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!

Position Summary

This role will lead the structural analysis team for all projet designs. This position has technical responsibility for all structural analysis aspects and integration with seismic analysis, as required for nuclear structures. This position will work with other Structural engineers and technical disciplines in a team environment. 

Responsibilities

Originate, check and oversee the complex structural engineering deliverables required for structural analysis of a nuclear power facility

Originate, check and oversee complex structural analysis models using ANSYS or GT STRUDL

Reviews and coordinates technical documents with/from other engineering disciplines.

Prepare technical reports relates to specific design issues.

Provides technical direction to designers and less experienced engineers as directed.

Contacts counterpart in other disciplines, supplier/client representatives and project field personnel when directed, to either gather or give information.

Schedule and coordinate off-project review requirements for engineering deliverables.

Lead and/or participate in technical discussions with client, suppliers, construction, etc.

Qualifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

Level 1: Bachelors Degree in structural/civil engineering from an accredited college or university, and 13+ years related experience. In lieu of a degree, 19+ years of experience.

Possess the legal right to work and remain in the U.S. without sponsorship – US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)

Minimum 2 years experience shall be in a leadership or supervisory role.

Experience in nuclear power plant design

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

Minimum Qualifications

Proficient in the use of structural analysis software such as GTSTRUDL or ANSYS.

Prior experience working in a Nuclear Quality and Safety Environment

Ability to independently perform structural analysis of nuclear structures.

Ability to independently execute the detailed design of complex steel and/or concrete structures.

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

Understands work processes of other disciplines and departments on projects.

Excellent listening, oral and written communication, planning and organizational skills are essential.

Experience with CADD applications, such as MicroStation, Tekla and NavisWorks.

Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Must be able to complete a pre-employment drug screen, and background check.

Preferred Qualifications

Have a U.S. Professional Engineering (PE) license

Experience in the structural analysis design of Nuclear facilities, including seismic.

Proficient in the use of Mathcad or similar software.

Thorough knowledge of the provisions of ACI 349, AISC N690, ASCE 4-98, ASCE 7, and IBC codes.

Familiar with Bechtel standard programs.

Familiar with all Engineering Department Procedures (EDPs) and their application to projects.

Knowledge of design standards and guides, and Bechtel Standard Application Programs (BSAPS).

Experience in the structural analysis design of Nuclear facilities, including seismic.

Necessary skills to present technical subjects with competence and confidence. Thorough knowledge of engineering deliverables, such as drawings, specifications, and material requisitions and of construction methods for concrete and steel structures.

Understands work processes of other disciplines and departments on projects.

Modular reactor plant design experience.