Senior Engineer - Nuclear Assurance Safety Analyst

Job Title

Senior Nuclear Engineer

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site's Cold War legacy.

Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

The Senior Nuclear Engineer in Nuclear Assurance Directorate is responsible for the development of Hazard Analysis, Documented Safety Analysis and Technical Safety Requirement Changes, as well as performing accident analysis calculations. The Senior Engineer will be assigned a project that they are expected to be able to complete with minor support, while mentoring entry level engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the performance of nuclear safety evaluations and analyses. These analytical tasks include the performance of hazards/accident analyses, hazard categorizations, Documented Safety Analyses (DSAs) and Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs).
• Complete Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) reviews.
• Conduct modeling and calculations with nuclear safety software to support the completion of DSAs and CSEs.
• Conduct Management Assessments of nuclear safety activities.
• Generate and maintains Nuclear Safety procedures and implements improvements to nuclear safety business processes.
• Perform related work as assigned by supervisor.

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees
• Or, Calculus-based STEM bachelor's degree in engineering
• Or, for Architects, Certification from the National Council or Architectural Registration Board (NCARB)
• Or Professional Engineer license
• Plus at least 5 years' relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge; graduate research experience may be recognized
• Degree in Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering preferred.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of calculations, and applications of engineering methods.
• Applied knowledge of nuclear safety software, such as Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport (MCNP), MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System 2 (MACCS2) and BlastX is desirable.
• Knowledge of governing Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, requirements, and guidance for development, implementation, and maintenance of nuclear safety programs and safety basis documents.
• Strong working level of knowledge of Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 10 CFR 830, subpart B; DOE-STD-1027-92; DOE-STD-; DOE-STD-; DOE-STD-; DOE-HDBK-3010-94; DOE O 420.1C; DOE G 420.1-1; DOE G 420.1-2; DOE G 423.1-1; and DOE G 424.1.
  
  -1B and other applicable DOE directives and ANSI/ANS-8 series standards.
• Ability to interpret and apply codes and standards within the discipline.
• Must possess mathematical skill and ability to understand complex data, terminology, procedures, laws, and regulations.
• Must possess planning/organizing skills and initiative.
• Must be able to employ independent judgment and apply professional knowledge to ensure that assignments are completed efficiently and on time.
• Must possess interpersonal communication skills to deal with contacts in an effective, positive, and professional manner, and work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
• Nuclear Facility Worker - This position is subject to the requirements of DOE Order 426.2.
• The work location will be split between working at home and the…