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NuScale Power · 3 weeks ago

Contractor - Civil/Structural Engineer (Structural Analysis)

United States

Full-time, Contract

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

NuScale Power is seeking a Contractor - Civil/Structural Engineer to apply technical knowledge and decision-making in civil structural analyses and design of Nuclear Safety-Related and Non-Safety-Related structures. The role involves leading technical activities, mentoring less experienced engineers, and coordinating with interdisciplinary stakeholders.

EnergyNuclearProject Management

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Serves as subject matter expert in the civil structural design areas. As the subject matter expert, the individual is expected to be capable of resolving technical issues, coordinating discussion with interdisciplinary stakeholders, and working with the management team to identify project impacts

Works on highly complex tasks in multiple and diverse areas and proposes innovative design solutions requiring a significant amount of independent judgment

Works on developing the technical expertise required to bring in advances technical capabilities in house as deemed beneficial and strategic for NuScale

Uses structural engineering tools and implements appropriate standards to design Nuclear Safety-Related and Non-Safety-Related structures including post-processing analytical results and designing structures for various material types (concrete, steel, etc)

Interfaces with NuScale Licensing in support of domestic and international regulatory efforts

Interacts with other disciplines and structural engineering consultants in an effort to allow effective coordination of design activities and resolution of technical problems

Individuals should possess or acquire general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields in order to function on multi-disciplinary teams

Provides guidance and mentoring to other staff members in support of the team’s technical activities

Develops and reviews requirements documents, methodology documents, design reports, and studies

Possess strong written and oral communication skills and routinely interacts with contractors and/or regulatory bodies

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Structural design expertiseConcreteSteel analysisFinite element methodANSYSSAP2000MatlabPythonRegistered Professional EngineerTeam buildingQuality assuranceTechnical writingCommunication skillsProject managementInterpersonal skillsProblem solving

Required

A minimum of a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited school is required

Minimum of 12 years of full-time, highly relevant experience as a Structural Design Engineer is required

In-depth understanding of engineering concepts, principles, theories

Strong technical writing skills

Good communication, computer, presentation and interpersonal skills

Exceptional organization and time management skills

Ability to manage complex projects with multiple work phases

Design and analysis of structures, including concrete and steel

Use of design software and finite element method analyses

Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810

Preferred

An advanced degree is preferred

A registered professional engineer license (P.E.) is strongly preferred

Working with the following codes preferred: ASCE 43, ASCE 4, ACI 349 & 318, ASCE 7, IBC, and AISC N690, Steel Construction Manual and Seismic Design Manual

Use of ANSYS and SAP2000 is not required, but preferred

Computer programming skills (e.g. Matlab, or Python) is not required, but preferred