Principal Mechanical Engineer - Balance of Plant (BOP)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Must have
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical (preferred), Civil, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering.
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or multiple engineering areas.
- Professional Engineer license (in any state).
- 10+ years of engineering experience.
- Power industry (e.g., nuclear power plant) experience.
- Ability to work with multiple functions to coordinate the flow of information.
- Ability to work in an international team environment.
- Ability to travel for site visits, short-term, or long-term assignments.
- Technical leadership competencies (i.e., application of technical knowledge, mentor, innovation, support product marketing, communication, industry influence, customer orientation, teamwork).
Full description
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the role:
As a Principal Mechanical Engineer - Balance of Plant (BOP) you will develop and support nuclear power plant design modifications, engineering evaluations, and technical issue resolution by collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams on Balance of Plant (BOP) systems for operating plants, power uprates, and advanced nuclear technologies
You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Nuclear Plant Mechanical Engineering and be located at our Rockhill, SC facility. The hybrid position is based at our Rock Hill, SC office which involves a mix of on-site and remote days, typically within the same week. We are open to this person being located in other Westinghouse facilities, such as Cranberry Township, PA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop design change packages following the Standard Design Process (SDP; IP-ENG-001) and other plant-specific design change processes for US and international nuclear power plants.
- Help develop engineering reports for US power uprates (i.e., system and program evaluations), in the Balance of Plant (BOP) area.
- Resolve technical issues for operating nuclear power plants (main scope), with potential involvement in new plants and other nuclear projects (e.g., fuel fabrication facilities).
- Work with a multi-discipline team of engineers in the design, analysis, and evaluation of systems and programs, including support to lead engineers, in the BOP area.
- Apply engineering principles and engineering codes & standards, such as ASME and ANSI, to the design, analysis, and evaluation of systems.
- Work with engineers in other disciplines such as electrical and civil/structural.
- Participate on project teams with internal and external representation.
- Participate in customer and vendor meetings to present technical materials and justification of services and product designs.
- Perform work within established scope, budgetary and schedule requirements.
- Identify and help develop new business opportunities, as available.
- Mentor more junior engineers.
Qualifications::
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical (preferred), Civil, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering.
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or multiple engineering areas.