Job Description Summary

GE Hitachi (GEH) has more than 60 years of experience in BWR (boiling water reactor) licensing fuel design and manufacturing and building supply chains. Today we continue boldly innovating to provide reliable carbonfree new nuclear power to the world with the deployment of the BWRX300. Powered by proven and commercially available fuel the BWRX300 features an innovative and simplified configuration resulting in less concrete and steel needed for construction. The BWRX300 is a costcompetitive solution that can be deployed for electricity generation and industrial applications including hydrogen production desalination and district heating.

The U.K. Licensing Technical Leader Regulatory Affairs will provide supervision and technical leadership for a team of Licensing Engineers for the completion of various technical licensing work scopes in the United Kingdom including new reactor licensing for the BWRX300 Advanced Nuclear Projects operating fleet licensing support customer plant support on GE Hitachi (GEH) / Global Nuclear Fuels (GNF) nuclear methods and working with GEH / GNF Engineering and Regulatory Affairs teams on major projects.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Development of work plans and ensuring schedule adherence for all licensing deliverables while maintaining a high standard of quality.
• Adherence to all applicable procedures and to projectspecific work plans and instructions.
• Identify and originate Condition Reports to drive continuous improvements as necessary.
• Ensure training of team members is up to date.
• Process documents in the Product Lifecycle Management tool including uploading quality records and supporting documentation and creating change actions with assigned reviewers and approvals.
• Prepare coordinate and implement limitations and conditions for U.K. Licensing submission in support of new reactor licensing including preparation of responses to customer and regulator questions
• Prepare licensing basis documentation in support of customer licensing applications in the U.K. for new reactor construction and operations including Preliminary Safety Reports (PSRs) PreConstruction Safety Reports (PCSRs) Technical Specifications Technical Specification Bases and Availability Controls Manuals
• Prepare licensing basis documentation and reports supporting customer License application and sitespecific licensing documentation
• Support customer requests for preparation or review of unreviewed safety question determinations including preparation of Technical Safety Evaluation Reports and working with internal teams coordinating licensing status of various fuel design changes and fuel and reactor methods changes
• Interface with customers and regulatory personnel and to secure applicable permissions and approvals related to work scopes
• People leader responsibility for small to medium sized team of licensing engineers

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters Degree or equivalent qualification in a science or engineering discipline from an accredited university or college previous experience related to professional work including:
• commercial operating or new proposed nuclear power plant experience
• experience leading or independently completing complex projects and providing regulatory guidance / direction to contributing functions (i.e. Operations Maintenance Engineering Analysis)
• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance including any required regulatory background check.

Desired Characteristics

• Technical knowledge in new nuclear plant design and/or licensing including knowledge of requirements such as ONR Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs)
• Experiencing managing teams of Licensing Engineers involved in licensing activities for operating and new nuclear power plant design construction commissioning and operations
• Technical knowledge of one or more areas such as nuclear fuel operating plants deterministic safety analyses probabilistic safety assessments etc.
• Working knowledge of advanced Small Modular Reactor light water reactor systems fuel or operations
• Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in working / communicating with regulatory and customer personnel
• Experience working with industry groups (i.e. Safety Case Forum Owners Groups etc. on nuclear licensing matters
• International licensing and/or technical nuclear power plant experience
• Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to create technical reports suitable for a wide range of audiences
• Effective interpersonal communication and facilitation skills
• Process skills related to coordinating and documenting complex technical documents
• Externally focused: takes action to enhance the reputation of the company / represents the company well at all opportunities
• Clear thinker: communicates messages clearly and concisely with the ability to make decisions with speed and accuracy based on the best available information / ability to sift through complex information and focus on critical few priorities
• Willing to travel as and when required domestic and international

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