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 structural engineering designs for the project by preparing 3d models, drawings, studies and evaluations, in accordance with applicable procedures, codes, standards, and contract requirements. Work with other structural 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.

Report design quantities compared to estimated quantities.

Work with CSA Group supervisor to plan, budget and schedule drawing and 3-D model deliverables within the discipline.

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.

Qualifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

Level 1: BS degree in a related field with 9 years of related design experience or AA/AS degree with 11 years of related design experience. In lieu of a degree, 15 years of related design experience.

Level 2: BS degree in a related field with 13 years of related design experience or AA/AS degree with 15 years of related design experience. In lieu of a degree, 19 years of related design experience

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

Minimum Qualifications

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

Advance experience in the use of AutoCAD, MicroStation, Civil3D, Tekla and Revit

Work experience should emphasize the civil/structural design of heavy industrial-type facilities. Must be familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.

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

Familiar with the methods of procurement and control of bulk materials.

Knowledge of technical responsibilities of other disciplines associated with Facilities Design.

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

Ability to independently execute the detailed design drawings of structural systems of high complexity.

Thorough knowledge of engineering deliverables, such as drawings and specifications.

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

Ability to resolve design issues with subordinates, other engineering disciplines, construction, and the client.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in the structural design (steel and concrete) for Nuclear Quality and Safety Environment.

AA in civil/structural engineering or engineering technology.

Experience using AVEVA E3D plant modeling tool.

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

Have a strong working knowledge of Intergraph Smart 3D or Aveva E3D and be able to integrate engineering 3D Model input across multiple project disciplines.

Experience in writing, executing, and maintaining reports in Tekla, knowledgeable in integrating models from Architectural and Structural Engineers (Revit) into Tekla, and experienced in BIM (Building Information Modeling) workflow process.

Construction field experience.