Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Power Uprate Project Engineer

Duration: 12 Months Contract – Likely to extend based on satisfactory performance.

The Mechanical Power Uprate Project Engineer functions as an Owner's Engineer, coordinating the planning, design, fabrication, installation, and commissioning phases of a power uprate project. Provide technical leadership throughout the modification lifecycle to ensure engineering accuracy, regulatory compliance, and successful integration of new or upgraded systems and components. Ensure engineering activities are executed in accordance with applicable quality, safety, and regulatory standards.

Serve as the Lead Responsible Engineer for planning, scoping, and technical evaluation of plant configuration changes. Coordinate the development, review, and approval of engineering design documents, calculations, drawings, and specifications. Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams, including mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, and instrumentation & controls, to ensure complete and accurate designs. Oversee vendor development of fabrication details to ensure compliance with design requirements, quality standards, and procurement specifications.

Support installation planning through work instructions, field work packages, constructability reviews, and outage scheduling. Provide field engineering support during installation and resolve technical issues while maintaining design intent. Manage configuration control in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and plant modification processes. Lead or support testing and commissioning activities, including development of test plans, acceptance criteria, and post-modification testing. Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Licensing, and Work Management teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Support project scheduling, engineering deliverables, risk management, and issue resolution. Prepare and present technical documentation, design review packages, and engineering justifications to stakeholders. Ensure engineering activities adhere to nuclear safety culture principles, human performance practices, and established procedures. Support project turnover activities, including as-built documentation, configuration updates, training materials, and equipment ownership transition. Provide onsite engineering support during refueling or forced outage activities as required.

Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in a nuclear power plant or with a related nuclear support organization. Experience with engineering fundamentals and systems training in a U.S. commercial nuclear power plant. Experience serving as a Responsible Engineer under a standard nuclear engineering design process. Experience preparing and reviewing nuclear design analysis calculations for configuration and design basis control. Experience preparing and reviewing installation testing and commissioning plans.

Ability to manage multiple priorities and resolve conflicting demands independently. Availability to work shifts during project installation windows. Previous power uprate project experience in a U.S. commercial nuclear facility is preferred. Experience with SAP Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is preferred.

Mechanical engineering, nuclear plant engineering and modifications, engineering design documentation, configuration management, testing and commissioning, technical leadership, multidisciplinary engineering coordination, vendor management, project planning and scheduling, risk management, SAP CMMS, engineering modeling software, including: GOTHIC, RETRAN, Proto-Flo, Fathom, Proto-HX, AutoPIPE, ME101.

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Master's degree in Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.

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