Nuclear Process Engineer

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a Senior Nuclear Process Engineer to support nuclear facility projects and existing site operations in Richland, Washington. This role focuses on delivering high-quality process design, providing process engineering support for ongoing site projects, coordinating across disciplines, and driving project execution from concept through detailed design. The selected candidate must be located in Richland or willing to relocate to the area.

What You'll Be Doing:

Provide site-based process engineering support for existing projects and ongoing activities at the Richland facility

Work closely with site engineering, operations, maintenance, and project teams to resolve process-related issues and support facility needs

Support facility modifications, equipment upgrades, capacity improvements, process optimization, and brownfield projects

Lead development of process deliverables, including PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, equipment data sheets, process calculations, and design basis documents

Perform process and hydraulic modeling to support design decisions, equipment sizing, and system performance

Support feasibility studies, conceptual design, detailed design, technical evaluations, and development of cost-estimate inputs

Evaluate existing process systems and recommend modifications or improvements to support safety, reliability, capacity, and operational objectives

Coordinate with mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and other engineering disciplines to deliver an integrated design

Interface with equipment vendors during equipment selection, preparation of technical specifications, bid evaluations, and submittal reviews

Support process safety reviews, hazard evaluations, design reviews, and resolution of technical comments

Support commissioning, startup, testing, and operational-readiness activities, as required

Participate in client and site meetings, resolve technical issues, and align stakeholders on design direction

Provide technical guidance to project team members and support internal quality reviews

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or a related engineering field
10+ years of process engineering experience

Previous engineering experience at a nuclear facility, nuclear fuel-cycle facility, DOE facility, or NRC-regulated facility

Experience supporting projects within an operating nuclear or highly regulated industrial facility

Strong experience developing and reviewing core process design deliverables, including PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, equipment specifications, and process calculations

Experience providing process engineering support for facility modifications, equipment upgrades, and existing-site projects

Ability to coordinate and work effectively across multiple engineering disciplines in an EPC project environment

Strong problem-solving, technical analysis, and written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work directly with site personnel, project teams, clients, and equipment vendors

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:8+ years of process engineering experience, with significant experience supporting nuclear facilities or nuclear-related projects

Experience with nuclear fuel fabrication, uranium processing, enrichment, conversion, deconversion, advanced reactor…