Senior Electrical Engineer; Generation; Nuclear

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Electrical Engineer (Generation) - Nuclear to join our Power & Energy Team. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Power Generation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

The Senior Electrical Engineer (Generation) - Nuclear will provide technical leadership for nuclear generation projects, including operating plant modifications, new nuclear and advanced reactor development, life extension, plant restart and recommissioning, and owner’s engineer or program management assignments. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated nuclear electrical engineering experience and a working knowledge of the regulatory, licensing, quality, and configuration-control requirements that govern safety-related and important-to-safety structures, systems, and components.

This role will lead and perform electrical design, systems engineering, analysis, verification, and technical oversight across the project life cycle, from feasibility and conceptual design through detailed design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, turnover, and operating support. The engineer will work directly with utility owners, reactor technology developers, architect-engineers, equipment suppliers, constructors, and multidisciplinary project teams. The position is accountable for technical decisions, engineering quality, design integration, and timely resolution of complex electrical system and equipment issues.

• Lead electrical engineering for operating nuclear plants, new nuclear, and advanced reactor projects, serving as the responsible engineer or discipline technical lead for assigned work.

• Design, analyze, and modify Class 1E and non-Class 1E AC and DC power systems, emergency power, batteries and chargers, switch gear, transformers, motors, cables, grounding, and protection and control systems.

• Prepare and independently review nuclear-grade calculations, drawings, specifications, design change packages, equipment procurement documents, and technical reports.

• Apply nuclear safety classification, quality classification, seismic categorization, equipment qualification, separation, single-failure, licensing-basis, design-basis, and configuration-management requirements.

• Lead power system studies, including load flow, short-circuit, motor starting, voltage drop, cable ampacity, grounding, battery sizing, protection and coordination, and arc-flash analysis.

• Support plant modifications, walkdowns, constructability reviews, vendor evaluations, factory and site testing, commissioning, outage execution, troubleshooting, and resolution of field and equipment issues.

• Coordinate electrical interfaces across instrumentation and controls, mechanical, civil/structural, fire protection, licensing, cybersecurity, quality, procurement, construction, and operations teams.

• Manage technical scope, schedule, budget, risks, assumptions, interfaces, and deliverables while ensuring engineering work is accurate, complete, timely, and compliant with approved nuclear procedures.

• Provide trusted technical advice to clients, reactor vendors, equipment suppliers, and contractors; mentor engineers and contribute to proposals, capability development, and follow‑on work.
  Prepare and independently review nuclear-grade calculations, drawings, specifications, design change packages, equipment procurement documents, and technical reports.

• Apply nuclear safety classification, quality classification, seismic categorization, equipment qualification, separation, single-failure, licensing-basis, design-basis, and configuration-management requirements.

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