Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer

Job Ref

639

Location

Eunice, New Mexico

Salary

Competitive

Job Type

Permanent, Uncategorised

Function

Other Area(s)

Role

Uncategorised

Join us at Urenco USA (UUSA), where we're leading the way in nuclear energy innovation. Our state-of-the-art facility located in Eunice, NM, is the only large-scale commercial uranium enrichment facility in North America. We are actively looking for individuals who are ready to work collaboratively on-site in Eunice, NM, and we're pleased to offer relocation support to help make this opportunity accessible to talented individuals like you. Come be a part of the future of clean energy.

Summary of Responsibilities

Independently perform analysis and design activities in support of the facility, engineering programs and projects. Utilizing basic and advanced engineering fundamentals, as assigned, perform owner acceptance reviews of design packages developed by design agencies. Perform other engineering activities required to support facility design, configuration control, and operation.

Education and Experience

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Chemical engineering , nuclear engineering , or equivalent

- 3-5 years of related NCS/ISA work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

- Completion of a training program in the physics of criticality in associated safety practices (ANSI/ANS 8.26)

- Experience performing chemical dose consequence analyses

- A Master’s Degree or PhD from an accredited college or university in Physics, Nuclear or Chemical Engineering.

- Professional Engineering (PE) License obtained by accredited examination.

- 5 or more years of related work experience: of which 2 years’ experience is in a nuclear facility.

- 2+ Years of experience at a Part 70 licensee

- Design Safety Basis Development, HAZOP, Documented Safety Analysis experience.

Job Details

- Work Location: Eunice, NM

- Work Schedule: Professional work schedule/ with minimal night/ weekend support. Some nights and weekend work may be required. Employees are also subject to call-outs as needed.

- Travel Required: 10% of the time or less as required

- Security Clearance Requirement: Controlled Access Area (CAA) Access and an L or Q level security clearance is required

- Emergency Response Requirements: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) duty may be required; including being on-call (24/7) during your designated team duty week.

- Work Environment: Radiological exposure expectations of < 100 mrem/yr. General Office, Plant Production Areas. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets etc.

Essential Skills

- Criticality Safety, Chemical Dose Consequence and/or integrated safety analysis experience.

- Experience in a 10 CFR part 70 facility.

- Monte Carlo Computer code experience (MCNP or MONK preferred) for nuclear engineer candidates.

- RASCAL, ALOHA or similar computer code experience preferred for other disciplines

- Must be able to propose and implement changes for the facility.

Primary Functions

- Develop and maintain knowledge of facility’s design and licensing basis in the assigned area of responsibility. Acquire and maintain required training and qualifications necessary to perform assigned job responsibilities. Implementation of the physical inventory program, including program planning, coordination of inventory activities and the compilation of all data collected.

- Develop resolution of technical problems in accordance with established procedures and available vendor documents (including but not limited to: Non-conformance Evaluations, Operability Determinations, and Quality Level determinations)

- Perform analysis, calculations; and develop designs in support of the assigned facility and engineering programs and projects.

- Perform technical and quality reviews of a wide array of engineering and technical products. Advanced experience levels also perform reviews of non-typical documents and situations. Including 10 CFR70.72(c) reviews (and maintaining such qualifications).

- Respond to departmental engineering inquiries, including interpreting engineering specifications and generating strategies for project/system.

- Provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced Engineering personnel in the performance of duties. Including recommendations as to what engineering methods should be used.

- Provide leadership and coordination of engineering projects; and assist in the establishment of knowledge, experience and programs required for effective implementation of such projects.

- Collaborate with department management to resolve issues relating to high visibility engineering activities.

- Communicates and works effectively with other organizations to resolve technical issues and to implement engineering outputs.

- Other qualities are listed below that are part of the position as a work quality rather than a specific job function.

- Apply sound engineering judgment and professional rigor in the performance of all analyses and assigned tasks.

- Understanding of basic engineering principles and problem solving techniques is required.

- Maintain regulatory and schedule compliance for assigned tasks.

- Respond to departmental engineering inquiries, including interpreting engineering specifications and generating strategies for project/system implementation.

- Evaluate engineering project documentation and implementation for consistency and reusability.

- Apply industrial safety and radiological safety practices in the performance of all field activities and engineering functions.

- Provide presentations and information to senior management on a regular basis to communicate status and performance.

- Support Urenco Core Values (Safety, Integrity, Flexibility, Development and Profitability) as they apply at the individual level.

- Resolve and/or escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in a timely fashion.

- Ability to take direction and function as a team member to solve a variety of engineering problems in the applicable discipline.

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

Please note that we continually evaluate our plans and make adjustments as necessary to meet market and business requirements.*

Compensation starting at: $ 108808 - $146169 / year and up dependent on candidate.

Urenco USA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Urenco USA encourages minorities, females, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply. Urenco USA supports a drug free environment.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview process, and/or to perform essential job functions, please contact UUSA HR at HRUUSA@urenco.com.

Urenco USA | A trusted leader in meeting the world’s demand for sustainable energy.

Urenco USA (UUSA) is part of an international company that operates on the cutting-edge of the nuclear energy industry, utilizing the world’s most advanced, energy-efficient, and cost-effective method to enrich uranium. As the only enrichment facility in North America, UUSA helps provide clean, sustainable energy while operating under a framework of high environmental, social responsibility, and corporate governance standards. Our world-class facility is located in the middle of the EnergyPlex. We strive to promote the production of nuclear energy to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy while remaining dedicated to safety and investing in community outreach.

If you are already an employee of Urenco USA and are interested in applying for another job within the company, please apply and upload a completed Internal Candidate Application form (HR-2-3000-15-F-2), and your resume to the internal career portal.

Enrich your future! URENCO USA | Human Resources | HRUUSA@urenco.com

# How to Apply

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