Nuclear Safety Engineer 4

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Amentum is seeking a highly motivated, team oriented Nuclear Safety Engineer 4 to support projects in the Aiken, SC office. The Engineer will provide technical support to the safety basis development for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facilities and projects to ensure safe operations. Shall have demonstrated experience in preparing documents to support the development or changes to Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) and Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) documents; performing Hazard Analysis (HA) to support Safety Basis development; and supporting Operations in implementation of Safety Basis changes.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains safety basis documents and safety basis program procedures.
• With minimal supervision, performs hazard analyses of nuclear operations, defines functional specifications, and recommends credited controls to mitigate unacceptable hazards.
• Develop a portion or section of an analysis or nuclear safety review.
• Assist in generation of accident analysis and engineering data.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and correspondence.
• Identifies and describes the interrelationship of safety basis requirements to existing and new designs and operations.
• Develop, maintain and produce technical documentation and system/subsystem specifications.
• Interface with customers in nuclear safety reviews and technical working group meetings to comply with requirements.
• Verify and comply with engineering documentation standards and nuclear safety procedures.
• Performs all other position related duties as assigned or requested.
• Mentoring of Junior Nuclear Safety Analysts in Safety Basis development and maintenance.
• Candidate must be eligible to obtain a DOE Q clearance

Due to the nature of the work must be a US Citizen

Dual Citizenship not permitted

BS/BA in engineering or equivalent technical discipline and 7+ years of relevant work experience

MS/MA in engineering or equivalent technical discipline and 5+ years of relevant work experience

PhD in engineering or equivalent technical discipline with 3+ year of relevant experience

Due to the nature of work, candidate must be a US Citizen only. Dual Citizenship will not be accepted for this position.

Preferred Experience:

• Supporting completion of nuclear facility document safety analyses (DSAs) and technical safety requirements (TSRs) updates, revisions, or creation.
• Working with support organizations and ensures DSA and TSR projects are completed and submitted to the Department of Energy (DOE) for approval on schedule.
• Leading all aspects of, reviews and ensures the preparation of DSA and TSR ensuring revisions accurately reflect the facility configuration and establish the necessary controls.
• Reviewing procedures, operational events, and facility modifications and support DSA and TSR implementation.
• Establishing objectives, setting priorities, and advising management of nuclear safety issues.
• Developing and maintaining effective collaboration with facility system engineers, facility operations, supporting organization, subcontractor personnel, and DOE oversight personnel.
• Providing support and input, including requirements management, identify and implement improvements to current procedures and processes, perform programmatic assessments, and conduct training associated with nuclear safety requirements.
• Frequently working with other organizations, tracking and reporting status, and ensuring projects meet schedule commitments.
• Conducting facility hazard identification, assessment, and accident analyses and classification. Ensuring that all hazards are identified and that adequately addressed, and that identification, assessment and analyses are adequately documented.

Additional Information:

• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test and background.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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