Heat Exchanger Engineer

What You’ve Accomplished

• Completion of a BS in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer principles or Mechanical Design

• At least 5 years of related experience

• Advanced knowledge of related engineering standards, techniques and criteria

• Good communication skills to comprehend and convey detailed technical data

• Ability to develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships, work collaboratively within a team environment

• Advanced problem identification and problem resolution skills

• Displays leadership characteristics

• Exhibits questioning attitude and practices self-checking

• Advanced level of specific software tools (CAD, FEA, CFD) and programming skills

• You are ready to join Framatome and help deliver clean, safe energy and advance nuclear technology

Your actions, behaviors, and decisions are made in a manner consistent with our Core Values:
You may have also acquired the following skills:

• Training and experience in nuclear power plant systems, emphasizing primary and secondary system thermodynamics and heat transfer
• Knowledge and experience with balance of plant, heat exchanger components
• US Navy Nuclear Power Program
• Strong analytical skills and fluency in the use of the Microsoft Suite of applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and other engineering software
• Able to obtain unescorted commercial nuclear and Department of Energy facility site access, which means a clear criminal history, passing controlled substance drug/alcohol testing, and a US citizen
• Good communication skills including the ability to comprehend and convey detailed technical data
• Good problem identification and problem resolution skills;
  Ability to develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships
• Engineering organizations may have additional qualification requirements with established criterion to demonstrate success including such items as training courses and/or qualification cards
• Prior heat exchanger and leadership experience will accelerate the candidate’s transition to a site crew lead

This full-time role is about making an impact on people’s lives and the future of clean energy. You will leverage your skills and experience to be part of an innovative team and make a difference for our customers. As a Heat Exchanger Engineer in Lynchburg, VA, you will be part of the proven team in the Installed Base Business Unit. Your work will include:

• Modify existing and develop new repair products for power plant heat exchangers.

• Performing repair qualifications for utility conditions and material and lead maintenance crews on-site to implement repair contract scopes during nuclear plant outages.

• Work as part of the site crews that deploy on outages and perform technician work to gain experience in the Balance of Plant (BOP) heat exchanger field.

• Perform a variety of complex engineering assignments typically in areas of design, development, analysis, evaluation, testing, preparation of specifications, execution of field tasks and resolution of field opportunities.

• Independently evaluate, select and apply a variety of technical techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgement in making more complex adaptations and modifications for tasks not previously performed.

• Develop new or adapted existing services/products, methods, systems or models to provide added value solutions to customers.

• Ensures compliance with government regulations, organization, industry and customer engineering standards.

• Travel to site as a technical or overall project lead for heat exchanger work, whether a tube repair or maintenance job. Interact with site engineering, project managers, and outage control center, as needed, while on-site to resolve issues as they arise.

• Prepare qualification documentation (technical requirements documents, test plans, calculations) and perform qualification testing as needed for new heat exchanger repair products (sleeves, tube expansion, retubing, etc.).

• Prepare final reports for repairs performed on-site after returning to the office.

• Interact with customer counterparts either at conferences, at power plants, or during conference calls to determine their issues and advise them…