Engineer - Balance of Plant
About The Position
The Systems Mechanical Engineer – Balance of Plant (BOP) provides expert-level technical support for the operation, maintenance, testing, and modification of assigned systems and programs. The role reviews system, component, and program performance; recommends and implements changes; monitors compliance; trends system and component performance; conducts system walk-downs; manages corrective actions; and maintains the preventive maintenance program. The engineer serves as the technical conscience and reliability champion for assigned systems, helping ensure equipment is reliable and ready to support nuclear safety and plant generation. The position is within the Systems Engineering Department and works extensively with other Engineering departments, Operations, Maintenance, Work Control, and Chemistry. BOP systems are associated with the plant’s secondary side, including turbine systems, the main generator, condensate, feedwater, cooling/service water, and radwaste interfaces. The position may involve overtime, alternate work schedules, 24/7 callouts, travel, and carrying a phone. The work location supports a hybrid schedule between the site and an alternate work location, subject to business need and adequate technology and ergonomic setup.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
- Ability to read and interpret Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) documents to implement required programs.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering documents, drawings, logic diagrams, configuration documentation, network architecture, vendor manuals, and software/firmware records.
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to meet the position’s environmental and physical requirements, including lifting up to 30 pounds, using stairs, and spending extended periods sitting and working in front of computer monitors.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support for the operation, maintenance, testing, and modification of assigned systems or programs.
- Review assigned systems and components and recommend changes to their operation, maintenance, or testing.
- Prepare, review, and approve engineering documentation, including calculations, specifications, analyses, drawings, and evaluations.
- Evaluate causes of plant equipment failures and identify corrective actions to improve equipment reliability.
- Use software to proactively trend for incipient conditions and prevent equipment failures.
- Optimize reliability and financial effectiveness by owning and advocating planned maintenance scope.
- Prepare and review complex safety evaluations and significant hazards reviews for plant repairs and conditions.
- Review industry documentation and event reports for applicability to STP and identify appropriate corrective actions.
- Coordinate with engineering, operations, maintenance, and external vendors to collect and interpret data and implement recommended resolutions.
- Provide input to at-power and outage schedules, including prioritization and logical work grouping.
- Periodically observe maintenance work and testing, as well as Operations activities on key system components.
- Perform monthly system walk-downs to maintain awareness of system condition and performance and gather monitoring data, as applicable.
- Adjust preventive and predictive maintenance activities based on feedback from maintenance personnel, corrective and predictive work, preventive maintenance results, test results, vendor information, EPRI templates, operating experience, equipment history, and system walk-downs.
- Champion major maintenance and modification work affecting plant reliability or generation and ensure it proceeds through the funding process.
- Evaluate proposed system or component modifications, including cost-benefit analysis, and recommend which modifications to pursue.
- Provide engineering expertise for complex plant issues or requests for assistance from other organizations.
- Complete required station, department, or division training as directed by immediate supervision.
- Act as a champion for plant systems, advocating system or program health and improved plant performance and reliability.
- Accept an Emergency Response Organization (ERO) position as needed and meet its time-response requirements.
- Accept an outage position as needed.
- Obtain and maintain unescorted access and successfully complete General Employee Training as required.
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Job Type
Full-time
