
Senior Fuel Handling System Design Engineer
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Overview
Remote
On-site
Compensation
$69-$115/hour
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Fuel Handling System Design Engineer Location: Bellevue, WA Type: Contract Compensation: $69.00 - $115.00 Work Model: Remote – offsite Hours: 40.0Responsibilities:
- Design of nuclear fuel handling systems and fuel handling sub-systems from requirements through final design review.
- Develop analyses such as thermal, seismic, structural, pipe stress, heat transfer, and integrate results into plant design delivery.
- Provide design direction related to thermal and fluid design requirements.
- Identify and ensure effective application of correct design codes (e.g., ASME, ANS, ASTM, IEEE, NFPA).
- Analyze and allocate regulatory criteria and standards to complex mechanical and process system designs.
- Support planning efforts and maintain schedule adherence for design activities within a system, integrating with overall plant design schedules.
- Interface with the design team to create and manage drawing packages, including P&IDs, 3D models, and system interface drawings.
- Coordinate with design disciplines to develop plant design information and specify system design and performance criteria.
- Provide technical oversight of supplier projects, ensuring timely delivery and conducting technical reviews.
- Establish and maintain system requirements and specifications, such as Engineering Design Specifications for major equipment.
- Propose testing programs for plant system qualification and oversee test execution, evaluation, and reporting.
- Generate design packages for systems, sub-systems, and equipment, including calculations, reports, drawings, and specifications.
- Develop and review technical design documents like System Design Descriptions and Interface Control Documents.
- Support licensing activities associated with Safety Analysis Reports.
- Support and participate in design reviews as plant system and subsystem designs are established and refined.
- B.S. in Mechanical or related discipline from an accredited university.
- 5+ years of direct experience with proven mechanical systems skills.
- Experience designing complex mechanical systems, structures, and equipment, particularly nuclear fuel handling systems.
- Experience performing 3D modeling and creating design drawings.
- Experience with high temperature and multi-discipline integration is highly desired.
- Thermal/ CFD experience is highly desired.
- Previous experience with nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel handling process systems, or similar high-performance systems is required.
- Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to technical excellence.
- Self-starter with ability to coordinate and lead a design team with minimal direction.
- Ability to manage projects with multiple objectives and resolve conflicts between design constraints.
- Experience working to quality standards such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001.
- Strong communication skills.
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