Lead Electrical Engineer - Nuclear

Position: Lead Electrical Engineer - Nuclear (Multiple Locations)
Description Burns & McDonnell’s Power Global Practice is seeking to hire experienced electrical engineers to our Nuclear team focusing on both existing nuclear power plants and new nuclear power projects, including Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), microreactors and Advanced Reactors. Our Nuclear team has domestic and international experience providing consulting, design, analysis, and pre-construction planning services for operating nuclear power plants, nuclear refurbishments, as well as new SMRs and advanced reactors.

We deliver solutions for these and other challenging projects every day.

As an electrical engineer, you will serve as part of our design team with the ability to work on a full range of projects in engineering, procurement, and construction management related to the design, operation, maintenance, modification, and licensing of nuclear generating stations.

Responsibilities Perform and/or lead electrical design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion.

Support business development efforts by providing level of effort estimates for proposals, developing capabilities/qualifications summaries, or identifying key pursuits.

Interface with clients on projects to communicate progress, resolve comments and/or open items, and provide in-person presence for meetings or site technical support.

Manage project budgets and schedules for technical deliverables.

Lead the production of electrical drawings.

Design electrical systems for project needs and requirements that are set forth by the project managers.

Responsible for applying knowledge of commonly used electrical engineering/design concepts, principles, practices, codes, and procedures within the engineering services industry.

Quality review production drawings for a variety of projects and project related data as required by the project managers to verify corrections are made within multiple CAD related software.

Leads field inspections, installation, measurements or calculations for public and private clients.

Prepare and present technical reports for clients and industry publications.

Responsible for effective communication with other engineering disciplines.

Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program and 7 years experience. Required or Bachelor of Science in Electrical or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.

Master of Science Degree in Engineering may be substituted for 1 year of experience.

Professional Engineer (PE) License Preferred Ability to be authorized for unescorted access at a U.S. nuclear power generating facility.

Strong knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures.

Strong computer skills (e.g., ETAP, Power Tools, Microsoft Office Suite)

Experience with nuclear plant electrical design, standard design process, plant modification packages, configuration management, and ASME NQA-1 (safety-related) requirements.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience with leading the discipline design for projects and delegating work tasks to team members. Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.

Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.

Ability to travel.

Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.

Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.

Job Field:
Electrical Engineering Job Type: Experienced

Schedule:

Full-time Travel:
Yes, 25 % of the Time