Facility Design Engineer

The person in this role will be responsible for developing balance-of-plant design for a commercial-scale Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) recycling facility. Day-to-day activities will include process analysis, requirements generation, and equipment design and specification for various aspects of the facility. This role will include participation in cross-functional teams such as those with a focus on process equipment design, chemical and electrochemical engineering, I&C and software engineering, quality assurance, and licensing.

Additionally, this role will interact with outside A&E firms supporting the facility development.

• Developing facility layouts, workflows, and infrastructure plans to optimize efficiency, safety, security and compliance
• Defining specifications, performance criteria, and requirements for facility process support equipment, including but not limited to:
• Electrical systems – transformers, switch gear, high-power DC rectifiers, etc.
• I&C – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), instrumentation sensors, emergency shutdown systems (ESD)
• Backup power generation – generators, fuel tanks and storage, uninterruptable power supplies, etc.
• HVAC & ventilation
• Water and waste systems
• Interacting and managing partner A&E firms supporting facility development work
• Project management relating to facility design
• Creation and/or oversight of building drawings: architectural, P&, pipe routing, etc.
• Establishing maintenance and reliability processes and procedures
• Generating maintenance and reliability documentation to be included in regulatory filings
• We are looking for a Facility Design Engineer that is:
• Well versed with balance-of-plant systems and components for large-scale manufacturing or chemical process facilities
• Proficient in 2D (and 3D) CAD modeling & drawing comprehension
• Capable of defining system requirements and understanding cross disciplinary needs
• Passionate about clean energy
• An optimist at heart
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
• An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
• 5-10+ years of experience in facility design (or heavy modification), construction, and/or industrial engineering

• Engineering education, potentially Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, or Structural
• Experience working with large-scale manufacturing or chemical process facilities design or operation
• Project management and vendor management experience
• Experience with 2D and 3D CAD software
• Broad familiarity with engineering principles, including having strong systems engineering intuition
• Experience with balance-of-plant facility design
• Experience with the engineering drawing types utilized for a large-scale facility

• Experience in the commercial or governmental nuclear sectors
• Experience designing for high reliability and extended maintenance intervals
• Experience with mechanized material handling systems
• Experience managing radioactive material
• Experience in facilities using a high level of automation
• Experience designing equipment for high (>500
  
  C) temperature operation
• Experience deploying or working on pilot plants
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent certification

• A startup person: You are not driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don’t need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us. There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.
• Motivated…