Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades. 

We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity! 

Responsibilities:

This role will support design development of civil and structural engineering designs for the project by preparting 3D models, drawings, studies and evaluations, in accordance with applicable procedures, codes, standards and contract requirements.  Work with other designers/engineers and technical disciplines in a team environment. 

Originate and check Civil/Structural deliverables of high complexity, including structural steel design drawings. structural concrete forming and reinforcing design drawings and standard civil site drawings.

Interpret and verify industry standards, guidelines, and codes for project deliverables.

Develop civil and structural 3D models.

Report design quantities compared to estimated quantities.

Participate in project design/model reviews.

Participate in constructability reviews.

Review vendor information from subcontractors and integrate it into the design solution.

Execute schedule requirements while maintaining a high degree of quality in work products.

Coordinate closely with other technical disciplines in executing work as an integrated team.

Basic Qualifications:

Level 1: BS Degree in a related field with 1 year of related design experience or AA/AS degree with 2 years of related design experience.  In lieu of a degree, 7 years of related design experience.

Level 2: BS Degree in a related field with 3 years of related design experience or AA/AS degree with 4 years of related design experience.  In lieu of a degree, 9 years of related design experience.

This role requires a facility-specific clearance that requires U.S. Citizenship to obtain.

Must have knowledge of CAD systems and application of design software & computers necessary to deliver the project objectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience in the use of Bechtel standard applications of CAD software.

Advance experience in the use of AutoCAD and MicroStation.

Familiar with the provisions of AISC, ACI, UBC, and OSHA codes. Knowledge of construction materials and construction details and techniques.

Experience creating civil and structural design drawings for industrial and/or nuclear facilities.

Ability to express technical issues in a clear and concise manner, both written and verbally. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience producing deliverables in a Nuclear Quality and Safety Environment.

AA in civil/structural engineering or engineering technology.

Prior experience in the use of Civil3D. Revit and/or Tekla.

Experience using AVEVA E3D plant modeling tool.

Experience working with procedures meeting quality assurance programs such as ISO-9000.and /or NQA-1.

Construction field experience.