Nuclear Engineer III or Senior Nuclear Engineer - Safety Analysis

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Are you ready to embark on a rewarding career as a nuclear professional, helping Duke Energy achieve a clean energy future?

Duke Energy's 11 operating nuclear reactors make Duke a clean energy leader in the electricity generation industry. The Nuclear Fuels Engineering (NFE) department is seeking candidates who are passionate about nuclear energy's role in a clean energy future.

Duke's NFE department is unique in the industry by owning and performing in-house methods and analysis for nearly all aspects of the fuel cycle, from contracting fuel supply to long-term storage of spent fuel.

Job Description :

The Safety Analysis Applications group is part of the Nuclear Engineering Division located at Duke Energy's General Office in Charlotte.

The Safety Analysis group is responsible for computer simulations of plant transients and accidents for all PWR Duke reactors.

Responsibilities include :

• Perform a variety of complex transient thermal hydraulic simulations for all PWR Duke reactors
• Prepares thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, and documentation
• Develops, qualifies, and maintains computer codes used in safety analysis
• Collaborate / interface with Duke, industry, vendor, and regulatory personnel
• Participate in technical training activities
• Perform analyses to determine containment temperature and pressure response to postulated pipe breaks using NRC approved codes and plant models
• Work with Regulatory Compliance to create and / or review Licensing Amendment Requests (LAR) packages
• Develop and help license improved Safety Analysis methods which improve thermal margin and / or provide plant operational margins
• Effectively plan work activities to produce high quality deliverables satisfying all station and NRC requirements on a schedule that meets reload licensing or project commitments
• Follow NRC approved methodologies to perform reload and containment analyses

Basic / Required Qualifications :

Nuclear Engineer III

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
• A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• 4-6 years of engineering experience
• Minimum of 1 year of nuclear experience

Sr Nuclear Engineer

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
• A Master's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree
• Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience or 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer
• Minimum of 1 year of nuclear experience

Desired Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from an ABET accredited program
• Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate and / or Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Experience with safety analysis codes (e.g. RETRAN, VIPRE, RELAP, and GOTHIC, and / or equivalents)
• Experience with Radiological Engineering analysis codes (e.g. RADTRAD, SCALE, MCNP, and LOCADOSE)
• Experience with nuclear fuel and PWR safety analyses design analyses
• Familiarity with the basic systems of a PWR
• Experience with development and support of License Amendment Requests and 50.59 Evaluations
• Unix and / or Linux workstation experience
• Computer programming experience (FORTRAN / Python / VBA / etc.)
• Knowledge in thermal hydraulic calculations - heat transfer, flow modeling, single failure analysis, NPSH analysis, etc.
• Experience in the utility industry

Working Conditions :

• Hybrid office / remote work environment
• Flexible work schedule - typically four 10-hour days, 2 in office and 2 remote
• Some travel to other Duke sites, industry sites, and industry conferences / meetings
• Occasional off-hour emergent work required

Specific Requirements :

• In lieu of 1 year of nuclear experience, a selected candidate is subject to the oversight and written approval authority of a designated qualified individual until the selected candidate becomes fully qualified
• Ability to achieve nuclear site Unescorted Access / Security clearance
• Emergency Response Organization (ERO) responsibilities which could include callouts with a defined response time to ERO facilities and an on-call duty rotation requiring the employee to be Fit for Duty

Travel Requirements : 15-25%

Relocation Assistance Provided : Yes

Represented / Union Position : No

Visa Sponsored Position : No

Posting Expiration Date : Wednesday, October 16, 2024

All job postings expire at 12 : 01 AM on the posting expiration date.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic / required qualifications.

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