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EMPLOYMENT

Norfolk Naval Shipyard is home to one of the largest concentrations of engineers on the east coast.  The engineers at the shipyard develop plans and technical specifications to maintain, repair and upgrade nuclear and conventionally powered naval ships.  The shipyard wants engineers from many disciplines and fields.  Minimum requirements for an engineering position at Norfolk Naval Shipyard are a degree from an accredited ABET institution and U.S. citizenship.  In many cases a particular engineering degree will qualify an individual for a number of positions at the shipyard.  For example, a mechanical engineering degree may qualify an individual for jobs in the field of nuclear engineering, combat systems engineering or facilities engineering.  A degree in civil engineering may qualify an individual for jobs in nuclear engineering, naval architecture or crane engineering.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard currently has entry-level opportunities for new graduates with the following engineering degrees: Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Environmental, Industrial, Material, Marine, Mechanical, Naval Architecture, Nuclear, Ocean, Safety, Structural, and Welding. For more information, email NNSY_People_Experience@us.navy.mil.
 

THE NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD ADVANTAGE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard offers excellent benefits and opportunities. Some of these include those listed below.

  • Job Stability: Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the East Coast’s largest federal facility for ship, aircraft carrier, and submarine overhauls, maintenance and modernization. Norfolk Naval Shipyard supports the largest concentration of Fleet ships in the world.
  • Promotion Opportunities: Engineers are promoted in a timely manner and are appropriately rewarded for good performance with incentives and permanent pay increases. 
  • Insurance: Norfolk Naval Shipyard participates in comprehensive group life and health insurance programs with a wide variety of options that greatly reduce out-of-pocket expenses.
  • Leave: In addition to 11 paid federal holidays, new employees earn 13 vacation days a year which increases to 20 days after three years and to 26 days after fifteen years. Also, employees earn thirteen sick days per year.
  • Retirement: New employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). FERS participants may contribute any dollar amount of percentage (1 to 100) of their basic pay. However, your annual dollar amount cannot exceed the Internal Revenue Code. The Government automatically contributes 1 percent to your Thrift Savings Program (TSP) account and will further match participant contributions up to 4 percent of your basic salary, bringing the maximum Government contribution to 5%. 
  • Career Mobility: Career opportunities exist around the globe for employees of Norfolk Naval Shipyard.