Nuclear Facilities Engineer or ; Structural Engineer

What You Will Do

Supports the LANL nuclear mission by ensuring the integrity, safety, and performance of structures and systems that support plutonium operations. This work is performed within a highly regulated environment governed by DOE Orders, nuclear safety requirements, national consensus codes, and Laboratory standards.

The Nuclear Facilities Engineering Structural Engineer role serves as a system engineer responsible for structural systems and components that provide confinement, as well as a full range of industrial facility systems including hydronic heating and cooling, compressed gases, supply and exhaust ventilation, and fire protection. Engineers also serve as cognizant system engineers for systems and other engineered components designated as Vital Safety Systems.

• Leads structural engineering activities supporting nuclear facility systems, including glove boxes, support structures, confinement systems, and other Vital Safety Systems.
• Performs and leads structural analyses and design efforts for system modifications, upgrades, and new installations, including anchorage, support structures, enclosures, and facility interfaces.
• Manages assigned systems or components as a cognizant system engineer, ensuring configuration, operability, and performance meet safety basis and mission requirements.
• Evaluates and implements design changes, ensuring compliance with the Safety Basis, LANL standards, and applicable national codes and standards.
• Leads significant portions of projects or technical efforts, resolving moderately complex structural engineering issues through analysis and sound technical judgment.
• Collaborates across engineering, operations, maintenance, and project teams to ensure alignment, integration, and delivery of engineering solutions.
• Operates with substantial independence. Assignments are often self‑initiated and largely self‑supervised. Mentors junior engineers and supports development of team capability.

• Directs structural engineering activities for nuclear facility systems and provides design authority level leadership for assigned systems and components.
• Leads development and approval of complex structural analyses, designs, and technical solutions impacting Vital Safety Systems and facility operations.
• Resolves highly complex or unique engineering issues requiring evaluation of ambiguous conditions, incomplete data, or competing constraints.
• Serves as a technical authority and coordinating figure across organizations, ensuring structural systems meet safety basis requirements and long‑term mission needs.
• Leads projects, programs, or multi‑discipline teams and is accountable for delivery of high‑consequence engineering outcomes supporting Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities.
• Interfaces with senior leadership, external stakeholders, and regulatory authorities to ensure alignment, compliance, and execution of mission‑critical work.
• Exercises a high degree of autonomy and technical judgment, influencing engineering strategy, standards, and long‑range planning.
• Leads peer reviews across organizations, may serve as facility design authority representative, and actively mentors and develops engineering staff.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Broad knowledge of industrial facility systems design, operation, and maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of structural engineering systems, analysis methods, and calculations applicable to nuclear or industrial facilities.
• Proficiency with structural analysis tools such as SAP
  2000, GT STRUDL, RISA, STAAD, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of engineering work planning, construction practices, and control methods.
• Knowledge of applicable codes and standards including IBC, AISC, ACI, ASCE, and DOE requirements.
• Ability to perform and evaluate structural analyses and develop solutions to moderately complex engineering problems.
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams in complex engineering environments.

Additional Job Requirements for higher level title:

• Advanced…