Nuclear Facilities Engineer

What You Will Do

Put your engineering talents to good use by joining our world-class engineering team in the Plutonium Facilities Engineering Division (PFE-DO) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)! We are looking for exceptional engineers to join our organization. Our workforce thrives in an environment that values creativity and problem solving, where every idea and perspective is welcomed. This is your chance to make a real difference while working on important systems directly impacting national security.

Within this job, successful candidates will have the opportunity to support LANL's mission by serving as the subject matter expert (SME) for efficiently implementing nuclear facility engineering regulatory requirements including the Nuclear Safety Management rule, Department of Energy (DOE) Orders, American Nuclear Society Standards, national consensus codes and standards, recognized quality standards, LANL requirements, and federal, state, and local regulations. Nuclear facility engineers perform system engineering, design engineering, project engineering, safety basis and nuclear criticality functions y define requirements for nuclear facilities, nuclear safety systems, nuclear operations equipment, nuclear operations procedures, nuclear test and acceptance requirements and nuclear quality requirements.

Additionally, the nuclear facility engineers integrate with programmatic, operations, maintenance, document control, project management personnel to ensure nuclear facility requirements are met in a way that allows accomplishment of LANL mission. The selected candidate will identify and/or lead activities within a nuclear facility engineering discipline.

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level the successful candidate will apply a broad and diverse knowledge of nuclear facility engineering principles and practices in the preparation of nuclear facility engineering deliverables. They will utilize nuclear engineering technology to accomplish work and continuously improves work processes to meet customer needs.

• Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated technical experience in design, systems, or project engineering: calculations, work planning, control methods, industry codes/standards, maintenance techniques, construction methodologies, technical baseline maintenance, troubleshooting operations-based engineering problems, as well as the demonstrated ability to provide solutions for a wide range of complex problems in a nuclear or industrial facility operation.

• Demonstrated ability working collaboratively, including participating in the implementation and commissioning of new techniques and unconventional methods related to system engineering and the ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet tight schedules and accomplish project goals while effectively networking with peers across an organization, business unit, and/or institution.

• Advanced knowledge of and experience providing solutions for an extensive and diverse range of complex problems through the application of technology aided engineering tools (CAD, CNC, and CAE)
• Proven ability to program and develop unique software analysis tools to resolve complex issues.

• Demonstrated knowledge of safety issues or potential hazards relating to nuclear or industrial facility operation systems and devices and the use of design features to mitigate risks and hazards, including the demonstrated ability to define deliverable and/or lead projects related to safety.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with all levels of personnel and customers, as well as experience providing technical direction, mentoring, coordinating/monitoring the work of others, and serving as a role model for effective and creative technical leadership.

In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:

• Extensive knowledge and experience in nuclear facility engineering processes, maintenance techniques, work planning and control development, Quality, Safety Basis and other Nuclear Facility safety management programs.
• Demonstrated experience working with industry, regulatory, or Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) complex codes, standards, and criteria pertinent to the nuclear facility engineering discipline.

• Advanced knowledge of and experience contributing as a leader in engineering, through the proven ability to integrate and coordinate multi-facility deployed, cross-functional technical work activities.
• Experience in leadership as demonstrated through the proven ability to meet deliverables for senior management and lead projects while enhancing the technical and professional skills of junior engineers through active mentoring and training.