Lead Piping Stress Engineer 1 - Nuclear
About The Position
The Lead Piping Stress Engineer supports nuclear engineering projects by providing senior-level technical direction and supervision to discipline team members. The role establishes discipline task schedules and budgets, coordinates work between disciplines, and is accountable for delivering work that meets technical, quality, and project-controls expectations. The engineer serves as a technical liaison with clients and a lead technical resource on projects. The position reviews complex calculations and approves simple calculations; provides technical guidance; and prepares or reviews system and structural designs, drawings, specifications, bid evaluations, and reports. Work includes ensuring technical soundness, completeness, accuracy, quality, constructability, operability, cost effectiveness, and clear communication. The role also coordinates engineering and design interfaces, participates in design reviews and vendor negotiations, and may evaluate client change orders. The Piping Engineering & Analysis discipline evaluates piping systems under applicable codes, including ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and ASME B31.1 and B31.7. Specialty work includes vibration monitoring and analysis, vibration prevention and mitigation, hydraulic transient and thermal stratification evaluations, operability evaluations, hydrodynamic-load qualification, pipe rupture evaluations, flow-accelerated or microbiologically induced corrosion wall-thinning evaluations, and pipe flaw evaluations. This position follows a hybrid work schedule and requires in-office work three days per week. The company does not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, or Structural/Civil Engineering from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission-approved program.
- Degree emphasis in solid mechanics, structural analysis, theory of elasticity, metallurgy, and finite element analysis.
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
- 10 or more years of relevant experience.
- Extensive knowledge of ASME B31.1 and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III piping codes.
- Knowledge of the design, selection, and application of pipe supporting elements.
- Working knowledge of commercially available piping products and their application.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in the office three days per week under the hybrid schedule.
- Must have U.S. work authorization; the employer does not sponsor work authorization for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to navigate a 3D CAD model.
- Experience with AutoPIPE or PIPESTRESS software.
- Knowledge of gas dynamics and hydraulic transients.
- Knowledge of pipe condition assessment.
- Experience with ANSYS Workbench and Mechanical ADP.
- Experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued where relevant, but is not required unless otherwise identified.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior-level technical direction and supervision to discipline project team members.
- Establish discipline task schedules and budgets to meet overall project requirements.
- Coordinate activities between disciplines and serve as a technical liaison with clients and lead technical resource on projects.
- Ensure successful completion of project deliverables in accordance with technical, quality, and project-controls expectations.
- Review complex calculations and approve simple calculations; guide team members and ensure calculations are technically sound and meet project requirements.
- Review and approve simple system or structural designs and prepare or review complex designs for completeness, accuracy, quality, constructability, and operability.
- Perform engineering reviews of drawings, review design input for complex systems or structures, define client expectations for drawings, coordinate design and engineering interfaces, and participate in design reviews.
- Prepare and review major system, installation, and material specifications, including technical and commercial requirements and vendor-submittal schedules.
- Prepare bid evaluations for complex systems and installation scopes, participate in vendor bid negotiations, and potentially evaluate client change orders.
- Prepare and review complex single-discipline reports and studies, participate in multidisciplinary reports, and review conclusions for technical soundness, cost effectiveness, and clarity.
- Evaluate piping systems in accordance with applicable codes, including ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, ASME B31.1, and ASME B31.7.
- Perform piping specialty evaluations involving vibration, hydraulic transients, thermal stratification, operability, hydrodynamic loads, pipe rupture, corrosion-related wall thinning, and pipe flaws.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision health 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 (PST).
- 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
