Senior Licensing Engineer Energy

AtkinsRéalis•Oak Ridge, TN

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Licensing Engineer leads the development and integration of 10 CFR Part 70 license applications for fuel cycle facilities. The role establishes regulatory approaches for assigned scope, owns application integration and quality across content prepared by multiple organizations, and provides technical direction to licensing engineers. The engineer works with limited supervision, exercises independent regulatory judgment, and represents AtkinsRéalis with clients, subcontractors, and the NRC. Responsibilities include leading assigned application sections and defending regulatory approaches; overseeing application quality assurance, NRC acceptance-criteria crosswalks, assumptions registers, drafting conventions, and licensing commitments; reviewing and integrating client-, subcontractor-, and contractor-furnished content; directing subcontracted work; evaluating bounding assumptions; preparing position papers; and leading NRC engagement, audits, and responses to requests for additional information. The role also reviews and mentors licensing engineers, ensures technical quality and timely delivery, addresses schedule and regulatory-defensibility issues, and supports scoping, estimating, and proposal development for fuel cycle licensing pursuits. Other duties may be assigned. This is a remote position based out of the Oak Ridge, Tennessee office. The expected annual compensation range is $90,000–$150,000, depending on skills, experience, and geographical location. The position is regular employee work. Benefits may vary depending on employment status and may include medical, dental and vision insurance; 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.
At least 7 years of relevant nuclear industry experience, with significant experience in licensing and regulatory affairs.
Demonstrated experience leading 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 10 CFR Part 74 material control and accountability requirements.
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.
Demonstrated ability to direct and integrate licensing content prepared by multiple organizations, including subcontractors and client-furnished sections.
Demonstrated 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 license applications or amendment requests for fuel cycle facilities.
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 of assigned portions of 10 CFR Part 70 license applications and establish and defend the regulatory approach.
Own application integration and quality assurance, including the crosswalk against NRC acceptance criteria, assumptions register, section templates, and drafting conventions.
Own the licensing commitments framework, including identifying commitment language, tracing commitments to source sections and regulatory bases, and controlling commitments 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 scope, including scoping, deliverable review, and integration into the application package.
Determine when bounding assumptions can be used in place of mature design information and 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.