Senior Lead I&C Design Engineer
Talascend is currently seeking a Senior Lead I&C Design Engineer for a contract opportunity with our client in Bellevue, Washington (State).
Overview
In this role, you will act as an I&C engineering team member for Sodium Fast Reactor technologies, including responsibility for the instrument and control system design, prototype development and testing, plant level system integration, and commissioning.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for interfacing and supporting geographically diverse and international design team members to develop supporting design documentation.
- Support engineering and review of instrumentation and controls scope for use in sodium fast reactor and integrated energy storage technologies.
- Oversee Lead Designers of I&C and supporting electrical systems from systems and sub-system functional requirements through final design.
- Support development of departmental strategic planning for non-safety I&C work scope.
- Support planning in Primavera P6 including L2-L3-L4 schedule milestone and task decomposition and budget and schedule planning.
- Support the implementation of an integrated control system comprised of Curtiss Wright RTIME HSI components and RTP controllers.
- Provide oversight, instruction, and mentoring on development of PI&Ds, control system architecture drawings, control logic and loop diagrams, instrument installation drawings, and other engineering deliverables.
- Assist in development and review of system and component-level I&C detailed design deliverables as required.
- Perform engineering and design evaluations in the application of nuclear codes and standards, licensing requirements, and NRC regulations.
- Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers in applicable nuclear and non-nuclear related design standards.
- Provide technical direction and oversight of supplier projects, working with the contract administrator to ensure delivery of data and other deliverables to meet requirements.
- Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices in order to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities.
- Integrate I&C with work of other disciplines, engineers, scientists, and subject matter experts.
- Interface with and support licensing activities associated with Safety Analysis Reports.
Qualifications
- B.S. or higher in Controls, Electrical, or related discipline from an accredited university and 15+ years direct experience with proven instrumentation and controls systems skills.
Requirements
- Instrumentation and controls experience with design development, testing, commissioning, or diagnostics on a commercially available distributed control system platform.
- Managing, supervising, or leading projects or work scope delivering design for industrial I&C platforms.
- Familiarity with RTIME PPC systems or RTP I/O and controllers.
- Familiarity working with IEEE and IEC standards that support I&C.
- Familiarity working with and/or developing industrial process flow diagrams (PFD) or piping & instrument diagrams (P&ID).
- Familiarity working with and/or developing control narratives and logic diagrams.
- Experience or familiarity desired but not required in the following areas of application: Nuclear reactor safety systems, controls, or nuclear instrumentation systems.
- Implementing design control and development in accordance with nuclear power plant quality assurance.
- Experience designing and operating high-temperature (400°C and higher) processes.
- Ability to handle projects that include many competing objectives and design constraints, with ability to resolve conflicts between objectives.
- Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
- Attention to detail and aspiration for technical excellence.
- Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate and lead a design team’s effort with minimal direction.
- Ability to work on multiple simultaneous tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach.
- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Talascend also offers a variety of benefits including: health and disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, plan requirements, schedule type, and client work site mandates.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.