Principal Design Engineer

Fluor • Houston, TX

65d

About The Position

This position will serve as the Nuclear Island Area Lead for the Electrical scope on a new nuclear power plant facility. This role has the responsibility to promote Fluor’s competitiveness within the global marketplace by delivering quality services of unmatched value and technical competence. This position serves as an Area Lead or Lead on assigned projects or performs complex to difficult engineering assignments, evaluates, selects, and applies advanced engineering techniques to a broad set of complex assignments.

Requirements

• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in engineering field of study and sixteen (16) years of work-related experience; a recognized professional certification or registration in the applicable field, if required; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
• Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards, commercial availability and cost of materials
• Effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting
• Managing and leading a large project
• Project set-up, developing control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out
• Practical field experience
• Intermediate computer and software skills to include the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs
• US Citizen or Green Card holder with current or past clearance to work on nuclear projects
• Previous experience with nuclear power plant design
• Experience executing engineering work under an ASME NQA-1 quality program
• Familiarity with nuclear industry codes, standards, and regulations that apply to the electrical design of nuclear power plants, including NRC regulations
• Previous experience with Electrical design for a safety class environment
• Knowledge of separation criteria used in the nuclear industry for power and instrumentation cable
• Previous experience using safety related software (ETAP Nuclear, etc)

Nice To Haves

• Professional registration and membership in technical society (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Develop specifications for Electrical Equipment and Design Criteria for Electrical Design
• Pre-fabricated Electrical Buildings design, specification, and purchasing
• DC Power System design with batteries and DC switchgear
• Develop and review estimates (including effort-hour estimates) and schedules, progress reports, including workforce forecasts
• Establish, track, and monitor material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts
• Develop and review specifications, including design criteria
• Participate in activities associated with equipment and material procurement, permitting, and subcontracting
• Perform and check calculations, specify equipment, and solve problems of complex to difficult engineering complexity
• Participate in people development through mentoring, development of training material, conducting training seminars, and performance appraisal input and counseling
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding solutions to problems with varying complexity in accordance with organization and/or project objectives and guidelines

Benefits

• Fluor is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote employee health, wellness, and financial security. Our offerings include medical, dental and vision plans, EAP, disability coverage, life insurance, AD&D, voluntary benefit plans, 401(k) with a company match, paid time off (personal, bereavement, sick, holidays) for salaried employees, paid sick leave per state requirement for craft employees, parental leave, and training and development courses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees