Senior Mechanical Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: On-site at the Nevada National Security Site in Mercury, Nevada, United States; the site is approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The schedule is 4/10s, Monday–Thursday, subject to change.

Annual salary: $101,524.80–$152,297.60.

Company

Work is performed for the Nevada National Security Site at nuclear and high-hazard facilities within the Stockpile Experimentation & Operations Directorate.

What you will do

• Maintain overall cognizance of assigned facility systems and provide systems engineering support for operations, maintenance, safety responsibilities, and continued operational readiness.
• Lead designs, strategies, reports, technical proposals, field programs, and technical analyses using prescribed codes, standards, software, and accepted management practices.
• Validate physical system configurations, maintain configuration-management documents, and serve as the subject matter expert for assigned systems under the Safety Basis.
• Conduct or oversee in-service inspections and technical surveillance requirement execution.
• Define technical requirements for systems, structures, and components; support procurement specifications, purchase requests, and vendor coordination.
• Coordinate discipline work on moderately complex projects, participate in work teams, and provide direction and mentoring to junior engineers, technicians, and support personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an ABET-accredited engineering program is required for Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical engineering degrees; alternatively, a calculus-based STEM bachelor’s degree in engineering or a Professional Engineer license is required.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience is required; skill-building experience must demonstrate deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge, and graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Knowledge of how codes and standards from other disciplines affect the candidate’s discipline, typically within one technical or related discipline.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and control, electrical, mechanical, or electromechanical components.
• Ability to follow instructions and procedures, learn and innovate, and complete assigned tasks with little to no supervision.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills, safe work habits, and broad technical interests and education.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write reports and technical documents.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance is required; this requires U.S. citizenship and being at least 18 years old.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing, physical examination, background review, federal investigation, and any required clearance or counterintelligence evaluations is required.

Nice to have

• Strong time-management skills, broad technical interests, and additional education are considered ideal attributes.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in nuclear and high-hazard facility environments supporting national security operations.
• Work includes collaboration with line management, outside vendors, technicians, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Employment is subject to a substance-abuse policy, including random drug testing.
• Background screening includes personal references, credit, law-enforcement records, and employment and education verification.