Reactor or Fuel Design Engineer

Energy Northwest • Richland, WA

13d • $80,704 - $184,021

About The Position

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. This position is posted at multiple levels . Please see the job description below for more details. You would be a part of the Reactor Engineering and Fuel Design Team, which is responsible for planning and performing power maneuvers, core design changes, fuel vendor oversight, cycle reload project management, and monitoring fuel reliability. GENERAL SUMMARY Provide independent engineering service and support to perform highly complex engineering tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the application of engineering fundamentals in support of the design modification, operating, and independent assessment of Energy Northwest facilities. Serve as an advisor to others. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements. Work with minimal supervision. Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements. Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques. Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects. Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues. Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor. Provide training to others. Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives. Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance. Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application. Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks). 12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7) Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment. (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions). Position Specific Desired Experience Qualified Reactor Engineer at a nuclear power plant Core design, reload project management, or transient analysis Programming skills (e.g. PowerShell or Python) Control rod and nuclear instrumentation monitoring and depletion

Requirements

• Engineer Principal Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of engineering experience; OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by accredited examination plus eight years of engineering experience.
• Engineer Senior Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of discipline specific engineering experience; OR a PE license obtained by an accredited examination and five years of discipline specific engineering experience. High school diploma or GED is required.
• Engineer Staff Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and at least one year of engineering experience; OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and at least one year of engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.
• Engineer Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university or a PE license obtained by accredited examination and zero to three years of discipline engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

Nice To Haves

• Qualified Reactor Engineer at a nuclear power plant
• Core design, reload project management, or transient analysis
• Programming skills (e.g. PowerShell or Python)
• Control rod and nuclear instrumentation monitoring and depletion

Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements.
• Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques.
• Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects.
• Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues.
• Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor.
• Provide training to others.
• Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
• Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance.
• Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.
• Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action
• Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).
• 12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7)
• Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment.

Benefits

• Energy Northwest (EN) offers a highly competitive and substantial benefits package which allows qualifying employees (and their families) to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring, and identity theft insurance.
• EN offers three retirement programs to qualifying employees including a matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan, the Washington State Pension Plan (PERS), and a 457(b) savings plan.
• Qualifying employees will also accrue 160 hours of personal time per year and nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees