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Analytical Methods Technology Engineer Location: US-NC-Wilmington Email this job to a friend
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Title: GEPW - Analytical Methods Technology Engineer II (GEJP00027108) Location: 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington North Carolina USA 28402-2819 Duration 11/08/2021 to 10/30/2022 Pay Rate $85.60/Hour Work shift Standard No. of positions 01 No. of Slots 03 Must be local to Wilmington, NC (remote to start due to Covid) Description: Role Summary / Purpose - This role primarily supports new and existing nuclear reactor designs with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and other thermal-hydraulic analysis of the systems/sub-systems in Boiling Water Reactors (BWR), Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR), new reactor types, and advanced reactors such as sodium-cooled fast reactors. The engineer in this role will also support customers with emergent questions in the areas of reactor thermal-hydraulics, heat transfer, two-phase flow, and leakage flow rates.
- This role will support cross project, commercial, and DOE projects.
- In this role, the engineer will contribute to the team responsible for the development, maintenance, analytics, and technical consultation of engineering computer codes, correlations, and methodologies related to nuclear reactor design and analysis.
Essential Responsibilities - Provide technical support in the areas of BWR systems and internals heat transfer, two-phase flow, leakage, and numerical analysis.
- Scope, execute, and/or mentor Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) thermal-hydraulic analysis of systems in BWR, sodium fast-reactor, and other nuclear reactor designs.
- Work within an approved regulatory framework for nuclear software quality assurance for engineering computer programs.
- Prepare, document and present technical data to internal and external customers.
- Contribute to and lead team process improvements to drive speed and simplification.
- Ensure work is performed with high quality in accordance with NRC rules and regulations, customer requirements, and business quality assurance standards.
- Drive a team culture based on team work, integrity, candor, transparency, and execution on commitments.
- Effectively communicate and coordinate activities with other team members on engineering/technical issues.
- Assist and provide support to the team technical leader and functional manager to plan, status and execute projects.
- Honest and straightforward with a high level of personal integrity.
- Detail oriented and accountable for results.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team.
- Displays a strong drive for continuous improvement.
- Displays an engaging, can-do, optimistic attitude.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical capabilities, problem solving skills, and process skills.
Desired Characteristics - Ph.D. in computational methods, thermal-hydraulics, nuclear engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Prior experience with thermal hydraulic methods (eg, ANSYS Fluent, CFX, RELAP5-3D, TRAC, COBRA)
- Prior experience with thermal-hydraulic test definition, execution, and analysis.
- Programming experience with Fortran, C#, and Python.
- Working knowledge of nuclear reactor core licensing, technical specifications, safety margin bases, code methodology licensing, and related federal regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions with speed and accuracy based on the best available information.
- Exceptional organization skills.
- Legacy of delivering on commitments; tenacious, with a proven track record of overcoming obstacles; ability to achieve stretch targets.
- Strong external focus; clear and demonstrated understanding of nuclear industry and/or energy industry.
- Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent quality certification.
Qualifications - B.S. degree from an accredited university or college in nuclear engineering, physics, mathematics, or a closely related technical discipline
- Six or more years of cumulative engineering experience, with specific experience in nuclear plant T/H analyses and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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