Talascend is currently seeking a Risk-Informed Design Integration Engineer for a contract opportunity with our client in Bellevue, Washington (State).

Overview

The Risk-Informed Design Integration Engineer role will support the development and maintenance of the reactor plant architecture and programs and facilitate integration of complex technical areas that span between design, analysis, licensing, and testing to ensure that the reactor plant meets stakeholder, regulatory, operations, and commercial objectives.

Responsibilities

Develop, manage, and maintain Risk-Informed Design Program documentation for integration with plant design activities.
Research, develop, and implement risk-informed design bases and strategies in accordance with NEI 18-04 methodology for non-LWR design and licensing activities.
Interface with design disciplines to facilitate allocation of safety classifications and clarify the safety basis with design teams.
Ensure and review that licensing and program requirements are clearly established and implemented in the design and in alignment with project design and licensing strategies.
Review, coordinate, and oversee plant integrated, safety, and risk analyses for their impact on the risk-informed safety basis.
Lead and support design and design integration reviews and resolution of cross functional technical issues.
Lead and support the integration of risk-informed program information into licensing basis and regulatory submittal documents that support the licensing of nuclear facilities under the Licensing Modernization Project.
Keep Project Management and Engineering Management informed of major emerging technical issues and risks.
Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify efficiency/enhancement opportunities.
Qualifications

Minimum of a BS degree in a relevant engineering discipline like nuclear, chemical, mechanical, or electrical engineering or a Senior Reactor Operators license or equivalent.
Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in nuclear facility design or operation.
Requirements

Proficiency in conducting, reviewing, or supporting methods for technical analyses, including risk assessments, probabilistic risk assessments (PRA), and safety analyses.
Working understanding of NRC regulations and associated guidance.
Prior interaction with the NRC staff is desirable.
Leadership skills by proactively driving cross functional design, licensing, safety analysis, and PRA collaboration and integration.
Team oriented, and able to work effectively with geographically distributed and design team members.
Conversant across a wide variety of engineering disciplines, programs, and processes as well as interfacing organizations (Licensing, Operations, Procurement, Construction, Document Control).
Ability to acquire new knowledge and apply it in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to organize information to convey it to other disciplines and organizations.
Ability to be innovative.
Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey critical design integration information to the management team, the engineering and licensing team, customers etc.
Ability to work in a conceptual design and first of a kind environment that requires the ability to use good engineering judgement and identify deliverables and processes to achieve key project objectives.
Experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001.
Possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.