Procurement Integration Engineer

TerraPower LLC.•Bellevue, WA

17h•$140,021 - $181,845

About The Position

TerraPower is seeking a Procurement Integration Engineer to support the integration, oversight, and coordination of procurements within the EPC Contractor’s scope for the Natrium project in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The role supports TerraPower’s Senior Manager of EPC Design Integration and the Mechanical Principal Engineer, who provides technical oversight for procurements. The engineer will support technical procurement oversight, including developing or overseeing technical bid evaluations during the Bid/Evaluate/Award (BEA) cycle, reviewing vendor submittals, and integrating equipment design inputs into engineering and system design performed by TerraPower or its design partners. The work covers heat transfer and energy storage, power cycle, and ancillary systems, with cross-functional coordination across electrical, instrumentation and controls, and structural disciplines. The engineer will work as part of a high-performing team.

Requirements

At minimum, a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering; other engineering disciplines may be considered with a history of multidisciplinary engineering integration across electrical, mechanical, and structural disciplines.
Approximately 10–20 years of relevant design experience in nuclear or commercial power plant design or modifications, or adjacent process industries such as oil and gas, refining, or chemicals, emphasizing equipment design and system/physical design integration.
Ability to lead cross-functional design collaboration and integrate equipment design inputs across multiple disciplines and systems.
Ability to work effectively with geographically distributed and potentially international design team members.
Broad technical and engineering skills and experience leading an integrated cross-functional design team.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey critical design-integration information to senior management, engineering teams, and customers.
Ability to exercise sound engineering judgment and identify needed design progress in a first-of-a-kind environment.
Experience working to design quality standards such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001.
Team-oriented approach, high trust and integrity, open communication, respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
Must meet applicable ANSI/ANS 3.1 qualification requirements, including relevant nuclear-industry experience where required.

Responsibilities

Provide integration and oversight to geographically diverse team members supporting procurements and integration of equipment design inputs.
Work with TerraPower’s supply chain and procurement team to support the procurement Bid/Evaluate/Award (BEA) cycle and integrated review of supplier technical submittals.
Coordinate with TerraPower partners or Architect/Engineer firms to incorporate equipment design inputs into system and physical design deliverables, such as P&IDs, the plant 3D model, and civil/structural calculations.
Coordinate technical reviews and inputs with TerraPower stakeholders and other design disciplines.
Support technical bid evaluations, vendor-submittal reviews, and integration of equipment design inputs into engineering and system design.