/19/25 can be found at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/844059400.
Applications must be submitted through USAJOBS by the closing date of 9/19/25. Minimum qualifications must be demonstrated in the first 2 pages of the resume. A resume that is not entered via the USAJOBS’ “resume builder” is allowed and may make concentrating the minimum qualifications information on the first two pages easier.