Nuclear Research Facility Engineer

Idaho National Laboratory seeks Nuclear Facility Engineer to shape the future of energy and national innovation. You will apply engineering principles for assigned nuclear facility (structure, system and/or component) and experiment infrastructure through analysis, design, fabrication, installation, configuration management, and operational performance support activities. Serve as responsible engineer to provide oversight, guidance, and stewardship of facility and experiment infrastructure and processes at a facility which enables research, development, and demonstration of nuclear science and technologies.

This position is located at our Materials and Fuels Complex, which hosts the core of the U.S. nuclear research and development capabilities with a diverse array of facilities designed for remote work on highly irradiated fuels and materials along with the development and testing of new micro-reactors. The new reactors will be designed, fabricated, tested, and analyzed at MFC to ensure safe operations.

Many groups, such as universities, industry partners, other national laboratories, international research organizations, and other federal agencies are working  team works a 4x10 schedule every Friday off.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities: (Knowledge, skills, and behaviors required for this position.)

• Evaluate, design, maintain, modify, install, and test facility systems and process support systems. Ensure continued operational readiness of assigned systems, structures and components and support.
• Initiate corrective actions or order plant shutdowns in emergency situations.
• Monitor nuclear facility operations to identify any design, construction, or operation practices that violate safety regulations and laws or could jeopardize safe operations.
• Develop and write sophisticated procedures for the modification and/or operation of facility, equipment, and processes.
• Examine accidents to obtain data for use in design of preventive measures.
• Direct operating or maintenance activities of nuclear facility to ensure efficiency and conformity to safety standards.
• Determine optimum configuration, perform analysis to demonstrate compliance with safety limits.
• Develop, ensure adequacy of, and maintain configuration management and the technical baseline of multiple systems and component groups.
• Develop and modify loop chemistry requirements. Perform core load verification.
• Support facility operations, maintenance personnel, & project personnel to ensure assigned process systems & equipment are operated, maintained, & modified to meet operational & research needs within the system applicable baseline, & applicable standards.
• Establish experiment insertion and removal documentation. Document experiment requirements and operating information. Support design reviews for various experiments and experiment loops.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Level 3:
  Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or other related technical discipline plus 5 years relevant experienceor a closely related field from a program accredited by ABET or Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or other related degree with 2 years relevant experience.
• Level 4:
  Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or other related technical discipline plus 9 years relevant experience, or a closely related field from a program accredited by ABET or Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or other related degree with 6+ years relevant experience.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy "L" clearance, which requires US Citizenship.

The Ideal Candidate will have the following:

• 2 to 4 years of nuclear experience; US Navy Nuclear Propulsion…