Sr Plant I&C Systems Engineer

Solicitation/Role Title: Sr Plant I&C Systems Engineer
Location, (City, State, Country): Remote,
Travel Expectations: Occasional / 1 trip per month, Wilmington, NC

Role Summary / Purpose
Senior Engineer - Plant I&C System Design performs a range of activities such as; requirements management, systems architecture and design, reactor protection, plant process control and monitoring plus automation logic, algorithm, input/output, and set-point development as well as develop plant, system, and component, equipment, platform specifications, diagrams, data lists with associated functional, performance, and environmental qualification plans. Participates in cross- discipline reviews and work planning. Scope covers test and power reactors including nuclear and turbine island, balance of plant and yard.
Selection preference given to individuals deployed from suppliers with; 1) prior DOE experience, 2) operational staff performing similar work for other customers, 3) possibility of non- GEH work, and 4) facility <6 hours driving distance.
Onsite presence, both planned and emergent, maybe as low as 50%. US Citizenship Only - US Government DOE or DOD projects.

Essential Responsibilities
• Prepare design basis information using a requirements management approach for; plant I&C systems architecture, reactor protection, diverse back-up, plant control and monitoring (C&M) and automation functions
• Prepare design documents in accordance with plant level ones such as; safety design strategy, safety and transient analysis, probabilistic risk analysis, orders, regulatory guidance, industry standards, human factors, safety hazards, reliability, cyber security, customer technical requirements, etc.
• Prepare design documents by eliciting requirements from plant level requirements documents as well as system level requirements documents such as; system design description (SDD), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), heating ventilation and
air conditioning (HVAC) duct and instrumentation diagrams (D&ID’s), etc.


• Architect assignment of reactor protection, diverse back-up, and plant process C&M as well as automation functions on discrete relay, analog, or digital equipment
• Optimize assignment of functions on digital hardware and software platforms between distributed control systems (DCS) or stand-alone programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) including associated data communications inter-operability and integration
• Prepare process control designs using applicable techniques such as; proportional-integral-derivative (PID), cascade, feed forward, 1, 2, and 3 sensor element, etc.
• Prepare detailed design documents, diagrams, drawings, datasheets, databases, lists, reports, specifications such as; functional block, sequential flow, ladder logic, digital logic, input/output (I/O) data tables, dynamic modelling and simulation, equipment electrical and heating loads, envelope or outline physical and layout 3D models and 2D drawings
• Prepare component and equipment purchase specifications including; function, performance, interface, installation, and equipment qualification
• Perform instrument application engineering including setpoint calculations with detailed knowledge of actual sensors and transducers including their original equipment manufacturer (OEM) model capabilities
• Prepare instrument datasheets, instrument connection wiring diagrams (I-CWD), or “loop” diagrams, instrument installation drawings, instrument rack lists, instrument rack drawings, etc.
• Develop initial or conceptual “simplified” logic followed by increasingly higher fidelity intermediate preliminary or final detailed design plant logic using Visio in a manner that supports dynamic simulation that is independent from the down-stream DCS platform or PLC OEM’s specific configurator tools or environments
• Collaborate on post- final detailed design phase OEM specific analog, relay, DCS, or PLC implementation teams to develop, perform, and review unit, module, system, and integration test plans and results including; simulation, independent verification and validation (V&V), factory acceptance test (FAT), multi-system integration factory acceptance test (MFAT), site acceptance test (SAT) and pre-operational tests as well as licensing inspection, test, or analysis and acceptance criteria (ITAAC)
• Use structured design change, configuration, document management involving; design verification (DV), independent verification and validation (IV&V), quality assurance (QA), etc.
• Lead plant I&C design for C&M functions and systems covering:
o Safety-Related {NRC} or Safety Class (SC) {DOE} [e.g.; reactor protection system]
o Significant to safety, regulatory treatment of non- safety systems (RTNSS) {NRC} or Safety Significant (SS) {DOE} [e.g.; fuel and auxiliary pool cooling system]
o NonSafety-Related (NSR) {NRC} or Non- Safety (NS) {DOE} [e.g. moisture separator/reheater system]
• Perform plant C&M functions, sub-system and systems design
• Perform cost-benefit optioneering or trade-off studies for technical risk, function, performance, margin, and cost optimization
• Ensure design bases is adequately documented and conforms with nuclear [DOE, NRC, CNSC, UK ONR, IAEA] regulations, guidance, generic design certifications, licensing commitments, and applicable industry standards [ANSI, ASME, IEEE, IEC, ISA]
• Use variety of modern software based tools for; requirements [DOORS], design [Visio], analysis [Matlab], change, configuration, and document management
• Identify, confirm, document, and lead resolution of technical issues

