Nuclear Core Design Engineer

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage core reload projects including activities associated with the design and licensing of the core, fabrication and transportation of fuel, and contract management.
• Collaborate on fuel and core designs, including strategic fuel design evaluations, to lead the industry in advanced technologies for improved fuel performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
• Maintain detailed core models to support site reactor engineering and other plant functions in safely and reliably operating our nuclear fleet.
• Provide reactor physics and fuel criticality expertise to support the analytical and design bases on which each plant was licensed and provide technical oversight of contracted analyses.
• Employ robust designs to ensure that fuel is operated in a safe and reliable manner in accordance with plant design and licensing basis, within design limits, and with sustainable, failure-free performance.
• Support reload and startup activities by ensuring engineering work is performed with quality and predictability; programs are implemented per defined standards; fleet lessons learned are captured and discussed as part of continuous learning culture; and industry best practices are implemented.

Minimum Requirements

• B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering, or a closely related discipline (Physical Sciences) with equivalent experience.
• Engineer I: 0+ years of engineering
• Engineer II: 2+ years of experience (1 year with a M.S.)
• Engineer III: 4+ years of experience
• Senior Engineer: 6+ years of experience (5+ years with PE)
• Desired: Master of Science degree in engineering or business administration
• Technical proficiency in nuclear fuel management.
• Technical understanding of nuclear generation principles and operation.
• Outstanding communication, conflict management, and change management skills.
• Proficiency with current computer business applications.
• Desired: Experience with nuclear design software packages (CASMO/SIMULATE, SCALE, MCNP, etc.).
• Desired: Experience with programming languages (Python, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, etc.) and shell scripting in UNIX/LINUX environments.
• Desired: Professional Engineering license (Nuclear discipline preferred).

Working Conditions

• As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company.
• Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.