Job Description Summary

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Responsible for Mechanical Component Design activities that support GVHs BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR).

Primary design focus areas for our Mechanical Component Design teams include:

• BWR Equipment Design.
• BWR Internal Components Design.
• Fabrication and Installation Support.
• Mechanical Component Testing.
• Demonstrates accountability for cost schedule quality and technical accuracy of assigned tasks.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership support project scheduling and resource planning develop talent through mentorship and act as the point-of-contact between your engineering team and both internal and external customers.
• Takes personal responsibility understanding impact of design and associated risk.
• Considers customer needs and maintains open communication with interfacing engineers and project stakeholders.
• Operate in a matrixed engineering team to ensure high quality deliverables in accordance with customer requirements business procedures and regulatory agency guidelines.
• Leads the analysis design test and integration of mechanical components and equipment required to define and support projects that meet business standards and program / product requirements.
• Performance of fundamental engineering hand calculations and modeling.
• Preparing and presenting design reviews and technical reports to internal and external customers.
• Lead/facilitate discussion and information exchange to promote open dialogue including working effectively in a matrixed team environment.
• Ensuring that product designs meet all intended application and design requirements by collaborating with experts in other functional teams.
• Work closely with Sourcing and Fabricators to provide technical support.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect the technology that provides a competitive advantage to the business.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 8 years of mechanical component design experience.
• Professional Engineering License (preferably for Ontario)

Eligibility Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel to domestic and international sites less than 10%.
• For Canada GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening.
• This position will report onsite to the Markham office 2 days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

Desired Characteristics

• 9 years of experience performing independent or preferably team based component design of technical reviews including product requirements management technical risk tracking/retirement technical reviews procurement and fabrication support.
• 9 years of experience with applicable industry standards (e.g. ASME AWS BWRVIP reports).
• Prior nuclear industry experience is highly preferred including experience with technical support of Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) and /or other complex mechanical equipment design technical environment.
• Experience with Sodium Fast Reactor technology and design.
• Experience with Control Rod Drives or Fine Motion Control Rod Drives.
• Experience with Nuclear Core & Fuel design.
• Experience with the selection and use of lifting and rigging equipment including load path definition alignment with ANSI and AMSE guidance and requirements and safety factor determination.
• Ability to troubleshoot improperly functioning equipment and implement changes.
• Working knowledge of modern fabrication processes and practices.
• Familiarity with tolerances jointure welding and material selection.
• Experience with a variety of fabrication techniques including conventional machining welding and EDM.
• Familiarity with Lean.
• Experience with Inventor Inventor Vault and product lifecycle management software.
• Strong interpersonal and proven leadership skills.
• Proven ability to think strategically be creative and work efficiently.
• Knowledge of Geometric Design & Tolerancing (GD&T) practices.
• Knowledge of the ASME/AWS codes.
• Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD design.
• Proficiency with ANSYS Finite Element Analysis (FEA) analysis.

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 be from the U.S. Department of Energys List of Generally Authorized Countries (10 CFR Part 810 Appendix A); otherwise a specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy will be required. More information can be found here: 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 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 $135K and $185K CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience education and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: 15%

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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