Engineering Design Supervisors
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists, Operations Management
The anticipated start date for this position is dependent upon operational and training needs and could be scheduled as late as April 2027.
Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) leads the nation's largest and most complex radioactive waste cleanup effort. Every day, our teams work to safely remove, treat, and dispose of 56 million gallons of legacy tank waste at the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington.
When you join H2C, you become part of a team dedicated to creating "The Solution Today for a Better Tomorrow." Guided by our Vision, Mission, Values, and Behaviors, we work together with integrity, innovation, and accountability. We empower our workforce, encourage continuous improvement, and celebrate achievements as we make measurable progress toward tank waste cleanup and long term site closure. At H2C, your work has a meaningful impact—today and for future generations.
H2C is seeking Design Engineering Supervisors for both the Electrical and Mechanical disciplines. These positions provide day-to-day oversight of engineering staff, support design development, and help ensure quality and compliance of engineering deliverables. The Supervisor assists in coordinating work, supporting operations and projects, and maintaining discipline-specific engineering practices. This role operates under the direction of the Design Engineering Manager and focuses on team execution rather than organization-wide leadership.
Responsibilitiesand Duties
- Provide daily supervision, guidance, and support to Mechanical or Electrical Design Engineering staff, including mentoring, monitoring work progress, and reinforcing qualification/competency expectations.
- Support planning and coordination of discipline-specific and multi-discipline design activities, including developing portions of scopes of work, design inputs, and schedule needs.
- Ensure assigned design work adheres to applicable standards, codes, safety requirements, and configuration control processes.
- Maintain discipline responsibility for drawing updates, CAD standards compliance, and orderly digital file management.
- Provide technical support within the mechanical or electrical discipline, including system design assistance, equipment evaluations, wiring or piping methods, and integration of engineered controls.
- Support Procurement Engineering and Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) activities by reviewing discipline-specific technical requirements for procurements.
- Assist in implementing and maintaining engineering procedures, standards, and work processes applicable to the assigned discipline.
- Coordinate with external design service providers by supporting requirement development, reviewing deliverables, and providing feedback to managers.
- Provide engineering support to operations, maintenance, construction projects, retrievals, and waste feed delivery activities as assigned.
- Work collaboratively with project engineering, nuclear safety, operations, maintenance, and other H2C engineering groups to support integrated design solutions.
- May assist Managers with planning, forecasting, or limited account management activities, as delegated.
- Encourage continuous improvement, good engineering practices, and effective problem-solving within the discipline team.
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Engineering or related technical discipline; and
- Six (6) years of related experience
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Engineering or related technical discipline; and
- Eight (8) years of related experience
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Engineering or related technical discipline; and
- Ten (10) years of related experience
- Experience applying standards and codes such as ASTM,…
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