Lead Instrumentation & Controls Engineer 1 - Nuclear

Sargent & Lundy•Cranberry Township, PA

3d•$118,023 - $180,313

About The Position

Sargent & Lundy is hiring a Lead Instrumentation & Controls Engineer for its Nuclear Power Group. The role supports instrumentation and controls engineering work for existing nuclear plant digital upgrades and new nuclear power plants, including small modular reactors. You will provide technical direction on project teams designing, modifying, and analyzing power plant control systems, with a focus on digital systems. The work includes complex nuclear power programs involving design, operational excellence, safety, maintenance, and project management, as well as digital innovation and first-of-a-kind projects. The role also involves coordinating system design, supporting quality assessments and critical digital reviews, preparing calculations and design documentation, and working with clients and vendors. Client meetings, site walkdowns, and station outage support may be required. The position calls for a technically knowledgeable engineer who can review others’ work and help ensure designs meet specifications, codes, and client requirements. Sargent & Lundy’s Nuclear Power Group works on nuclear engineering, design, and licensing, including small modular reactors, advanced reactor technology, reactor restarts, plant life extensions, digital modernization, coal-to-nuclear conversions, and international new-build projects. The company offers healthcare, financial, and work-life benefits. The listed compensation range is $118,023–$180,313, and eligible employees may also be considered for a yearly discretionary bonus.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
At least 10 years of experience designing instrumentation and controls engineering systems for non-commercial, heavy industrial plants in a project team environment, focused on integrated, detailed system design for new plants or modifications or replacements to existing plants.
Experience with controls system design, including applications for low- and medium-voltage distribution systems and controls for equipment such as turbines, pumps, feedwater control, and data displays.
Experience designing power plant instrumentation and controls systems for either BWR or PWR reactors, including DCS for turbine, control, feedwater control, and data display.
Technical knowledge of available equipment and proven pre-engineered systems used to execute systems design.
Ability to serve as a firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role is desirable.
Experience reviewing design drawings created by others.
The company does not sponsor employees for U.S. work authorization.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
Construction and start-up experience.
Commissioning experience.
Broad technical support experience for nuclear plant projects, from design and project planning through testing and operations, contract specifications, project oversight, project execution, and overall direction of complex nuclear projects.
Experience with licensing strategies associated with Digital I&C Modernization projects.
Interest in learning and effectively using emerging technologies where relevant to the role; experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued but not required.

Responsibilities

Develop and market high-level, complex programs for nuclear power projects related to design, operational excellence, safety, maintenance, and project management.
Direct technical decision-making on project teams designing, modifying, and analyzing new and existing power plant control systems, especially digital upgrades.
Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve instrumentation and controls engineering issues.
Coordinate system design activities to ensure installation and operation comply with specifications, codes, and client requirements.
Develop digital systems designs, including PLC, DCS, HSI, networked computer systems, and digital instrumentation and control system functional requirements for nuclear plant systems.
Collaborate on quality assessments and critical digital reviews.
Perform consulting-level work for digital IOT, innovation, and strategic first-of-a-kind nuclear industry projects.
Prepare and review scaling, uncertainty, and setpoint calculations for analog and digital controls applications.
Prepare design-input documentation for drawing production, including master diagrams and schematics.
Interface with vendors to prepare and review materials and equipment purchase specifications.
Prepare reports and studies that communicate technical information clearly and concisely to meet client requirements.
Independently review work performed by others, including calculations and drawings.
Attend client meetings and site walkdowns to validate scope and ensure client satisfaction.
Support station outage activities as required.