Job Title: RECR 795 Senior Fuel Handling and Dry Storage System Engineer (TP-PR-00014866)
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months (possibility of multiple 12 months extension)
Rate offered: $52 - $85/hr. on W2
Full Time: 40 hrs/week
Job Description:
TerraPower is seeking a highly motivated engineer to design the spent nuclear fuel handling and storage equipment for TerraPower’s Natrium reactor. In this role, you will work within the Fuel Handling group on development, fabrication, and delivery of the spent fuel pool and dry cask storage systems. The successful candidate will report to the Fuel Pool System Manager and will integrate with engineers working on interfacing systems.
Tasks
• Design of spent fuel pool and dry cask storage equipment and systems
• Creation of design products including drawings, calculations, specifications, and design basis documentation
• Lead design reviews to support design progression
• Provide system design and operational input to and perform reviews of analyses, such as thermal, seismic, structural, and nuclear (criticality and shielding)
• Identify and ensure effective application of correct design codes into the design of plant systems such as ASME BPVC, ANS, ASTM, IEEE, NFPA, etc.
• Analyze and allocate nuclear regulatory requirements to designs.
• Oversee fabrication and delivery activities for dry cask and spent fuel pool equipment
• Interface with design disciplines (such as mechanical, instrumentation and controls, civil, and nuclear) to identify and develop plant design information and specify system design and performance criteria.
• Oversee the vendor design progression and interface with internal design stakeholders in establishing and maintaining system requirements and specification documents
• Propose and initiate testing programs for plant system qualification
• Interface with and support licensing activities associated with Safety Analysis Reports.
Key Qualifications and Skills
• B.S. in Engineering or related discipline from an accredited university
• 5+ years work experience in engineering
• Demonstrated experience in the design and/or operation of mechanical systems, structures and equipment, particularly nuclear fuel handling systems.
• Previous experience with nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel handling process systems, or similar high-performance systems/equipment design is required.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience with radiological controls at nuclear power plants is highly desired
• Attention to detail and aspiration for technical excellence.
• Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to contribute to a design team’s effort with minimal direction.
• Ability to handle projects that include many competing objectives and design constraints, with ability to resolve conflicts between objectives.
• Ability to work on simultaneous tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach.
• Experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.