Welding Program Engineer

STP Nuclear Operating Company•Wadsworth, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Welding Program Engineer works in the Strategic Engineering department within the Engineering Programs section. This individual prepares, implements, and maintains the site welding program to promote equipment reliability and ensure compliance with regulations and commitments. The role also provides technical oversight to personnel planning and carrying out welding activities. The position is site-based and requires work in the field and/or at the work site. The successful candidate may support emergency response and outage roles, rotational engineering duty, and other work as needed. Overtime, alternate schedules, callouts, and travel may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology.
Ability to obtain and maintain unescorted access.
Successfully complete General Employee Training (GET) as required for the position.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of ASME Section IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D9.1, ASME III Subsection NX-4000 and NX-5000, ASME Section XI, ASME/ANSI B31.1, API 1104, and ASME Section VIII.
Current or previous American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification.
Relevant technical experience, including engineering, maintenance, and operations, and nuclear power experience. Engineering level will be commensurate with educational background, relevant experience, and overall qualifications.

Responsibilities

Ensure program scope and activities comply with changes in regulations and industry guidance.
Prepare, implement, and maintain the site welding program.
Interface with the Projects and Maintenance departments to provide technical oversight of welding activities.
Prepare and maintain program reports and procedures for record retention as required by regulation.
Participate in industry activities, including user groups, training, program self-assessments, benchmarking, and ASME Code Meetings, as applicable.
Assess, monitor, and communicate program health, and advocate for program needs and continual improvement through forums such as management presentations and health reports.
Maintain the weld database and manage database improvements and revisions.
Provide technical oversight for testing and verification of new models of welding equipment.
Monitor welding and mock-up activities performed by specialty welding contractors on and off site.
Accept an Emergency Response Organization (ERO) position as needed.
Accept an outage position as needed.
Obtain and maintain unescorted access.
Successfully complete General Employee Training (GET) as required for the position.
Support rotational engineering duty.