TITLE:                   Plant Integration Engineer – GEH Resident Engineer

LOCATION:          Wilmington, NC, USA       

 TerraPower® is a nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At our core, we are working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health.

In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment.  TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. TerraPower is committed to bringing sustainable, affordable and safe energy to address global issues. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Resident Engineer

The GEH Resident Engineer will provide regular in-person oversight and support for the Natrium project  design work carried out by General Electric-Hitachi out of their Wilmington, NC offices. The resident engineer will report to the Manager of Systems Integration as part of the Natrium Reactor Systems group and will support and coordinate cross functional and multi-disciplinary design activities.

The ideal candidate will be located at GEH’s Wilmington office to allow continuous in-person support and collaboration between GEH’s System, Component, Analysis, and Testing Teams and TerraPower’s engineering and oversight teams. Candidate would travel periodically to TerraPower’s Bellevue office to meet with Natrium managers and stakeholders.

The Resident Engineer will coordinate scope, schedule, and technical integration for system design, 3D model and drawing development, and multi-disciplinary integration between mechanical, electrical, I&C, and Civil/Structural. Engineer will also support cross functional collaboration with licensing, safety analysis, and PRA.

Responsibilities

•    Provides continuous oversight and direction of GEH’s design scope of work for the Natrium plant. This includes system and component design, system and component analysis, integrated plant analyses (such as safety analysis and PRA), and integrated plant activities.

•    Functions as a direct and immediate conduit of communication to facilitate continued progression of design activities between GEH and TerraPower organizations.

•    Gather data and conduct periodically meeting with Plant Delivery department managers and key stakeholders on issues, technical challenges, and drive resolution as a TerraPower agent to GEH. Conduct similar issue resolution meetings with GEH leadership.

•    Recommend resolutions to technical and quality challenges originating from GEH activities, and conduct follow up reviews to ensure resolutions are effective and satisfactorily completed.

•    Gather challenges or barriers from TerraPower stakeholder and/or GEH and resolve issue using TerraPower establishes processes and practices. Where resolution is not readily achievable, identify and escalate with Natrium project leadership.

•    Supports TerraPower’s Natrium design teams by facilitating regular and organized communication between TerraPower and GEH stakeholders and management, including identification, planning, and facilitation of targeted resolution forums (such as digital meetings, working groups, decision management) and in-person meetings.

•    Supports TerraPower’s GEH Project Manager by resolving/clarifying scope and schedule issues and coordinating with the TerraPower Natrium design teams.

•    Interface with TerraPower and GEH project management personnel on issues related to schedule, budget, or other project management functions, as needed.

•    Through regular engagements, surveillance of work products, and active issue mining from TP teams, drive alignment between GEH and TerraPower on technical issues, Natrium procedure use and adherence, design strategies, and implementation of licensing strategy, including application of LMP to SSCs.

Key Qualifications and Skills

•    Candidate should have a minimum of 10 years of design/project engineering experience, preferably in the nuclear industry or large utility grade projects.

•    Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to clearly convey complex multi-disciplinary engineering issues and drive resolution between many stakeholders in a timely manner

•    Experience as a design engineer working in a nuclear quality (10 CFR 50, Appendix B) environment. 

•    Ability to travel frequently to Wilmington, NC to support in-person collaboration and oversight meetings with GEH

•    Ability to occasionally travel to Bellevue, WA to meet with TerraPower managers and stakeholders.

•    Familiarity with systems and requirements-based design, Licensing Modernization Project methods, and 10CFR50 licensing.

•    Experience with coordination and integration of nuclear plant design, including licensing, PRA, SSC classification and design, etc.

•    The candidate must be team oriented, and able to work effectively with geographically distributed and possibly international design team members.

•    Ability to work in a conceptual design and first of a kind environment that require the ability to use good engineering judgement and identify needed design progress to achieve key project objectives.

•    Experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001.

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position.  These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job, which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.  Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.  An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

•    Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)

•    Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 20 pounds.

•    Repetitive work: Prolonged

•    Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work

•    Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standing and/or sitting working environment of  8 hrs/day

•    Travel required up to 20%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job Details

Salary Range Level 11: $105,216 - $175,360

Salary Range Level 12: $142,735 - $197,790

*Typically, our employee salaries are within .90 – 1.0 of the mid-point of the posted salary band. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications and experience.  This range is specific to the state of North Carolina.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation

• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments

• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits

• Medical

• Vision

• Dental

• Life

• Life and Disability

• Gender Affirmation Benefits

• Parental Leave

• 401k Plan

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 21 days of annually accrued PTO

• Generous Holiday Schedule

• 10 paid holidays

• Relocation Assistance

• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

• Flexible Work Schedule

 

 TerraPower Career and Benefits information:  https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/