Lead Instrumentation & Controls Engineer 1 - Nuclear
About The Position
The Lead Instrumentation & Controls Engineer will work in Sargent & Lundy’s Nuclear Power Group on major process-controls engineering projects, including digital upgrades to existing power plants and new nuclear power plants and small modular reactors. The role involves directing technical decisions within project teams designing, modifying, and analyzing power-plant control systems, and addressing instrumentation and controls engineering challenges. The engineer will contribute to digital systems design and development, including PLC, DCS, HSI, networked computer systems, and digital instrumentation and control system functional requirements. Work may also include digital IoT, innovation, and first-of-a-kind nuclear projects, along with support for station outages as required. The role includes coordinating system design to meet specifications, codes, and client requirements; developing and reviewing calculations and technical documentation; working with vendors on equipment specifications; conducting independent reviews; and engaging with clients through meetings and site walkdowns. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program and at least 10 years of relevant instrumentation and controls engineering design experience. U.S. work authorization sponsorship is not available for this position.
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, with a focus on integrated, detailed system design for new plants or modifications or replacements at 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 BWR or PWR reactors, including DCS for turbine, control, feedwater control, and data display.
- Technical knowledge of available equipment and proven pre-engineered systems for systems design.
- Experience reviewing design drawings created by others.
- Must have U.S. work authorization; the employer does not sponsor work authorization for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Experience serving as a firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Construction and start-up experience.
- Commissioning experience.
- Broad technical-support background on nuclear plant projects, including design, project planning, testing and operations expertise, contract specifications, project oversight, project execution, and direction of complex nuclear projects.
- Experience with licensing strategies for Digital I&C Modernization projects.
- Interest in learning and effectively using emerging technologies where relevant; 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 involving design, operational excellence, safety, maintenance, and project management.
- Direct technical decision-making in project teams designing, modifying, and analyzing new and existing power-plant control systems, particularly digital upgrades.
- Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve instrumentation and controls engineering issues.
- Coordinate systems 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 functional requirements for digital instrumentation and control systems used in nuclear plants.
- Collaborate on quality assessments and critical digital reviews.
- Perform consulting-level work on digital IoT, innovation, and first-of-a-kind nuclear projects.
- Prepare and review calculations, including 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 clearly present technical information to meet client requirements.
- Independently review work performed by others, including calculations and drawings.
- Attend client meetings and site walkdowns to validate project scope and ensure client satisfaction.
- Support station outage activities as required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Disability coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Back-up daycare.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA).
- 401(k).
- Pre-tax commuter account.
- Merit Scholarship Program.
- Employee Discount Program.
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program.
- Tuition assistance.
- First Professional Licensure Bonus.
- Employee Referral Bonus.
- Paid annual personal/sick time.
- Paid vacation.
- Paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid bereavement leave.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Eligible employees may participate in a yearly discretionary bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
