Technical Leader II - Fuel Materials & Reliability

## Technical Leader II - Fuel Materials & Reliability Apply locations:
Charlotte, NCtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 3 Days Agojob requisition :
REQ-3993#
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* Job Title:

** Technical Leader II - Fuel Materials & Reliability#
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* Location:

** Charlotte, NC#
** Job Summary and

Description:

** We are seeking a highly skilled technical expert in fuel reliability and performance, with a particular focus on fuel materials and cladding corrosion in commercial light water reactors (LWRs) and non-destructive fuel examination technologies. In this position, the successful candidate will lead cutting-edge research and directly engage with utilities, fuel suppliers, and national laboratories to solve some of the industry’s most complex fuel challenges.

Your expertise will help drive advancements in cladding behavior, corrosion mechanisms, fuel performance, and inspection technologies—ultimately contributing to safer, reliable, and more economical electricity generation.  The ideal candidate should have deep technical expertise in the behavior of nuclear fuel under LWR operating conditions, including fuel cladding corrosion, hydrogen pickup, irradiated fuel and cladding materials testing, crud and crud-induced corrosion mechanisms and modeling, fuel cladding/chemistry interaction, LWR fuel operating experience, and non-destructive fuel inspection technologies (development and application).

The ideal candidate should also have a broad knowledge on nuclear industry and its key stakeholders.  A successful candidate will develop R&D programs to solve technical challenges related to fuel reliability and performance issues in commercial LWRs current and future operating conditions. Key roles and responsibilities for this position include:  
• Lead and support technical projects aimed at solving complex fuel reliability and performance challenges in commercial LWRs.  
• Develop and execute R&D strategies, including projects from concepts, to scopes of work, laboratory task oversight, and delivery of research results in collaboration with industry experts and stakeholders.  
• Drive innovation in areas such as cladding corrosion, hydrogen pickup, crud-induced corrosion, and poolside inspection technologies.  
• Present project results to utility members, leadership teams, and other industry stakeholder groups.

• Lead industry engagement through workshops, technical meetings, and other collaborative forums to influence or establish industry-wide standards and best practices  
• Travel both in US and internationally to support engagement with utilities for technology transfer and project execution.  Additional attributes that would be beneficial include:  
• Strong communication, presentation, and consensus‐building skills  
• Direct experience with destructive and nondestructive evaluation techniques for irradiated nuclear reactor fuel and fuel assembly components  
• Direct experience with laboratory testing and hot cell examinations (corrosion and mechanical properties)  
• Direct experience collaborating within multi-organization R&D environments (e.g., fuel suppliers, national laboratories, research institutes, utilities, etc.)  
• Knowledge of fuel assembly design and manufacturing  
• Knowledge of LWR core design and operation  

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:  
-Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.  
-Regularly demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.  
-Maintains familiarity with the progress and problems in assigned technical areas.

Additional Requirements:

-Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area.  
-Provides assistance to the EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International.  
-Effectively communicates strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.  
-Regul…