Job Description Summary
Lead and mentor mechanical component design team with a focus on work planning, technical approach, design assurance, and execution excellence on advanced nuclear projects. Scope includes; proposal, requirement management, design optioneering, equipment selection, installation thru commissioning as well as stewardship of guides, tools, skill development, knowledge capture, lessons learned, best practices, issue resolution, and supplier or partner technical oversight.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
Lead integrated approaches and solutions on mechanical component design, equipment design, licensing support, procurement, testing, and providing direction for installation and operational requirements.
Coordinate across Engineering teams to prepare proposals with scope, work plans, cost estimates, and schedules.
Support project with understanding execution metric and status, issues, risks, mitigation or recovery plans as well as being proactive to identify changes in scope, supporting preparation of project change request (PCR)
Drive compliance with; scope, work plan, budget, and overall schedule as well as the applicable design processes, discipline specific practices and tools including design and technical reviews.
Lead “day-to-day” operations and follow-up to ensure deliverables are produced and commitments met on-schedule and under-budget.
Collaborate proactively and inclusively for overall design development across other engineering teams and disciplines to support integrated plant design objectives.
Collaborate with project management, project engineering, support functions, vendors and others to drive project completion.
Identify, confirm, document, and lead resolution of technical risks and other emergent issues
Provide technical oversight and mentorship to ensure mechanical component designs and deliverables comply with all requirements throughout design release, procurement/fabrication, assembly, and site installation and testing
Support strategy, plan, statement of work preparation, and implementation of resource loading and mobilization involving employees, staff augmentation contractors, suppliers and partners
Assist with hosting learning sessions as well as knowledge capture and transfer initiatives.
Support Simplification and continuous process improvements.
Champion nuclear safety culture – Ensure compliance with GVH policies, quality management system, and corrective action program.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related Science or technical discipline
7 years of experience in heavy industrial, thermal power, or nuclear industry working in mechanical equipment and component design, including specification of design requirements, design development, procurement, test, and fabrication/installation support.
5 years of experience with ASME codes & standards or equivalent.
Eligibility Requirements
The preferred work location for this role is at the GVH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC but qualified remote candidates will be considered.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Desired Characteristics:
Master of Science Degree in Engineering Discipline
Professional Engineers License
Experience with BWR plant system design, plant engineering maintenance and modifications, new plant design certification and licensing
Experience with weldment design, structural analysis (including FEM) and fabrication
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal and proven leadership skills
Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD design
Proficiency with ANSYS FEA analysis
Knowledgeable, skilled and experienced regulatory affairs and licensing processes
Clear thinker, detail oriented, insightful, and results oriented
Experience with project management…