Piping Engineering Senior Consultant - Nuclear

Sargent & Lundy•Wilmington, DE

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Piping Engineering Senior Consultant provides senior 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 is accountable for completing project deliverables in accordance with technical, quality, and project-controls expectations. The consultant serves as a technical liaison to clients and a lead technical resource on projects. The position supports engineering design projects by reviewing complex calculations and approving simple calculations; providing technical guidance; and ensuring calculations meet technical and project requirements. It reviews and approves simple system or structural designs and prepares and reviews complex designs for completeness, accuracy, quality, constructability, and operability. Responsibilities also include engineering drawing reviews, evaluating design inputs for complex systems or structures, defining drawing expectations with clients, coordinating design and engineering interfaces, and participating in design reviews. The consultant prepares and reviews major system, installation, and material specifications; defines technical and commercial requirements, including vendor-submittal schedules; prepares bid evaluations for complex systems and installation scopes; participates in vendor bid negotiations; and may evaluate client change orders. The role also prepares and reviews complex single-discipline reports and studies, contributes to multidisciplinary reports, and reviews studies and reports for technically sound, cost-effective, clearly communicated conclusions. 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 evaluations, thermal-stratification evaluations, operability evaluations, qualification for hydrodynamic loads, pipe-rupture evaluations, flow-accelerated corrosion and microbiologically induced corrosion wall-thinning evaluations, and pipe-flaw evaluations. This position follows a hybrid work schedule requiring in-office work three days per week. The employer does not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this position.

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.
20 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.
Experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued where relevant, but is not required unless specifically identified elsewhere in the job description.

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level technical direction and supervision to project team members in the piping discipline.
Establish discipline task schedules and budgets to meet overall project requirements.
Coordinate activities between disciplines and ensure successful completion of deliverables in accordance with technical, quality, and project-controls expectations.
Serve as a technical liaison with clients and as 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 input for complex systems or structures, define client expectations for drawings, and coordinate design and engineering interfaces.
Participate in design reviews to ensure quality, constructability, and operability.
Prepare and review major system, installation, and material specifications, including defining technical and commercial requirements and schedules for vendor submittals.
Prepare bid evaluations for complex systems and installation scopes and participate in vendor bid negotiations.
Evaluate change orders on behalf of the client when applicable.
Prepare and review complex single-discipline reports and studies and participate in preparing multidisciplinary reports.
Review studies and reports to ensure conclusions are technically sound, cost-effective, and clearly communicated.
Evaluate piping systems in accordance with applicable ASME codes and other applicable codes.
Perform or support vibration monitoring and analysis, vibration prevention and mitigation, hydraulic-transient and thermal-stratification evaluations, operability evaluations, hydrodynamic-load qualification, pipe-rupture evaluations, corrosion-related wall-thinning evaluations, and pipe-flaw evaluations.