Lead Engineer – Plant Systems Integration
About The Position
The Lead Engineer performs a key role on GE Hitachi’s Plant Systems Integration teams, supporting development of advanced nuclear reactor projects, including small modular reactors and sodium-cooled fast reactors. The position provides engineering design support in a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with project and product stakeholders, partner organizations, suppliers, and other engineering disciplines to advance conceptual and detailed plant design and deliver new plant projects. The team integrates and coordinates multidisciplinary activities to support safe, economically competitive reactor designs using a balance of advanced and proven technologies. The role also supports development and implementation of licensing and technical requirements and associated work processes for new nuclear plants. The position is responsible for Plant Integration Engineering activities supporting the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Frontier Project. It provides technical leadership and guidance, coordinates schedules and resources, mentors colleagues, and serves as a contact between the engineering team and internal and external customers. The role integrates components and systems into the overall plant design, manages requirements and interfaces, and defines and coordinates verification and validation requirements. The preferred location is GE Vernova’s headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina, with other listed U.S. locations available. The position is eligible for a hybrid work format, with three days onsite and two days offsite.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Physics from an accredited university or college.
- At least 4 years of experience in an engineering capacity.
- Ability to obtain U.S. Government authorization to access U.S. export-controlled information, if applicable.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States; the employer does not offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- Successful completion of a drug screen, as applicable.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Engineering, such as Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering.
- Experience with Nuclear Island, Turbine Island, and balance-of-plant systems and their associated safety-analysis design bases.
- Experience working in a nuclear power plant.
- Plant experience in multiple capacities, including on-shift work, outage preparation, work control, or training.
- Commercial nuclear engineering experience in multiple capacities, such as Design, Licensing, PRA, or Systems, or shipyard nuclear systems engineering experience.
- Requirements management experience using DOORS or a similar tool.
- Licensed Professional Engineer.
- Strong knowledge of plant operations, licensing and design bases, and transient and accident analysis.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance and leadership, oversee project scheduling and resource planning, mentor and develop talent, and serve as the point of contact between the engineering team and internal and external customers.
- Conduct component and system integration with the overall new nuclear plant design, supporting performance, operability, and design-to-cost objectives.
- Manage product and systems requirements, specifications, and requirements flow-down.
- Drive identification of verification and validation requirements at plant, system, and component levels.
- Define plant-level design requirements for systems, components, subcontractors, and partner teams.
- Manage interfaces between systems, components, and project or product management organizations.
- Develop specialized expertise, serve as a best-practice and quality resource, and contribute to strategy and policy development while ensuring delivery within the area of responsibility.
- Use technical experience and expertise to analyze data and support recommendations and decisions.
- Act as a resource for less experienced colleagues and may lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements.
- Communicate difficult or sensitive information and build consensus, using persuasion to influence others on topics within the field.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Health Coach access and a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
- Employee Assistance Program with confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services available 24/7.
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, including a tax-advantaged 401(k) opportunity with company matching and company retirement contributions.
- Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
- Tuition assistance.
- Adoption assistance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Disability benefits.
- Life insurance.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Permissive time off.
- Discretionary annual bonus eligibility.
- Relocation assistance may be provided.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
