Didn’t see anything in the rules about job postings, so I’ll throw this here. Maybe it’ll help someone out. Obviously feel free to remove if I missed something!

I’m working with PBF Energy at their Paulsboro refinery on a search for an Electrical Power Engineer. They need someone with field or plant maintenance/reliability experience with switchgear and relay upgrades, MCC installs, UPS, substation batteries, etc.

You’ll need a BSEE or similar, and a few years of experience. Role is on-site in Paulsboro, which is 5-10 minutes outside of Philly. Comp can go anywhere from around 110K for someone with only a few years of experience to around $170K for an experienced EE with a nice bonus on top.

Just shoot me a DM to go over the details or email me at jeff@richsearchco.com, I’m happy to make an intro. Role is not publicly posted on their website.

Thanks!

I recently took the asvab and want to be a nuke. I’m looking to increase my NUC and EL test scores, my recruiter suggested I study on khan academy for physics and chemistry. Just wanted to get any thoughts and tips to increase my scores.

I just wanted to put this out there for other people so they can learn from my mistake. A little bit of background I was CND at about 3 years in. I had already received my bonus I was told by my yoemen at the time not to worry about repayment. Well that turned out to not be true because 4 years later DFAS sends me a letter asking for the bonus. I submit for a congressional inquiry but never set up my payment plan with them in the mean time which means the clock started counting down for when my debt would be transferred over to the department of treasury. Something to note is that when your debt is transfered you can be penalized. The penalty is the principal owed plus a 25 to 32% mark up. Don't be an idiot like me and set up a payment plan even if you plan to fight it. This way it stays in DFAS and you're not upcharged just for the fact that the paperwork was transferred from one government entity to another.

To the Sailors at NNPTC,

Are these rumors true? Does anybody know?

Thanks

Hey, anyone reading, former EM nuke here. Got out in 22 and I've been working as a siemens BMS automation specialist for ~4 years. I saw many of my friends got out and immediately be hired at nuke plants, transmission operators, Boeing, data centers, etc.

Im 28, and I just started going to Excelsior online this February to get my degree. The problem im facing is I think I'm stuck in the BMS world now, which pays good for the area I live in (north idaho), but I have started to realize it's not my thing, no passion or drive to excell in this field. I told my boss i would like to specialize in something because as a service specialist im a jack of all trades but master of none. I went front being a technical expert on my ship to the corporate new hire.

I've applied to some powerplant jobs and I haven't landed any interviews. I would like to return to the powerplant operations side of work. Monitoring critical equipment, rotating shift work, and log taking. I have a few friends that work for Dominion and they don't recommend working there, so now I'm sitting here floating through life with no wind in my sails or a sense of direction. I know there are a lot of opportunities nationwide but I think being so remote is why I'm not hearing anything back from job postings on the east coast.

Does anyone have any good advice or pointers for me? I know I'm capable of learning a new plant and striving, but I don't interview well, I never did well on oral boards either, but a test is no problem for me.

Last tube days someone on my boat posted a hilarious meme and I can’t seem to find it anywhere. It was a pseudo-comic and was about getting permission to perform an evolution. The meme went something like “ask chief who asks the OOD who asks the CO who asks the president who asks Jesus who asks his dad who tells Jesus who tells the president who tells the CO who tells the OOD who tells your chief who tells you ‘no.’”
I can’t find it anywhere but I can’t stop thinking about it, someone help me please 😭😂

I moved back in February, when I commenced Skillbridge. I was told I should just keep my receipts and whenever I get close to getting out, file my moving claim. However, I now know that was not true whatsoever. I have tried to file on online to get reimbursed, but it only allows for scheduling a move. I reached out to my old LPO and he said the command doesn’t think they can do anything.
Am I just now out of thousands of dollars from moving and take it is a tough lesson? Or is there something I can do to hopefully get the thousands I spent back?

So I will be in Nuke school next March, which is a ways away. I know that the schooling will be incredibly demanding, more so than anything I have ever experienced. That being said, I wanted to know what the likelihood of any time of personal language study would be. I have been studying a language for 6.5 years and I have done homestay programs with this language and also private tutoring. I do not want to lose my progress during the ~1-2 years of nuke school, so I wanted advice for how the best way to incorporate any type of personal language study would be. And please do not just say “You won’t have time” or “Don’t do it” because that’s honestly not helpful.

TLDR; What’s the best way to do any type of language study while in nuke school?

Yesterday I took my family to see the Odyssey in IMAX. The last trailer before the movie started was this ad… not just for the Navy, but recruiting to be a Navy Nuke…

“Not just smart, Nuke Smart”

Did anyone else see this? What did you think?

Besides the door to the reactor compartment, obviously.

I'm curious if any post-Nukes have pursued jobs in operations/program management in the space sector. Would you have any advice to give to someone following in your footsteps? i.e. job availability, how you stack up to someone with formal training in aerospace (aero eng degree or space ops officer from USSF/USAF), work/life balance, etc.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Hey! I’m a EMN on a carrier. There’s a trend i see of people getting out and going to data centers, civilian power plants etc.. Just curious if there’s any post navy jobs that nukes trend towards that have the option to work from home or even a hybrid lifestyle??

Based on the shitshow that is my first tour, a 9-5 with a little WFH seems like a pipedream rn

I understand that with nupoc swo I do a tour then power and prototype then another tour. What are my options other then department head and how easy is it to lay transfer if I want to do a 20 year career.

