Senior Licensing Engineer Energy - Remote

AtkinsRéalis•Oak Ridge, TN

3d•$90,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Licensing Engineer Energy for a remote position based out of its Oak Ridge, Tennessee office. The role leads the development and integration of 10 CFR Part 70 license applications for fuel cycle facilities. The engineer establishes regulatory approaches for assigned work, integrates and assures the quality of application content prepared by multiple organizations, and provides technical direction to licensing engineers and subcontractors. The role works with limited supervision, exercises independent regulatory judgment, and represents AtkinsRéalis with clients, subcontractors, and the NRC. The engineer is accountable for the technical quality and timely delivery of assigned licensing scope, including resolving issues affecting schedule or regulatory defensibility. The role also supports scoping, estimating, and proposal development for fuel cycle licensing pursuits and performs other duties as assigned. The position requires a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Health Physics, or a related engineering or technical discipline, and seven years of relevant nuclear industry experience with significant licensing and regulatory affairs experience. A master's degree is desirable. Compensation is expected to be $90,000–$150,000 annually, depending on skills, experience, and geographical location. Benefits may vary by employment status and may include medical, dental and vision coverage; company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits; employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting; employee stock purchase plan; paid time off; leave options; flexible work options; recognition and employee satisfaction programs; employee assistance program; and voluntary benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Health Physics, or a related engineering or technical discipline.
Seven years of relevant nuclear industry experience, with significant experience in licensing and regulatory affairs.
Experience leading the technical and regulatory direction of a license application section or package, including content prepared by others.
Experience working directly with the NRC or another regulatory authority, including pre-application engagement or responses to requests for additional information.
Experience working with designers and engineers to develop safety analysis or licensing basis documentation.
Deep working knowledge of 10 CFR and associated NRC regulatory and industry guidance, with the ability to establish and defend a regulatory position.
Working knowledge of the licensing framework for facilities possessing and using special nuclear material, including 10 CFR Part 70 and material control and accountability requirements under 10 CFR Part 74.
Ability to structure a license application against NRC acceptance criteria, including NUREG-1520 guidance, and maintain its integrity as content matures.
Ability to make and defend judgments about bounding assumptions when design information is conceptual or incomplete.
Ability to direct and integrate licensing content prepared by multiple organizations, including subcontractors and client-furnished sections.
Ability to provide technical direction, review, and mentoring to less experienced licensing staff.
Excellent technical writing and communication skills, including the ability to present and defend licensing positions to clients and regulators.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Familiarity with fuel cycle facility processes, uranium chemistry, material forms, and radiological and chemical hazards.
Experience licensing facilities under 10 CFR Part 70, including fuel cycle facility license applications or amendment requests.
Experience with the integrated safety analysis process, items relied on for safety, and management measures.
Experience with fuel fabrication, conversion, deconversion, enrichment, or other fuel cycle operations.
Experience with material control and accountability under 10 CFR Part 74, physical protection under 10 CFR Part 73, or transportation under 10 CFR Part 71.
Experience preparing Environmental Reports under 10 CFR Part 51, or with advanced reactor fuel supply chain projects including high-assay low-enriched uranium deconversion and fuel fabrication.
Experience mentoring or supervising licensing staff.
Professional Engineer (PE) license or other relevant nuclear industry qualifications.

Responsibilities

Lead development and integration of 10 CFR Part 70 license applications for fuel cycle facilities.
Establish and defend regulatory approaches for assigned scope and application sections.
Own integration and quality assurance of license application packages, including crosswalks against NRC acceptance criteria, the assumptions register, and application templates and drafting conventions.
Manage the licensing commitments framework, including commitment language, traceability to source sections and regulatory bases, and control across content prepared by multiple organizations.
Review client-, subcontractor-, and contractor-furnished application content for regulatory adequacy and interface alignment, and resolve conflicts across sections.
Provide technical direction to subcontracted licensing work, including scoping, deliverable review, and integration into the application package.
Determine where bounding assumptions are appropriate when design information is incomplete and judge when assumptions must be closed.
Prepare and defend position papers when the existing regulatory framework does not directly apply.
Lead NRC interactions, including pre-application engagement, audits, and responses to requests for additional information.
Provide technical direction, review, and mentoring to licensing engineers, and check their work before issue.
Ensure technical quality and timely delivery of assigned licensing scope, identifying and resolving issues that affect schedule or regulatory defensibility.
Support scoping, estimating, and proposal development for fuel cycle licensing pursuits.
Perform other duties as assigned.