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N26S Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor: Engineering Laboratory Technician

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Overview

A surface ship nuclear propulsion plant engineering laboratory technician supervisor directs laboratory functions supporting nuclear plant chemistry and radiological controls. This supervisor oversees laboratory testing, equipment upkeep, and safe engineering operations.

Core Skills

  • Watchstation-qualified nuclear plant operation and maintenance supervision

Civilian Career Paths

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First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Supervising surface ship nuclear propulsion plant maintenance provides directly relevant experience for civilian plant maintenance supervision.

How to prepare: Build a maintenance-supervision portfolio describing the equipment, work scope, and supervisory responsibilities you handled, then compare it with industrial plant maintenance supervisor openings.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.

Notes & Sources

  • The verified duty source establishes shared nuclear plant supervisory duties, but does not document laboratory-specific chemistry or radiological-control work.
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC group entry N23S/N24S/N25S/N26S Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisors

    [1] Group entry 'N23S/N24S/N25S/N26S - Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisors' with shared description and NOTES; cached text lines 8529-8531; individual N23S/N24S/N25S/N26S entries at lines 8561/8586/8610/8639 print the admin block (Component NEC N23O/N24O/N25O/N26O, billet paygrades E5-E9) and watchstation NOTES; PDF p.140-142

    Supports: Watchstation-qualified nuclear plant operation and maintenance supervision, First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

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