I&C Engineer

About the Role

You will be asked to fill a position as an I&C Project Engineer for the Surry Digital I&C Program. The Digital I&C project is a 10+ year effort as part of Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) to upgrade safety and non-safety-related analog systems to state-of-the-art digital technology and modernize the main control room. This role works with a cross-functional team of station stakeholders, project leads, and project managers to prepare and evaluate modifications to the plant design.

Responsibilities

• Developing and contributing to safety system I&C architecture decision-making, conceptual designs, and scoping refinement
• Review and/or prepare engineering products (e.g., Design / Engineering Change packages, Specifications, Calculations, Technical Evaluations, Hazard Analyses)
• Oversee contracted engineering work and ensure consistency and compliance with Dominion Energy and industry standards
• Provide technical support, input, and oversight for Factory and Site Acceptance Testing and Simulations (e.g., reviewing and approving procedures and observing activities)
• Interface with the primary equipment supplier and project stakeholders to support technical reviews and input
• Analyze engineering risk and failure modes and incorporating mitigating strategies in the designs
• Report and present status to engineering team lead, project managers, and management team on a periodic basis

Qualifications

• 6+ years of directly-related instrumentation & controls design engineering experience in a power generating station, nuclear background
• 10+ years of industry experience
• Have a 4-year Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering Degree or equivalent electrical/I&C/computer/systems engineering field experience
• Hold or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license can be used in lieu of a 4-year degree
• Experience with nuclear power plant design, systems, and components
• Specification, technical, engineering writing ability
• 50.59 (screen and evaluation) and nuclear licensing experience, including usage of vendor topical reports
• Standard Design Process qualification for nuclear Engineering Changes desired, but not required
• Engineering specification qualification, including the ability to interpret and apply industry regulations and standards
• Knowledge of and experience with nuclear protection systems, specifically PWR process protection, reactor trip systems (RTS), and engineered safety feature actuation systems (ESFAS)
• Knowledge of and experience with requirements engineering and management
• Experience with digital industrial systems such as Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and/or Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems and associated computers, communications, and networks
• In-depth knowledge of industry advances in control system monitoring, testing and analysis of control equipment, and controls theory
• Knowledge of and experience with power plant controls, steam turbine control systems, combustion turbine control systems, balance of plant control systems
• Knowledge of and experience with electrical and electronics theory

Pay

The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $85.00 - $100.00.