Senior Pipe & Valve Engineer

Pipe & Valve Engineer

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Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on Terra Power’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. Terra Power, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium.

The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost‑competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing.

With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Pipe & Valve Engineer will be responsible for planning, developing, coordinating and reviewing plant design and piping work requirements. The candidate’s technical input will ensure configuration compliance, procurement requirements are met, and complex issues are resolved. This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and will require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project.

Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership.

• Preparation and execution of material requisitions for bulk pipe, valves and supports, and other piping components.
• Preparation of pipe and piping component related calculations, minimum pipe wall thickness calculations, and material evaluations to ASME B31.1, B31.1 and other codes & standards.
• Prepare, coordinate, and maintain piping and valve technical specifications, piping material class sheets/specifications and/or material requisitions, bid evaluations and award recommendations.
• Perform detailed supplier bid technical evaluations and supplier document reviews.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain function (Buyers, Expeditors, etc.) as well as various suppliers regarding technical requirements of purchase orders. Disposition of supplier deviation requests and Request for Information (RFIs).
• Disposition of Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) and Field Change Documents (FCDs) generated by Construction.

• Requires bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and 5‑8 years of relevant experience or 9‑12 years of relevant work experience.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre‑employment drug screen and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
• Knowledgeable of standard piping codes such as ASME B31.1, B31.3, IPC, etc.
• Prior experience developing piping material class sheets &…