Design Project Engineer II-III

About the role

The Design Project Engineer will support the design, procurement, fabrication, integration and qualification of systems and components associated with spent nuclear fuel storage systems. The position is based in Columbia, MD, with some occasional travel to the Kernersville, NC office or customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Performs standard engineering assignments, typically in areas of design, development, analysis, evaluation, testing, preparation of specifications, execution of field tasks and resolution of field problems.
• Ensures compliance with government, organization and customer engineering standards.
• May independently evaluate, select and apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgement in making minor adaptations and modifications.
• Prepare drawings, layouts and sketches under moderate supervision using CAD workstations and appropriate design criteria and technical manuals.
• Work closely with fabrication engineers to ensure and optimize fabricability of designs, and to help resolve fabrication issues.
• Design of non-safety related equipment.
• Visit nuclear facilities to determine concerns regarding new equipment designs and gain information needed to facilitate those designs.
• Support Operations during field operation of storage, transfer and transport systems.
• Support proposal preparation.
• Support Licensing activities.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering or Engineering Technology, plus 2-3 years related experience.
• An advanced degree (MS or MBA) may be substituted for 1-2 years experience.
• In applicable states a PE license will be accepted in lieu of a 4 year engineering degree.
• Demonstrated background where quick thinking and problem solving plays a critical role.
• Excellent organization, planning and priority setting skills.
• Ability to communicate well with vendors, customer and regulatory authority.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Engineering.
• A working knowledge of ASME Section III, Division 1.
• Experience working at a commercial nuclear facility in system or design engineering.
• Experience as a Project Engineer overseeing design projects.
• Demonstrated experience designing items, structures, or components for fabricability.
• Experience working in a metal fabrication environment.
• A working knowledge of AWS D1.1 and D1.6 welding code.
• Familiarity of NRC regulatory requirements.
• A working knowledge of NQA-1 requirements.
• Experience performing structural, thermal, shielding, or criticality analysis.