Licensing Engineer Energy

AtkinsRéalis•Oak Ridge, TN

16h•Remote

About The Position

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a remote Licensing Engineer Energy based out of its Oak Ridge, Tennessee office. The role supports the fuel cycle business as it helps clients design, license, construct, and operate facilities regulated under 10 CFR Part 70, including conversion, deconversion, and fuel fabrication facilities that handle special nuclear material. The work is expanding alongside the domestic fuel supply chain for advanced reactor deployment. Under the direction of senior licensing staff, the engineer prepares assigned sections of 10 CFR Part 70 license applications and the evaluations supporting them. Assigned sections may address radiation protection, waste management, emergency preparedness, decommissioning, environmental protection, and management measures. The engineer coordinates design, process, and operational inputs from clients and other contractors, documents assumptions when inputs are still developing, and progresses toward independent ownership of application content. The position also supports consistency and completeness reviews, tracks licensing commitments and their regulatory bases, maintains traceability to applicable NRC requirements and guidance, and contributes to responses to NRC requests for additional information. The engineer prepares licensing presentations and supporting materials, manages assigned work to schedules, and raises delivery issues to senior licensing staff. The role requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility to work under 10 CFR Part 810 without specific authorization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Health Physics, or a related engineering or technical discipline.
At least 3 years of relevant nuclear industry experience.
Experience drafting and reviewing licensing applications, submittals, or comparable regulatory documentation.
Experience working with designers and engineers to develop safety analysis or licensing basis documentation.
Demonstrated understanding of 10 CFR and associated regulatory and industry guidance.
Working knowledge of the licensing framework for facilities possessing and using special nuclear material, including 10 CFR Part 70.
Ability to prepare licensing documentation from conceptual and evolving design information using documented assumptions.
Strong technical writing skills and attention to accuracy, consistency, and traceability.
Ability to work effectively with engineering disciplines and other contractors to obtain required inputs.
Ability to manage assigned work against fixed submittal dates and raise issues promptly.
Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to work under 10 CFR Part 810 without specific authorization.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Nuclear licensing and regulatory affairs experience.
Prior interaction with the NRC or another regulatory authority.
Familiarity with NRC guidance for fuel cycle facility license applications, including NUREG-1520.
Familiarity with fuel cycle facility processes, uranium chemistry, material forms, and radiological and chemical hazards.
Experience with facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 70 or comparable NRC licensing processes.
Familiarity with the integrated safety analysis process, items relied on for safety, and management measures.
Experience with fuel fabrication, conversion, deconversion, enrichment, or other fuel cycle operations.
Familiarity with material control and accountability under 10 CFR Part 74, physical protection under 10 CFR Part 73, or transportation under 10 CFR Part 71.
Familiarity with Environmental Reports under 10 CFR Part 51 or advanced reactor fuel supply chain projects.
Professional Engineer (PE) license or other relevant nuclear industry qualifications.

Responsibilities

Prepare assigned sections of 10 CFR Part 70 license applications under senior licensing staff direction, potentially covering radiation protection, waste management, emergency preparedness, decommissioning, environmental protection, and management measures.
Perform licensing evaluations and applicability determinations supporting assigned application sections, using bounding assumptions established or approved by senior licensing staff.
Coordinate and gather design, process, and operational inputs from clients and other contractors; document assumptions where inputs are not mature.
Review interfacing application content for consistency and completeness, and raise gaps, conflicts, and open items to senior licensing staff.
Identify licensing commitments in draft content and record them in the commitments register, maintaining traceability to source sections and regulatory bases.
Maintain traceability between assigned content and applicable NRC requirements and guidance.
Support responses to NRC requests for additional information for assigned sections.
Prepare licensing presentations and supporting materials for internal and external audiences.
Deliver accurate, complete, and timely work to assigned schedules and raise issues that may affect delivery.
Complete other assigned duties.