Radiological Shielding Engineer
Union City, NJ - USA
Job Summary
Roles and Responsibilities
- Perform technical evaluations and provide technical support in the areas of shielding design/analysis fluence analysis criticality assessments and control rod blade design.
- Effectively communicate and coordinate activities with internal and external project managers technical personnel and customers on engineering/technical issues.
- Maintain a high standard of quality and safety while meeting baseline project schedule and cost objectives.
- Prepare document and present technical data to internal and external customers.
- Contribute to team process improvements to drive speed and simplification.
- Ensure work is performed with high quality in accordance with NRC CNSC or other regulatory rules and regulations customer requirements and business quality assurance standards.
- Mentor and guide early career engineers in shielding design/analysis.
- Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
- Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational product management manufacturing technology or engineering.
- Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders.
- Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations.
- Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
- May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements risk and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others options on particular topics.
- May guide others to consider a different point of view.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelors degree in engineering physics or closely related science discipline from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of 8 years experience in coupled neutron/gamma shielding design for nuclear power plants including the design of penetrations in shielding walls.
- Minimum of 8 years experience with MCNP for shielding analysis including the use of variance reduction techniques to solve large scale deep penetration shielding problems.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in nuclear radiological analysis radiation shielding nuclear safety analysis and methods or nuclear fuel core or plant design.
Desired Characteristics
- Masters degree or Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering or closely related discipline from an accredited college or university.
- 12 years of experience in nuclear radiological analysis nuclear safety analysis coupled neutron/gamma shielding design for nuclear power plants experience with MCNP for shielding analysis.
- 12 years of experience in methods and application of computational neutral particle radiation transport theory.
- Experience with BWR technology. Knowledge of plant operational support.
- Knowledge of reactor licensing requirements. Experience with BWR simulator and use of 3-Dimensional neutron kinetics code (e.g. PANAC PARCS).
- Experience in reactivity control such as reactivity insertion accident rod withdrawal error control rod drop accident analyses.
- Experience with MCNP SCALE KENO ORIGN and/or coupled Monte-Carlo/deterministic radiation transport methods. Object-oriented programming experience such as Java C# C.
- Demonstrated high energy and the ability to energize others.
- Honest and straightforward with a high level of personal integrity.
- Work easily and communicate effectively within a team environment.
- Strong personal commitment and determination.
- Detail oriented and accountable for results.
- Exceptional organization skills.
- Display a strong drive for continuous improvement. Displays an engaging can-do optimistic attitude.
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
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.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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