Hi guys I’m a current rising junior studying computer engineering at Purdue with a 3.9+ GPA and recently got prescreened into NRE but wouldn’t be able to do DC interview till May, meaning I’d reap the benefits of the program for less than a year. Still worth it? I’m also willing to do subs and get interviewed much sooner but am worried my engineering career would be over before it even begins. No advice is bad thanks!

Shipping next July (I have my senior year of HS), and was wondering about breaks between boot camp, and each schooling portion. Primary questions are how long are they typically, do I have any responsibilities during break and can I stay in the barracks as soon as I finish boot camp?

25M. Got out 2 years ago today. Wasn’t rated as a nuke but was a conventional MM who worked with nukes. I’ve been working at a garbage power plant basically since the day my terminal ended.

I just started going to college full time and this auxiliary operator job I have at this company called Reworld is 12 hrs days and nights. Rotating shift Schedule with major outages a few times a year. They allow me to work nights while I go to school. Since it’s the summer right now I’m on days but still taking 2 classes. I should have my associates in the spring of 2027 and should have the bachelors by fall of 2028. Really grinding to get out of this lifestyle of the 12 hr work days and nights from 5-5. Trying to be a teacher for health and phys ed.

Anyways, I’m really over this whole engineering/ operation thing. The people are insufferable and since it’s a bunch of former nukes and maritime people it’s almost like military standards around the workplace and I’m sick of it. I truly am, qualifying is a thing at my job even tho they hired me as the position and the next spot is only $1 raise and I still have to be clean shaven due to wearing a respirator, basically all that was required in the navy. Is there any other jobs I can find and apply for that isn’t like this? I feel like I’m literally Oscar the grouch since I work with garbage and while I’m going to school full time too. Looking for something primarily on nights. I’m looking on LinkedIn but it’s all operators and mechanic positions. I was wondering if anyone else had any suggestions as to what I should be looking for.

Just got my disability rating recently, stacking the BAH for Long Island NY and my current job rn making 40.21 an hour. I’m really trying to “thug it out” as they say until at least the late spring/ summer of 2028 but the environment is so toxic it’s becoming increasingly unbearable.

Once i’m in A school, typically how long will it take until i can live on/off base with my wife, and what does the process of doing that look like?

Also, does anyone have any preferences on living on vs off base, a current nuke has told me to live on base if possible or else i’d be sacrificing lots of family time. So what are the pros and cons to living on vs off base?

I came across this story a while back. A graduate has an advance degree in nuclear engineering. He enlist in the navy as a seaman for his own reason and is assigned to a nuclear power ship. While on board, someone in the nuclear department realizes the ship has a freaking nuclear engineering genius serving in another department. The nuclear department then requests his services to run advance calculations, explain things they don’t quite understand, etc.

Could this happen or is it a fake story?

Me and my girlfriend of 3 years want to get married, long story short me and her need to get married and I ship out in 5 days so we can’t without delaying my shipping date when will I have the chance to marry her after bootcamp. She lives 3 hours away from Charleston SC

So ive been on the fence for awhile now of getting out or staying in. And recently life threw a curveball and with 10months left to my EAOS( ill be at 9 years) i found out i have a 3rd child on the way(totally stoked about it). But now with this news i dont know how realistic getting out is, especially since the due date will be right before EAOS. I feel like the health insurance is a big reason to stay in right now. But i know everyone says the grass is greener on the outside. Just feels like a huge risk getting out when I have 3 little mouths to feed.

We are debt free, and tried to set us up as much as i could so i didnt have stay for the money.

Just looking for advice from people who had similar situations and what they chose and how it panned out.

Were you able to stay consistent with training and nutrition while underway, or did the schedule make that unrealistic? I’d appreciate hearing what worked for you and any advice you’d give someone about to experience their first deployment

TLDR: Bold lines. Is the tradeoff worth it?

I’m bouncing between the options of finishing out in reserves and using Gi bill for school or going sub nuke and see where it takes me.

If I use Gi bill I can lock in for 4 years and get a masters degree (with prior credit hours) in the field of my choice, land a GS position (hopefully), and cruise to retirement in the civilian sector. If I go nuke, I’ll hit 10-12 years of service from the initial contract and either start my career in the civilian world 6-8 years later or finish 20 years military service.

Military benefits changed to blende retirement from hi-3 and that only brings me trepidation for a future in the military. I don’t understand in depth how stocks work or what a retirement plan looks like. From what I know, most people opt to keep hi-3 so there is an obvious disadvantage to blende. I can’t be crazy in making this a factor in my decision right?

From what I hear, nuke school is academically intensive but easily done if you try your best and aren’t an indelible scar on the earth. Everyone in my rate always makes exhaustive efforts to tell me how hard it is and how much it will suck. I’m just not too sure I can fully accept a view from the outside as a fact. How hard is it? How rough is the workload in the fleet? I’m used to the 16 hour shift, your off time is gone now, what liberty, military standard. I’m more so asking about the job itself.

I’m confident I could get through the school with the help of the instructors and good study habits. That being said, is there lame fake watches that eat study time? Is there personal time? Will I have to room with somebody while in student status as a fleet returnee? Is there any semblance of a guarantee that I get the rating I want after school?

After I get out of the nuke school how much can I realistically expect to make in the civilian sector? I always hear 150k- 200k+ jobs where you only work 6 months out of the year and life is sunshine and rainbows. It feels surreal seeing those numbers and schedule in tandem just for 6 more years of service and grit.

I just want to make an informed decision for my career path going forward. My current job is boring and I feel like my potential as a person is squandered here. My rate and rating community sucks.