Lead Engineer - Plant Layout and Program Integration (Remote Eligible, U.S.)

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Conducts component and system integration with overall new nuclear plant design. All activities that span multiple components and systems that are concerned with how to integrate for maximum performance, operability, and design to cost.
• Perform identification of verification and validation (V&V) requirements at the plant, system, and component level.
• Manages interface between systems, components, and project/product management organizations.
• Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
• Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how your area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions.
• Use technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in nuclear commercial power.

Eligibility Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% (U.S. and internationally, as required)
• For US the preferred work location for this role is at the GEH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered.
• For US this role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
• For Canada GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening.
• For Canada this position will report onsite to the Markham office 2 days a week (Tuesday's and Thursday's).

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Engineering (Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil).
• Experience with Nuclear Island, Turbine Island and BOP plant systems and with the associated safety analyses design bases.
• Experience working in a nuclear power plant is strongly desired.
• Plant experience in multiple capacities including on-shift, outage prep, work control, and/or training.
• Commercial nuclear engineering experience in multiple capacities including Design, Licensing, PRA, and/or Systems -OR- shipyard nuclear systems engineering experience.
• Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of plant operations, licensing and design bases, transient and accident analysis.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong customer interaction skills.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening.

This position requires access to and/or use of information subject to U.S. Export Control Laws, which mandate all citizenships (including dual citizenships) be from the U.S. Department of Energy’s List of Generally Authorized Countries (10 CFR Part 810 Appendix A, which includes Canada and can be found here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/chapter-III/part-810/appendix-Appendix%20A%20to%20Part%20810) unless a specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy is obtained or unless you are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual under the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). More information can be found here: https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/10-cfr-part-810.

You must have legal authorization to work in Canada and any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation. The drug screen requirement in the background check process is not required if the role is based in Canada.

Strong consideration will be given to Indigenous persons. The term Indigenous refers to individuals who identify as being descended from the original inhabitants (the first peoples) of what is now known as Canada. In this context, Indigenous people are First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit

For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $150K and $200K CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: Discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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