Engineer - Balance of Plant

STP Nuclear Operating • Wadsworth, TX

1d • Hybrid

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 engineer reviews system, component, and program performance and recommends changes to operation, maintenance, or testing. Responsibilities include compliance monitoring and audits, system and component trending, system walk-downs, corrective action management, and maintaining and adjusting preventive maintenance programs. The position 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 role 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 and include turbine systems, the main generator, condensate, feedwater, cooling/service water, and radwaste interfaces. The position may support complex plant issues, outage work, emergency response organization (ERO) duties, and travel. It offers a hybrid work schedule between the site and an alternate work location, contingent on business needs and suitable technology and ergonomics.

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 ERO time-response requirements when assigned.
• Ability to obtain and maintain unescorted access.
• Ability to complete General Employee Training (GET) as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for operation, maintenance, testing, and modification of assigned systems or programs.
• Review system and component performance and recommend changes to operation, maintenance, or testing.
• Prepare, review, or 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 trend data and identify incipient conditions to prevent equipment failure.
• Own and advocate planned maintenance scope to balance reliability and financial effectiveness.
• Prepare or review complex safety evaluations and significant hazards reviews for plant repairs and conditions.
• Review industry documentation and event reports for applicability to the station 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 work prioritization and logical work grouping.
• Periodically observe maintenance work, testing, and operations involving key system components.
• Perform monthly system walk-downs to assess system condition and performance and gather monitoring data, as applicable to the assigned system or program.
• Adjust preventive and predictive maintenance based on feedback and results from maintenance craft personnel, corrective and predictive work, preventive maintenance, testing, vendors, EPRI templates, operating experience, equipment history, and system walk-downs.
• Champion major maintenance and modification work that affects 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 should be pursued.
• Provide engineering expertise for complex plant issues or assistance requested by other organizations.
• Complete station, department, or division training as required or directed by immediate supervision.
• Champion plant systems and advocate for system or program health, overall plant performance, and reliability.
• Accept an ERO position as needed and meet time-response requirements.
• Accept an outage position as needed.
• Obtain and maintain unescorted access.
• Successfully complete General Employee Training (GET) as required for the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time