Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer

About the role

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking a Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer to provide engineering support for the safe operation, maintenance, modification, and continued operation of nuclear facilities within the Department of Energy complex at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. This position supports nuclear safety and criticality safety programs through engineering analyses, technical evaluations, facility modifications, and implementation of approved safety controls.

The Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer will work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Nuclear Safety, Design Authority, Quality Assurance, Radiological Controls, and other technical organizations to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable facility operations.

Responsibilities

• Perform nuclear criticality safety evaluations supporting facility operations, maintenance activities, engineering modifications, and new projects.
• Review engineering changes, design packages, temporary modifications, procedures, and process changes for compliance with approved nuclear safety requirements.
• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSEs), Safety Basis documentation, Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs), and other nuclear safety documentation.
• Evaluate process equipment, gloveboxes, tanks, vessels, piping systems, transfer systems, and facility operations to ensure compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
• Prepare engineering calculations, technical evaluations, hazard analyses, and supporting engineering documentation.
• Review engineering drawings, P&IDs, calculations, specifications, and operating procedures.
• Perform field walkdowns to verify equipment configuration, system operability, and compliance with approved engineering documentation.
• Support facility engineering, operations, maintenance, and Design Authority organizations during troubleshooting, testing, equipment modifications, and facility upgrades.
• Participate in occurrence investigations, apparent cause evaluations, root cause analyses, and corrective action development.
• Support engineering change control, configuration management, and design verification activities.
• Prepare technical reports, engineering recommendations, and supporting documentation.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Radiological Controls, Industrial Safety, Fire Protection, Quality Assurance, and other engineering disciplines to resolve technical issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSEs), Safety Basis documentation, Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs), Unreviewed Safety Questions (USQs), or other nuclear safety programs.
• Experience as a Nuclear Safety Engineer, Criticality Safety Engineer, Facility Engineer, System Engineer, Design Authority, or Process Engineer in an operating facility.
• Experience supporting DOE, commercial nuclear, fuel cycle, radiological, chemical processing, power generation, or other highly regulated industrial facilities.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, P&IDs, engineering calculations, and technical documentation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting nuclear facility operations, engineering, maintenance, or safety programs.
• Knowledge of DOE engineering practices, configuration management, engineering change control, Conduct of Operations, and integrated safety management principles.
• Experience supporting nuclear materials processing, radioactive waste operations, fuel cycle facilities, research laboratories, or other DOE nuclear facilities.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance.
• Pre- and post-tax 401(k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

About the company

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with regional offices across the United States. Edgewater provides fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations.