Consulting Engineer-Nuclear Strategic Projects; GLEN ALLEN, VA,

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Military service members and veterans with ranks from E5-E9, W1-CW5, or O3-O6, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined below will be considered for this opportunity.
At this time, Dominion Energy cannot transfer or sponsor a work visa or employment authorization for this position.

Dominion Energy’s fleet of nuclear power stations has the possibility of operating beyond eighty years total. To achieve such a goal, the company must fully satisfy the complex Subsequent Licensing Renewal (SLR) requirements established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). To ensure Dominion Energy meets all requirements, the Nuclear Strategic Projects Team is actively seeking to hire a Consulting Engineer who will help lead related activities.

The Consulting Engineer will be primarily focused on activities aligned with SLR License Amendment Requests (LAR). This work will embrace the administration of LARs as well as their implementation after NRC approval.

Further, the Consulting Engineer will serve as the primary point of contact with both Dominion Energy’s Nuclear’s engineering team and the external engineering firms that are contracted to support LAR development. Both teams perform a variety of required analysis and program development, and the Consulting Engineer will ensure this essential work is appropriately performed.

The Consulting Engineer will also:

• Provide multi-discipline engineering teams with strong technical and project leadership within a discipline, engineering section or for major engineering projects.
• Apply advanced knowledge and technical skills to solve complex engineering problems, or to plan and coordinate larger scale engineering projects or varied assignments requiring diverse knowledge of engineering principles and practices.
• Provide expert technical consultation and assessment on engineering problems and projects to engineering personnel
• Serve as a management consultant on complex engineering problems and issues
• Control technical, financial and service commitments to internal or external customers
• Perform independent research to find innovative and cost effective engineering solutions to operational problems.

The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience that are required for entry into this job include the following:

• 10+ years of engineering experience in the nuclear power industry
• An Engineering PhD can be substituted for up to 5 years' experience based on research engineering work on directly related projects approved by executive leadership;
• In-depth knowledge of engineering theories, principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related field;
• Knowledge of business/financial and contractual matters;
• Recognized expert by other engineers and management;
• Provides expert technical consultation to other engineers and management;
• Skilled in the use of advanced engineering techniques;
• Strong planning and project management skills;
• Strong technical and organizational leadership skills;
• Strong oral and written communication skills (includes technical writing);
• In depth knowledge of various computer applications, with the ability to manipulate personal computer applications and perform engineering calculations using applicable software programs (e.g. Matlab, Excel, etc.);
• Ability to think…