Engineer​/Scientist; Piping and Mechanical Design; Brunswick

Position: Engineer/Scientist (Piping and Mechanical Design) - New Brunswick
Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down.

Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

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The Opportunity
Position:
Engineer/Scientist (Piping and Mechanical Design)

Employment Type:

Permanent

Employment Level: Intermediate / Senior

Location:

Saint John, New Brunswick

Department:
Design Engineering and Services

Reports to:

Section Manager, CANDU 6 Engineering and Projects

Hours per week: 40

What We Offer
At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

Purpose:

The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.

Growth:
To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.

Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.

Diversity:
The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.

Competitive Compensation:
We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.

Accountabilities:
How You Will Make an Impact
As part of our growing engineering team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the mechanical design engineering tasks both in the traditional nuclear market and in new initiatives to develop nuclear technology and future nuclear-powered systems. The successful candidate will be working within a multi-discipline engineering team mainly supporting the Engineering design team located at Kinectrics East office in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Perform Mechanical engineering analysis for new and existing nuclear power plants and designs including small modular and advanced reactors.

Perform condition and performance assessments of mechanical systems and components.

Interface with construction/procurement partners and utility stakeholders, throughout the lifecycle of the design project (i.e., from preliminary and conceptual engineering to detailed design, implementation and close-out) to provide practical and effective solutions as per requirements.

Provide field support for design and design modifications, including provision of field engineering.

Develop life cycle plans, including inspection and test programs

Perform engineering design and analysis following established Engineering design and change control procedures

Understand and assess client problems and determine appropriate means of solution.

Conduct technical assessments and emergent troubleshooting/engineering to support new build projects and existing operating units.

Interface effectively with other…