Engineer - Probabilistic Safety Analysis

Energy Northwest•Richland, WA

3d•$109,870 - $157,952•Onsite

About The Position

Perform various highly complex Probabilistic Safety (PSA) tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the area of probabilistic analysis, including plant support for utilization of PARAGON for work control risk management, PSA model ownership/upgrade and maintenance, and other related PSA activities. Serve as an advisor to others, and as a mentor for PSA engineers in training.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and eight years of engineering experience, which must include a minimum of two years involving Probabilistic Safety tasks or use of risk management software tools; OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination with a high school diploma or GED and eight years of engineering experience, which must include a minimum of two years involving Probabilistic Safety tasks or use of risk management software tools.
One diverse assignment is required. A diverse assignment is knowledge and experience in an area not related to your core engineering discipline. Significant new job skills or knowledge will have been acquired and successfully demonstrated. New job skills mean a significant change in tasks performed, not just an amplification of existing skills.
Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of engineering experience, which must include a minimum of two years involving Probabilistic Safety tasks or use of risk management software tools in a high consequence industrial work environment; OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination with a high school diploma or GED and three years of engineering experience, which must include a minimum of two years involving Probabilistic Safety tasks or use of risk management software tools in a high consequence industrial work environment.
Must be able to work onsite in Richland, WA.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and throughout employment.

Responsibilities

Perform various highly complex PSA tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the area of probabilistic analysis, including plant support for utilization of PARAGON for work control risk management, PSA model ownership/upgrade and maintenance, risk-informed evaluations in support of NOED submittals, Tech Spec surveillance extensions, and other related PSA activities.
Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues. Available guidance generally does not normally exist to fit problems encountered and advanced technological skills are required to provide solutions. Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements.
Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers and operators. Serve as a mentor to PSA Engineers(s) in training. Provide training to others.
Identify potential problems or areas for improvement related to PSA activities and/or operations support, and initiate corrective action in accordance with the plant Condition Report (CR) process.
Participate in industry working groups and other discipline related activities.
Be available and support Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).
Work 12 hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7) including Outage Command Center and Engineering Outage Center.
Support Engineering duty cycle (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment (typically 1 week timeframe with requirements similar to ERO).

Benefits

Annual at-risk compensation (ARC) incentive plan
Washington State has no state income tax
Cost-of-living lower than the national average
Substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS)
401(k) savings plan with an employer match component
457(b) savings plan
Multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Tuition reimbursement
Student loan repayment
Childcare subsidies
Health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA)
Health savings account (HSA)
Supplemental life insurances
Credit monitoring/identity theft insurance
Personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year
Nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year