Engineer I - V - CNS (Probabilistic Risk Assessment)
About The Position
The Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Engineer develops, maintains, and applies nuclear power plant PRA models to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of Cooper Nuclear Station. Engineering positions are managed under the NPPD Nuclear Engineering Career Path document. This role involves evaluating plant design and licensing changes to determine their impact on plant risk, implementing PRA modeling and techniques to meet industry and regulatory standards for optimization of programs at CNS, developing, maintaining, and documenting PRA computer-based models to efficiently and accurately evaluate risk associated with operation and maintenance of the plant, and providing quantitative and qualitative nuclear risk assessments to support 10CFR50.65, Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI), NRC reactor oversight process, and risk informed licensing actions.
Requirements
- Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering discipline (Mechanical, Nuclear or Electrical Engineering preferred).
- Degree must be ABET Accredited.
Nice To Haves
- Three or more years prior experience in the nuclear power industry (PRA, Design Engineering, System Engineering, or Operations preferred)
- Thermal-Hydraulic and/or radiological dose analysis experience
- Proficient in the use of EXCEL and/or ACCESS database tools for analyzing data
Responsibilities
- Evaluate plant design and licensing changes to determine their impact on plant risk.
- Implement PRA modeling and techniques to meet industry and regulatory standards for optimization of programs at CNS.
- Develop, maintain, and document PRA computer-based models to efficiently and accurately evaluate risk associated with operation and maintenance of the plant.
- Provide quantitative and qualitative nuclear risk assessments to support 10CFR50.65, Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI), NRC reactor oversight process, and risk informed licensing actions.
- Accountable for other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- medical and dental insurance
- 401K retirement plan
- paid holidays
- paid vacation
- paid medical
- training opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
