Hello to all,
This is my first post, but as I assume is common, I have been lurking for quite some time. As a little background for any advisors, I graduated from NCSU with a degree in Nuclear Engineering in 2012. During my time in school, I was a traveling team member for their track team, interned with Progress Energy at Shaeron Harris, and had another nuclear (though none power generating related) internship. Upon graduation, I accepted a job at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and I have now begun the qualification process for becoming a Shift Test Engineer(STE). This is really similar to an RO position, it takes about 2.5 years and includes 8 months of school and government issued testing. I will be going to school for my qualification in January, if I am not offered an NLO position sooner.
With all of the said, I do feel like I have a pretty solid background for this position, my questions are as follows:
The company I am applying with does not require a degree, but I have heard several times that they have a filter for sub-3.0 gpa candidates and they are to not even be considered. Any truth from any experience? This job doesn't even require it, so I would hate to be filtered out for no good reason. My gut actually tells me I could be filtered by the application software, my brain tells me this is silly.
Secondly, my current position as an STE Candidate is a support role for shutdown conditions with naval nuclear power ships. I am training to qualify as an STE on the aircraft carrier A4W platform and will take exams given by NAVSEA for my qual. Once qualified, the agreement between shipyard, navsea, and the aircraft carrier is that the STE and the propulsion plant watch officer are to have "equal and concurrent responsibilities." I am really unsure as to how I should phrase this or indicate this. I understand that HR is the first group of people to see my resume, so that doesn't make it any easier. Also, one of the check boxes in the application asks what experience you have in naval nuclear power. If any box is checked, it asks to elaborate. Should I check PPWO and elaborate on the "equal and concurrent" idiom?
Thirdly, and this may seem silly, but what do readers of this see as my odds of getting, at the least, an interview? To be honest, my gpa was 2.76 at NCSU ( top 10 NE school), and my experience both commercial and naval nuclear seem right on track. This position is offered very closely to where I want to settle down with the fiancee, so being offered this, or more importantly, ensuring my resume is as good as it can be, is really important to me.
Thanks for any help or advice, all is welcome.
Sincerely,
Nolan