Lead Piping Stress Engineer 2 - Nuclear

Sargent & Lundy•Wilmington, DE

18h•$134,546 - $205,557

About The Position

The Lead Piping Stress Engineer provides senior-level technical direction and supervision to project team members in the piping discipline. The role establishes discipline task schedules and budgets, coordinates work across disciplines, and ensures deliverables meet technical, quality, and project-controls expectations. The engineer serves as a technical liaison with clients and a lead technical resource on projects. 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. Its work also includes vibration monitoring and analysis; vibration prevention and mitigation solutions; hydraulic transient and thermal stratification evaluations; operability evaluations; qualification for hydrodynamic loads; pipe rupture evaluations; flow-accelerated and microbiologically induced corrosion assessments; and pipe flaw evaluations. Lead engineers support engineering design projects by reviewing complex calculations and approving simple calculations; guiding project team members; and ensuring calculations meet technical and project requirements. They review and prepare system or structural designs, drawings, and design inputs, and participate in design reviews to support completeness, accuracy, quality, constructability, and operability. They prepare and review specifications, define technical and commercial requirements for vendor submittals, evaluate bids and participate in vendor negotiations, and may evaluate client change orders. They also prepare and review complex single-discipline reports and studies, participate in multidisciplinary reports, and assess whether study conclusions are technically sound, cost-effective, and clearly communicated. Sargent & Lundy’s Nuclear Power Group works on nuclear engineering, design, and licensing, including small modular reactors, advanced reactor technology, reactor restart projects, existing plant life extensions and digital modernization, coal-to-nuclear conversion initiatives, and international nuclear new-build projects. The company describes its work as supporting clean, carbon-free energy and reducing emissions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Aerospace, or Structural/Civil Engineering from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission-approved program.
Emphasis in solid mechanics, structural analysis, theory of elasticity, metallurgy, and finite element analysis.
Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
12 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.

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.
Interest in learning and effectively using emerging technologies where relevant; experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued but not required unless specified elsewhere.

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level technical direction and supervision to project team members in the discipline.
Establish discipline task schedules and budgets to meet overall project requirements.
Coordinate activities between disciplines.
Ensure successful completion of project deliverables in accordance with technical, quality, and project-controls expectations.
Serve as a technical liaison with the client and a lead technical resource on projects.
Review complex calculations and approve simple calculations; provide technical guidance and ensure calculations are technically sound and meet project requirements.
Review and approve simple system or structural designs and prepare and review complex designs for completeness, accuracy, quality, constructability, and operability.
Perform engineering reviews of drawings, review design inputs for complex systems or structures, define client expectations for drawings, and coordinate design-engineering interfaces.
Participate in design reviews to support quality, constructability, and operability.
Prepare and review major system, installation, and material specifications.
Define technical and commercial requirements, including schedules for vendor submittals needed as design input.
Prepare bid evaluations for complex systems and installation scopes and participate in vendor bid negotiations.
Evaluate change orders on behalf of the client when needed.
Prepare and review complex single-discipline reports and studies and participate in multidisciplinary reports.
Review studies and reports to ensure conclusions are technically sound, cost-effective, and clearly communicated.
Perform piping-system evaluations in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
Perform or support evaluations involving vibration, hydraulic transients, thermal stratification, operability, hydrodynamic loads, pipe rupture, corrosion-related wall thinning, and pipe flaws.