Senior Mechanical Engineer - Nuclear
HybridChattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Lead mechanical engineering scope for commercial nuclear modification projects, acting as the Mechanical Project Engineer for assigned work. Serve as the technical point of contact for clients during planning, design, procurement, construction, and implementation. Prepare, review, and coordinate mechanical calculations, evaluations, specifications, drawings, reports, and design change documentation. Conduct field walkdowns to verify plant conditions, identify interfaces, and support installation planning. Provide technical direction, mentoring, and constructive review feedback to engineers and designers. Coordinate mechanical requirements and interfaces with civil, structural, electrical, procurement, construction, and multidisciplinary teams. Identify and resolve technical risks, field conflicts, and constructability issues. Maintain complete, accurate, and traceable engineering records. Work in a hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office, including approximately 6-8 days of travel monthly.
Required Qualifications
- Active Professional Engineering registration
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- Minimum of six years of relevant mechanical engineering, including at least four years supporting modifications at operating nuclear power plants
- Demonstrated experience independently developing and coordinating mechanical engineering calculations, evaluations, specifications, drawings, reports, and design change packages
- Demonstrated experience leading mechanical portions of projects, coordinating technical interfaces, and managing assigned scope, quality, schedule, and budget expectations
- Strong working knowledge of applicable mechanical codes, standards, regulations, licensing-basis requirements, configuration-control practices, and accepted engineering methods
- Experience performing or overseeing field walkdowns, evaluating existing plant configuration, defining design inputs and resolving field or constructability issues
- Experience independently reviewing and checking mechanical calculations, specifications, drawings, and engineering change documentation in accordance with assigned qualifications
- Effective technical writing, verbal communication, organization, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interface professionally with clients, vendors, project managers, construction personnel, and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Experience with one or more engineering design tools such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, Plant3D, Inventor, ANYSYS, Solidworks, ReCap, FARO Scene, Vault, or comparable software
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Hybrid schedule with a minimum of three days per week in the office, typically Tuesday through Thursday
- Ability to travel to plant sites when required, normally approximately 6-8 days per month
- Ability to support longer field assignments, implementation activities, or outage work when project needs require
- Ability to satisfy client and site-access requirements, including unescorted nuclear plant access where applicable
- Candidates who are eligible and able to obtain their license within one year from active employment
Desired Qualifications
- Master of Science degree or other advanced engineering degree
- Experience supporting multiple commercial nuclear clients
- Experience with Constellation Nuclear
- Experience with Industry Standard Design Procedure IP-ENG-001 or a comparable commercial nuclear design-change process
- Experience performing or technically reviewing pipe stress analysis using AutoPIPE, CAESAR II or comparable software
- Experience with piping systems, valves, pumps, pressure equipment, HVAC, heat transfer equipment, or other mechanical plant systems and components
- Familiarity with applicable mechanical codes and standards, which may include ASME, ANSI, API and NFPA requirements depending on project scope
- Experience reviewing vendor drawings, technical submittals, equipment data, procurement specifications and commercial or technical bid evaluations
- Experience supporting fabrication, construction, testing, implementation, outages, and field issue resolution
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