Nuclear Engineer III or Senior Nuclear Engineer – Nuclear Fuels – Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design Team

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Nuclear Engineer III or Senior Nuclear Engineer – Nuclear Fuels – Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design Team

The Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design (BOND) group is responsible for designing and analyzing fuel cycles for Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport, North Carolina, and Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, South Carolina. BOND is also responsible for nuclear criticality safety for all six of Duke Energy's nuclear power plants in North and South Carolina. This position is specific to BWR core design supporting Brunswick Nuclear Plant.

• Participate on or lead reload design teams to design fuel cycles
• Develop and verify analyses associated with fuel cycle designs
• Develop, qualify, and maintain in-house codes used in support of fuel cycle designs
• Qualify vendor codes used in support of fuel cycle designs
• Interface with fuel vendor as part of the reload design process and for emergent issue support
• Perform owner acceptance reviews of vendor calculations
• Interface with site Reactor Engineering personnel to provide technical support as needed
• Perform nuclear criticality safety reviews and analyses
• Participate in technical training activities

• Nuclear Engineer III:
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
• A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• 4-6 years of engineering experience
• Senior Nuclear Engineer:
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
• A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience, OR 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer
• Desired Qualifications Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from an ABET accredited program Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license

• Experience with neutronics codes, (e.g. PANACEA, SIMULATE, MICROBURN, POLCA, and/or equivalents)
• Experience with nuclear fuel and BWR fuel cycle design analyses
• Experience with BWR control blade management
• Experience with BWR safety analyses
• Experience with BWR reactor engineering and core monitoring activities
• Experience with development and support of License Amendment Requests and 50.59 Evaluations
• Familiarity with the basic systems of a General Electric BWR
• Project management experience
• Unix and/or Linux workstation experience
• Computer programming experience (FORTRAN/Python/VBA/etc.)

• Hybrid office/remote work environment after the onboarding period
• Flexible work schedule - typically four 10-hour days, 2 in office and 2 remote
• Some travel to other Duke sites, industry sites, and industry conferences/meetings
• Occasional off-hour emergent work required

• Ability to achieve nuclear site Unescorted Access/Security clearance
• Emergency Response Organization (ERO) responsibilities which could include callouts with a defined response time to ERO facilities and an on-call duty rotation requiring the employee to be Fit for Duty
• Travel Requirements 5-15%
• Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable) Yes
• Represented/Union Position No
• Visa Sponsored Position No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

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