Job description

The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station is one of the newest and largest nuclear power facilities in the nation. STP's two units produce 2,700 megawatts of carbon-free electricity - providing clean energy to two million Texas homes. Through our uncompromising commitment to nuclear safety and continuous focus on improving plant operations, STP has emerged as an industry leader. Our 1,200 employees maintain an ongoing commitment to the safe and reliable operation of the facility. The company's culture and core values focus on safety, integrity, teamwork and excellence.

SUMMARY

The Risk Management Engineer position assumes responsibility for the development and maintenance of the station’s Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) and Balance of Plant (BOP) models to support risk-informed applications. Essential responsibilities for this position include performing activities to update risk-informed applications, providing support to the work planning process, and supporting the station as the technical expert for the implementation of risk-informed applications onsite. Additional duties include supporting other station and Engineering activities, as needed.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. (Preferred)
• Master’s degree in technical discipline equivalent to 1 year of experience. (Preferred)
• PhD in technical discipline equivalent to 2 years experience. (Preferred)
• In lieu of above, a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline plus 1 year applicable experience will be considered.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience will determine the position/title and are listed below in the POSITION section. PRA experience is preferred.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS

• No certifications/license are required.
• Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) certification or License is preferred.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs Systems Analysis - Prepare system analysis packages including, at a minimum, the following tasks:

perform system level plant walkdowns, develop fault tree models, document assumptions, define success criteria, identify system boundaries for purposes of PRA modeling, model system interactions/dependencies, model maintenance procedures, model system alignments, model operator actions, perform quantifications, and interpret system level results.

• Performs Data Analysis - Collect, evaluate, and disposition plant specific operating data including initiating events, maintenance duration/frequency, operating hours, equipment failures, and common cause data. Be able to understand, develop and update PRA failure distributions using Bayesian methodology.
• Updates Operator and human performance data - Collect and/or develop operator failure data for specific and general operator actions. Understand the methods used to develop human error rates for operator actions.
• Performs Plant Level Analysis - Prepare, quantify, and document plant level quantifications used for sensitivity analyses or to support other projects and risk-informed applications.
• Manages the interface with other departments and regulatory agencies by leading meetings and discussions to provide specific information and analyses to questions/problems as assigned by Section Supervisor.
• Prepares/manages schedule and budget activities on a project level as assigned by Section Supervisor.
• Provides mentoring and training to co-workers as assigned.
• Reviews and evaluates industry documentation and event reports for relevant application to the Station and identify appropriate actions to take.
• Performs duties of the Section Supervisor as delegated.
• Provide PRA expertise when required to support complex plant issues or requests for assistance from other site organizations.
• Attends and completes station, department or section required training as necessary for the position and as assigned.
• Obtains and maintains unescorted access to support plant needs.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accept ERO position as assigned and be able to meet the time response requirements.
• Accept outage position as assigned.

SPECIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION POSTED

• Ability to work independently and interface with all levels of personnel required.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering documents and drawings.
• Ability to use a personal computer and use of word processing and spreadsheet software.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Hybrid work-from-home schedule currently available to Engineers upon obtaining necessary qualifications.
• Overtime and alternate work schedules as assigned.
• Office environment and working inside plant buildings with periodic visits to other offices and company property.
• Support rotational engineering duty. Subject to callouts twenty-four hours per day seven days per week.
• Travel (including overnight stay) may be required for business trips and training.

POSITIONS

Engineer In Training I - 9304

EXPERIENCE

• Entry Level, no prior engineering experience required.
• Engineering Degree (Required)

Engineer In Training II - 9305

EXPERIENCE

• 6 months engineering, maintenance, or operations experience. (Required)
• Engineering Degree (Required)

Engineer/Specialist – 9307/9306

EXPERIENCE

• 1 year of engineering or maintenance or operations experience. (Required)
• Engineering Degree (Preferred)

Senior Engineer/Specialist – 9984/9992

EXPERIENCE

• 3 years engineering, maintenance, or operations experience in which two years is nuclear power related. (Required)
• Engineering Degree (Preferred)

Engineer Staff /Spec Eng Staff – 9985/9993

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years engineering or maintenance or operations experience in which three years is nuclear power related (Required)
• Engineering Degree (Preferred)

Engineer Consulting/Spec Eng Consulting – 9934/9973

EXPERIENCE

• 8 years engineering or maintenance or operations experience in which three years is nuclear power related (Required)
• Engineering Degree (Preferred)

Engineer Principal/Spec Eng Principal – 9972/9980

EXPERIENCE

• 12 years or more engineering, maintenance, or operations experience in which five years is nuclear power related (Required)
• Engineering Degree (Preferred)
• Engineering Management Team and GM Approval Required for Principal Engineer Level Personnel

Posting Closes - May 25, 2023

STP is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and is committed to nondiscrimination in all matters relating to employment throughout the organization. STP will make every good faith effort to meet or exceed its affirmative action goals and commitments.

We thank all individuals for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

NOTE: In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date.

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