Nuclear Engineer, Senior/Principal

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC•Dallas, TX

45d•$90,000 - $112,500

About The Position

This nuclear engineer will provide miscellaneous plant support functions to support the operations of Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP) Units 1 and 2 in fulfillment of the Core Design & Safety Analysis (CDSA) function outsourcing arrangement between Vistra (operating company for CPNPP) and Westinghouse Electric Company. This support is centered on performing thermal-hydraulic engineering analysis principally for CPNPP; however, support for other nuclear power plants will also be required.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years experience
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Physics required; post-graduate degree preferred.
Unescorted access at CPNPP will be required.
Less than 10% travel to domestic and international sites may be required.
Successful candidate must be permanent US resident or citizen.

Responsibilities

In support of the CDSA functions at CPNPP, perform complex system thermal-hydraulic engineering analysis and provide technical leadership/project management in development, performance, and application of safety analysis methods based upon a broad understanding and working knowledge of PWR NSSS design and safety systems.
Interface with CPNPP engineering organizations and the Westinghouse Resident Site Operations (RSO) Manager to develop work scopes and obtain approval for engineering work authorizations as needed to support engineering work activities.
Obtain and maintain CPNPP qualifications for Safety Analysis Engineer, Engineering Orientation, and 10CFR50.59 Screen and Evaluation.
Initiate, evaluate, and disposition Condition Reports as required.
Provide technical input and written documents supporting the design, development, training, performance, and delivery of technical products and services to customers that require integration of team efforts across multifunctional groups. Effectively define, manage, and drive projects to successful completion to meet customer needs.
Support special requests from site as part of site engineering support. Examples include self assessments, equipment reliability support, outage emergent issue support, calculation reviews, etc.
Process vendor documents, such as Westinghouse Letters, NSALs, INs, etc., per site requirements.
Activities not limited to CPNPP; will also be required to apply engineering analysis (transient analysis, setpoints analysis, containment analysis, etc.) to other plants under the Westinghouse QA program.