Nuclear Facilities Engineer 3/4 (Mechanical Engineer)

About the role

This position will be filled at either the Nuclear Facilities Engineer 3 or 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Responsibilities

• Directly supports the day-to-day operations of the Plutonium Facility, and is essential for mission-critical activities for National Defense.
• "Own" assigned system(s) and strive to maintain them at high levels of performance.
• Monitor system health and work closely with Operations, Maintenance, and other groups to troubleshoot and improve system(s).
• Responsible for about 40 mechanical systems, including cryogenic, compressed gasses, vacuum, circulating water, chemical supply, and more.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a mechanical engineer at a major commercial, industrial, or nuclear facility with a strong background in facility related systems (i.e. compressed air, chilled water, vacuum, gasses, and chemical systems).
• Demonstrated experience in the design, operation, and maintenance of facility related mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated experience in application of codes and standards in a highly regulated work environment, to include but not limited to: IBC, IEBC, ASHRE, UPC, ASME B31.3, ASME B31.9.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and trending facility system health.
• Demonstrated ability to perform analysis and calculations required to support engineered solutions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance for assigned tasks and effectively communicate engineering solutions both verbally and written with management, customers, peers, and craft personnel and to manage multiple tasks requiring varying resource needs and deadlines.
• Ability to effectively communicate engineering solutions both verbally and written with management, customers, peers, and maintenance personnel.
• Ability to obtain a Q Clearance, which requires US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Minimum Job Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 6 years of practical work experience necessary to perform the responsibilities outlined above.
• Education/Experience at lower level: Advanced engineering or technical degree is highly desired.
• Additional Job Requirements for Nuclear Facilities Engineer 4: Demonstrated ability to prepare and review technical reports and studies as part of establishing and maintaining the Technical Baseline for new and existing facility systems.
• Desired Qualifications: Demonstrated experience as a mechanical engineer at a DOE nuclear facility or commercial nuclear facility with a strong background in facility related mechanical systems (e.g. HVAC, Compressed Air, Water systems).

Skills

• Demonstrated experience with varying compressed gas systems and cryogenic systems.
• Demonstrated experience with mechanical system computational software (e.g., AFT Fathom/Arrow, Pipe Flow).
• Involvement with National Consensus Code Committee(s).
• Demonstrated experience working in a highly regulated nuclear environment (DOE or NRC regulatory environment).
• Active DOE Q-clearance.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

• Nuclear Facilities Engineer 3: $128,000 - $215,900
• Nuclear Facilities Engineer 4: $153,600 - $266,500

Schedule

Shiftwork.