Fluid Systems Group Lead

Responsibilities

• Core Duties:
  • Provide technical leadership on operations, maintenance, and configuration management for experimental operations.
  • Lead specification of system upgrades, life extension, and modernization, including managing scope, budget, and schedule.
  • Prepare and maintain engineering calculations and systems models (eg – AFT Arrow and Fathom) to support system control and automation.
  • Evaluate data collected during testing, commissioning, and operations to make recommendations for improved design or operational practices.
• Group Management and Leadership (20%):
  • Lead, manage, and mentor a team of engineers and technical support staff, setting goals and performing performance appraisals.
  • Manage budget, resources, and schedules, and apply documentation and procedural standards.
  • Plan, organize, and supervise daily work, estimate personnel needs and schedule work to meet complex completion deadlines on assigned projects.
  • Foster a culture of responsibility, delegation of tasks, active mentoring, and professional communication.
  • Ensure the safety and safety compliance of all assigned staff and maintain constant vigilance for potential safety hazards in restricted and potentially dangerous areas.
  • Ensure compliance with environmental, safety, health, and quality program requirements.
• Engineering Operations Support (20%):
  • Train for operational roles such as NSTX-U Chief Operations Engineer (COE).
  • Coordinate the startup, routine operation, and shutdown of numerous high power one-of-a-kind pressure, vacuum, and electrical systems.
  • Coordinate operation of the NSTX-U device, including initiating each “pulse”.
  • Ensure operations stay within safety basis parameters defined for the facility.
  • Respond to fault conditions for NSTX-U operations and safety envelopes.
  • Assure proper conduct of operations communications across the operating team.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or related Engineering field with 12+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 10+ years of related experience.
• Progressive supervisory, technical, and project management responsibilities, demonstrating the ability to work and make decisions with limited supervision.
• Experience with industrial fluid systems equipment including pumps, valves, piping, control systems, and water chemistry.
• Experience with preventative maintenance of pumps, heat exchangers, valves, and pressure relief devices, including experience developing and implementing comprehensive maintenance programs for plant systems.
• Experience in the preparation of technical documentation such as operational, maintenance and installation procedures, piping and instrumentation drawings (P&IDs), and process flow diagrams.
• Knowledge of Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO).
• Working knowledge of ASME B31.1 and B31.3.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including proficiency with office suites like MS Office and MS Excel or Google Workspace.
• PE license is highly desirable.

Physical Requirements

• Full or fully corrected vision, correct depth and color perception, occasional close work, work in low light conditions.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Full hand, arm and leg mechanical dexterity and coordination.
• Ability to work near static magnetic fields without medical restrictions.
• Capable of climbing ladders, continuous walking, standing or sitting.
• Will work in environments with industrial hazards such as potential oxygen deficiency, high noise, confined spaces, elevations, radiation, and where electrically/mechanically energized equipment may be present.
• Routinely wear protective clothing and equipment, primarily hardhats, safety glasses, and electrical PPE.

Working Conditions

• Most work will be done at the PPPL shops and laboratories, though vendor visits may be required when supporting ongoing projects.
• Work will generally be 1st shift, though 2nd shift work may be required depending on facility schedules.
• Staff in the group may potentially provide 24/7 coverage in support of experimental operations and maintaining routine communication and supervision with all assigned staff is required.
• On-call duties requiring occasional off-hours response to emergency or alarm conditions.
• May involve work in confined spaces, use of fall protection, other job-specific PPE.

Essential Services Personnel

• No

Physical Capacity Exam

• Required: Yes

Valid Driver's License

• Required: No

Salary Range

• $149,200 to $238,400