Lead Principal Engineer, Risk and Safety Analysis

Risk And Safety Analysis Lead Principal Engineer

Bellevue, Washington, USA

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

The Risk and Safety Analysis Lead engineer is highly technical, hands-on role that requires in-depth understanding of the cross-functional needs between probabilistic risk analysis, deterministic safety analysis and their relationships to plant, system and component design to support the development and execution of new projects. In that context, the risk and safety analysis lead engineer is responsible for providing planning and technical guidance, performing work as necessary as well as managing complex interfaces across multiple groups including stakeholders external to Safety and Engineering Analysis.

The Risk and Safety Analysis Lead engineer is also responsible for communicating technical and execution issues needing attention to Safety and Engineering Analysis and project leadership. The Risk and Safety Analysis Lead is also expected to interface regularly with Chief Engineers as part of project definition and execution.

The Risk and Safety Analysis Lead Engineer cross-functional areas of responsibility include:

• Probabilistic risk assessment and deterministic safety analysis
• Integration of risk and safety into plant and/or system design

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the project leadership team with developing roadmaps, planning (baseline or recovery), short- and long-term strategies, decisions and issue resolution.
• Collaborating across cross-functional teams to ensure that the right analyses using the right inputs are performed to meet the needs of new projects (functional, performance, interface, safety, quality, etc.).
• Performing review to identify impacted released documents and/or in-progress activities in the areas of responsibility when participating to project definition and execution.
• Mentoring technical staff and junior managers to develop a proficient and efficient organization to support multiple projects.
• As assigned, the Risk and Safety Analysis Lead Engineer is expected to perform work in one or multiple areas of responsibilities.

Key

Qualifications and Skills:

• B.S, M.S. or Ph.D. in mechanical, nuclear or other relevant engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 15 years of related experience with B.S. degree, or 12 years with M.S. degree, or 8 years with Ph.D. degree with a demonstrated ability to produce a high-quality work product.
• Demonstrated work experience with probabilistic risk assessment and safety analyses is required. Additional experience with their application to the development of new project is a plus.
• Good understanding of plant and system design and how they are informed by PRA and DSA.
• Experience interfacing with various engineering disciplines, cross-functional teams and other stakeholders.
• Knowledge of NEI-18-04 and its implementation for establishing the licensing basis of advanced reactors is a plus.
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Creative, proactive, attentive to detail, and take ownership of problems and their resolution
• Demonstrated flexibility and learning attitude when responsibilities require involvement in new areas.
• Working experience using codes and standards as well as procedures. This includes experience working under a quality assurance program like ASME NQA-1
• Skilled in detailed oriented and timely…