Staff Mechanical Systems Engineer - Nuclear

Job Summary

The overriding mission for Engineering Response Team (ERT) is to protect the work week schedule and address emergent issues to minimize the impact on engineering core business. ERT Mechanical / Systems Engineer will provide maintenance with field support pertaining to simple trouble shooting and lead complex troubleshooting activities with maintenance and operations. Support maintenance and planning by resolving engineering technical issues within the work management process, this includes resolving work order holds assigned to engineering. Develop temporary power and lighting plans, review schematics and logic diagrams for emergent issue support and control room alarm bypass. Review exceptional tag-outs for plant impact and personnel safety. Perform permanent and temporary configuration changes and operability determinations. Required to support outage engineering and participate in the Emergency Response Organization. The successful candidate will also perform other assigned duties as determined by the Salem Emergent Response Team Branch Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for balancing work time to accomplish assigned tasks.

Job Responsibilities

- Respond to technical inquiries from maintenance and provide responses to support online work

- Provide technical support in resolving operating challenges to the station

- Lead complex troubleshooting teams and support simple troubleshooting activities to identify the cause of issues and prevent re-occurrence

- Provide technical assistance for equipment that does not have specific system owners

- Develop emergent engineering modification products to support scheduled work and operational issue

- Develop minor modification packages to resolve long standing station issues and upgrade obsolete equipment

- Develop and modify calculations to support technical products

- Review and give appropriate prioritization to work backlog and protect both the online schedule

Job Specific Qualifications

- BS Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline, with a minimum of 7 years of experience.

- Must possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

- Ability to support shift work during refueling outage, forced outages, and access industrial areas of a nuclear power plant.

- Ability to gain unescorted access to a nuclear power plant.

- The candidate will need to demonstrate flexibility with balancing multiple work items with various levels of priority.

- Must meet nuclear requirements for Unescorted Site Access.

- A valid Real ID or an approved form of alternate documentation (see https://www.pseg.com/IDrequirement) is required for this position by May 7, 2027.

- Compliance with the Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 is required.

Desired

- Degree or experience in an mechanical, nuclear engineering or technology discipline

- 3+ years of Nuclear Power Plant experience.

- Experience in troubleshooting mechanical / mechanical systems issues.

- Experience with rotating equipment.

- Experience with vibration analysis.

- Experience in designing mechanical modifications to plant components and systems.

- Previous commercial nuclear plant engineering or RO/SRO license/certification is a plus.

- PE License