Open Position: PSA Engineer II – New Nuclear

Location: Richland, WA

Position Type: Full-Time

Benefits:

• Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Base plan fully employer-funded; optional buy-up plans available at an additional cost to the employee
• Supplemental insurance is also available at employee cost
• 401(k) plan with a 4% company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Eight paid holidays per year
• Wellness benefit through a corporate discounted membership rate with LA Fitness

Position Description:

Probabilistic Safety Analysis Engineer II- New Nuclear

Perform various complex Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the areas of probabilistic risk assessment methods, consequence and hazard analysis, defense-in-depth, use of available Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) standards and regulatory guidance, and other related PSA activities.

This position will provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training to engineers; develop policies, programs, and procedures to support strategic objectives; ensure compliance through the interpretation of regulatory and industry requirements; and identify design, quality, or operational issues, initiating corrective actions through the plant Condition Report (CR) process.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements
• Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements. Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem-solving techniques. Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects
• Tasks typically involve highly complex problem-solving techniques and require advanced application of practices and methodologies. Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues. Available guidance generally does not exist to fit problems encountered and advanced technological skills are required to provide solutions.
• Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor. Provide training to others.
• Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
• Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance. Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.
• Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action in accordance with plant Condition Report (CR) process

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of discipline-specific engineering experience
• OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by an accredited examination and five (5) years of discipline-specific engineering experience

Prefered:

• Knowledge of advanced nuclear reactor/plant design (i.e., High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Design)
• Experience with large construction projects
• Knowledge in industry consensus standards for Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), including ASME/ANS RA-S-1.4. Skill in PRA model development, plant operating state definition, initiating event analysis, event sequence analysis, and performance of quantitative uncertainty analyses and sensitivity analyses
• Knowledge of transient and accident analyses and radioactive source term analyses
• Ability to correctly interpret and apply results of PSA codes
• Familiarity with Seismic and Fire PRA
• Familiarity with NEI 18-04

How to Apply:

Send your resume to Mark Wagner at mwagner@championssc.com