Energy Northwest · 5 days ago
Reactor or Fuel Design Engineer
Energy Northwest is responsible for the design and engineering of nuclear facilities, and they are seeking a Reactor or Fuel Design Engineer to provide independent engineering service and support for complex engineering tasks. The role involves performing engineering analyses, providing technical leadership, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
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
Work with minimal supervision
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
Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues
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
Qualification
Required
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of engineering experience; OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by accredited examination plus eight years of engineering experience
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of discipline specific engineering experience; OR a PE license obtained by an accredited examination and five years of discipline specific engineering experience. High school diploma or GED is required
Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and at least one year of engineering experience; OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and at least one year of engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university or a PE license obtained by accredited examination and zero to three years of discipline engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required
Qualified Reactor Engineer at a nuclear power plant
Core design, reload project management, or transient analysis
Programming skills (e.g. PowerShell or Python)
Control rod and nuclear instrumentation monitoring and depletion
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Tuition reimbursement
Supplemental life insurances
Credit monitoring
Identity theft insurance
Matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan
Washington State Pension Plan (PERS)
457(b) savings plan
160 hours of personal time per year
Nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Company
Energy Northwest
Energy Northwest creates reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power and distributes it to the Northwest public power utilities.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25MKey Investors
U.S. Department of TransportationPuget Sound Energy
2024-01-11Grant· $15M
2024-01-10Corporate Round· $10M
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