Specialty Mechanical Engineer, Level III

Job Summary :

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS), is actively seeking Engineering, Professional, Technical, and administrative personnel as part of our staff augmentation team supporting the Department of Energy at the Y 12 National Security Complex located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Pantex Plant located in Amarillo, Texas.

Successful candidates will be employees of AIS, a premier government contractor charged with employing highly motivated and well-qualified personnel who can advance Y-12's core mission to ensure a safe, secure, and reliable .

nuclear deterrent, which is essential to national security. Though employed by AIS, the employee will take day-to-day direction and assignments from Y-12 staff employed directly by the security complex.

Pay, benefits, Human Resources, and Employment Management functions are provided by AIS.

Qualified applicants must be a US citizen, at least 18 years of age, and able to meet pre-employment requirements including any required physicals, drug screen, and / or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy.

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities :

Specialty Mechanical Engineers will produce design and procurement documents of specialty and first of a kind equipment (gloveboxes, furnaces, high vacuum systems, metal casting / machining equipment, .

Engineering design tasks may include :

• Development of build to print design drawings;
• Development of equipment specifications;
• Associated calculations and analysis associated with machine design (to include, but not limited to, finite element analysis, structural and seismic analysis, ergonomic studies, kinematic calculations and heat transfer calculations);

Development of procurement documents

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification :

BA / BS Degree in Engineering or similarfrom ABET accredited university

Experience in the design / specification of custom mechanical equipment

10 - 14 years of direct experience

Preferred requirements for this position include :

Experience in 3D engineering / modeling and machine design experience (preferably with gloveboxes, furnaces, high vacuum systems and metal casting / machining equipment);

Experience with engineering calculations / analysis associated with machine design : finite element analysis, structural and seismic analysis, ergonomic studies, kinematic calculations, heat transfer calculations, etc.

Experience writing equipment fabrication specifications for specialty designed equipment.

Experience leading multi-discipline (. mechanical, electrical, instrumentation / controls, HVAC, piping, welding, machine design efforts and producing build to print equipment fabrication packages, including fabrication drawings, specifications, calculations, etc.

The ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance is required.

Pre-employment Drug Screen - External applicants selected for this position are required to successfully complete a post-offer, pre-employment drug test.

Medical Exam(s) - Job related pre-placement medical examinations may be required for this position.

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a clearance from the Department of Energy. If determined as such, this position would be identified as a Workplace Substance Abuse (WSAP) testing designated position.

WSAP positions require participation in an ongoing random drug testing program in addition to the pre-employment drug screen.

Job : Engineering / Design

Travel : None

Organization : AIS - Akima Infrastructure Services

Clearance : Able to Obtain DOE Q

Work Type : On-Site

Remote : No

ReqID : 2024-8134