Senior Electrical Engineer 1 - Nuclear
About The Position
The Senior Electrical Engineer 1 will work in a project-team environment with engineers and designers to design, modify, and analyze electrical systems for new and existing nuclear power plants. The role involves investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving a variety of electrical engineering issues, with a focus on design for existing nuclear plants. The engineer prepares and reviews design change packages, calculations, equipment procurement specifications, and conceptual-design scoping documents. The role also involves evaluating equipment vendors, coordinating with other engineering disciplines and clients, reviewing vendor documents, attending client meetings and site walkdowns, and traveling to client and vendor offices and plant sites. During project implementation, the engineer supports site installation activities and assists the project manager in delivering the engineering scope on schedule and within budget. The position is responsible for the technical, financial, and administrative performance of the engineering scope, including communicating scope and deliverables, tracking progress and project status, coordinating deliverables, reporting progress, and resolving open items and emergent issues. Sargent & Lundy’s Nuclear Power Group works on nuclear engineering, design, and licensing projects, including existing plant life extensions and digital modernization, advanced reactor technology, small modular reactors, reactor restarts, coal-to-nuclear initiatives, and international new-build projects.
Requirements
- Electrical engineering degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
- Five or more years of experience designing electrical engineering systems for industrial applications in a project-team environment, with a focus on existing nuclear power plants.
- Experience selecting equipment and materials and preparing and assembling engineering design change packages, calculations, and specifications.
- Experience designing electrical systems, including low- and medium-voltage distribution systems, transformers, generators, motors, and relays.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for conveying information to project team members and clients.
- Detail-oriented approach to work.
- Ability to qualify for badged, unescorted access to a nuclear power station.
- Sargent & Lundy does not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE).
- Interest in learning and effectively using emerging technologies where relevant to the role; experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued but not required.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and review engineering design change packages to install, replace, or upgrade existing plant equipment and support long-term equipment reliability.
- Prepare and review engineering calculations for design change packages, including AC and DC power studies, short-circuit studies, cable ampacity, voltage drop, breaker coordination, motor starting, and protective relay settings.
- Prepare and review equipment procurement specifications.
- Participate in vendor bid evaluations, support requests for additional information, develop responses to vendor questions, and track questions and responses.
- Prepare and review conceptual-design scoping documents, including constructability reviews.
- Coordinate with project team members from Mechanical, Structural, Civil, and I&C disciplines.
- Interface with clients, including implementing personnel, in support of projects.
- Review vendor documents and provide written comments.
- Attend client meetings and site field walkdowns to validate scope and support client satisfaction.
- Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant sites for construction coordination and design verification.
- Support site installation activities during project implementation.
- Assist the S&L project manager in completing projects satisfactorily, on time, and within budget.
- Manage the technical, financial, and administrative performance of the engineering scope by communicating scope, defining deliverables, reviewing team progress, holding status meetings, submitting progress reports, tracking and resolving open items, and coordinating deliverable completion.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision health plans.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Disability coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Back-up daycare.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA).
- 401(k).
- Pre-tax commuter account.
- Merit Scholarship Program.
- Employee Discount Program.
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program.
- Tuition assistance.
- First Professional Licensure Bonus.
- Employee Referral Bonus.
- Paid annual personal/sick time (PST).
- Paid vacation.
- Paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid bereavement leave.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Eligible positions may participate in a yearly discretionary bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
