Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemical Engineer

Oak Ridge National Laboratory•Oak Ridge, TN

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About The Position

The Advanced Engineering Technologies (AET) Group is seeking a dedicated Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemical Engineer to support our organization. The position will involve system architecture, design, implementation, and testing including hands on work in a research and development atmosphere. Projects will target the development of lab scale to pilot plant sized nuclear fuel cycle unit operations and processes. This role will be a mixed role where the candidate is expected to participate in design and testing of unique unit operations. AET resides within the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division (NND) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The NND is a division operating within the National Security Sciences Directorate. NND staff contributes world class research, technology development, risk assessment, and systems analysis related to nonproliferation and counterproliferation. The division activities play a vital role in implementation of national policy issues that strive to ensure global nuclear security. One of the major focus areas of the AET group is the development of advanced approaches to operation, characterization, and analysis of nuclear fuel cycle processes. The group specializes in the application of engineering principles supporting the characterization of processes and related materials. The AET group collaborates and works with staff from other groups within NND and ORNL to assure the full expertise of fuel cycle processes are applied to meet sponsor needs. The successful candidate, in collaboration with principal investigators and project management at ORNL, will participate in the design, fabrication, assembly, and operation of nuclear fuel cycle unit operations and processes. This individual will be involved in projects that will design, build, test, and commissioning new systems. In addition to these responsibilities, the candidate will be a contributor to R&D projects that involve nuclear fuel cycle processes. In this position the candidate will be expected to effectively interact with various ORNL staff as well as internal and external sponsors. The candidate is expected to work in a team environment with co-workers and management as well as independently; to fully document work performed in the forms of technical reports, papers, and presentations; and to participate in the development of research proposals. Excellent communication skills including verbal, presentation, and writing skills are required. The successful candidate will interface with principal investigators, management, engineers, fabricators, modelers, and test campaign personnel.

Requirements

B.S. in Chemical Engineering or related field, and a minimum of 5 years related experience; a M.S. in Chemical Engineering, and a minimum of 4 years related experience or related field
Proven communication skills
The ability to work flexible hours and travel
Demonstrated expertise in chemical engineering design process to include developing the following products:
System Requirements Documents
Process Flow Diagrams
Material and Energy Balances
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
Design Analysis Calculations
Specification Sheets
Control System Narratives
Safety Basis Analysis and Documentation
Demonstrated Unit Operation Specification and Design
Experience in an R&D and/or testing environment

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience in multiple nuclear fuel cycle chemical engineering operations
Intimate knowledge of uranium chemistry processes used in the nuclear fuel cycle
Demonstrated expertise in chemical engineering testing process to include:
Development and Execution of Experimental Plans
Post Experiment Analysis and Documentation
Test Equipment I/O Calibration
Expertise in Matlab and/or Python programming
Q Clearance
TS/SCI Clearance

Responsibilities

Participate in the design, fabrication, assembly, and operation of nuclear fuel cycle unit operations and processes.
Design, build, test, and commissioning new systems.
Contribute to R&D projects that involve nuclear fuel cycle processes.
Effectively interact with various ORNL staff as well as internal and external sponsors.
Work in a team environment with co-workers and management as well as independently
Fully document work performed in the forms of technical reports, papers, and presentations
Participate in the development of research proposals.