Qualifications / Requirements
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Nuclear, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science or Technology, Electrical, Software or Systems Engineering or equivalent 4 year technical degree
• 15 years of experience with solid skill and knowledge of design, requisition, or field engineering related or similar to one or a combination of BWR "core" control and monitoring functions and systems including;
o reactor protection system, OR
o engineered safety functions and auxiliary system, OR
o standby liquid control system, OR
o diverse protection system, OR
o leak detection and isolation system, OR
o nuclear boiler system, OR
o fuel and auxiliary pool cooling system, OR
o reactor water cleanup and shutdown cooling system, OR
o gravity driven cooling system, OR
o isolation condenser system, OR
o reactor component closed cooling water, OR
o steam bypass and pressure control system, OR,
o feedwater control system, OR
o steam turbine auxiliary systems, OR
o plant service water, OR
o instrument air compressors, OR
o AC or DC electric load groups, OR
o standby and ancillary diesel generators, OR
o HVAC, OR
o plant automation system, OR
o condition monitoring system
• 15 years of experience with solid skill and knowledge of plant process control using applicable techniques [e.g.; proportional-integral-derivative (PID), cascade, feed forward, 1, 2, and 3 sensor element, ladder logic, sequential function]

Additional Desired Characteristics
• Master of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics or equivalent 4 year technical degree
• Professional Engineer - Control Systems by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
• PMI/PMP certified or proven project management experience
• Senior Reactor Operator (SRO)
• Experience with various quality standards; NQA-1, AS9000, ISO9000
• Experience in DCS, or PLC application, deployment and support engineering of complex, high reliability, harsh environment, real time operating digital systems preferably microprocessor based involving single point failure criterion, dual-triple-quad redundancy, signal acquisition, data processing, inter-networking, separation, human factors, safety hazards, reliability, simulation, cyber security requirements, using modern platforms [e.g.; GE Mark-VIe/ControlST, Allen-Bradley, Westinghouse CommonQ, DeltaV, Foxboro I/A, Triconex TRICON, Emerson Ovation, Siemens System7 or TelepermXP]
• Experience in regulatory affairs and licensing processes in general and NRC specifically such as 10 CFR 50/52, NUREGs, BTPs, ISGs, SRMs, TMIs, and RG 1.53, 1.62, 1.75, 1.89, 1.97, 1.152, 1.153, 1.155, 1.168, 1.169, 1.170, 1.171, 1.172, 1.173, 1.180, 1.189,
1.209, and 5.71
• Experience with IEEE Std. 603, 7-4.3.2, 828, 829, 830, 1008, 1012, 1028, 1042, and 1074
• Experience with IEC Std. 60xxx, 61xxx and 62xxx series
• Experience with requirements management practices and tools [e.g.; DOORS]
• Solid experience with systems and component design, analysis, modeling, simulation, and test data collection tools [3KeyMaster, Easy5, Simulink, GSE Simsuite, LabView, MathCad, Mathmatica, MatLab, MatrixX, ETAP]
• Experience performing independent, or preferably team based, system design or technical reviews including interfacing with Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) and quality assurance (QA) organizations
• Solid experience with functional, performance, margin and qualification [environmental, seismic, embedded digital] testing methods
• Clear thinker, detail oriented, insightful, quantitative, results oriented - Able to learn quickly and make reasoned, sound, and timely decisions
• Exceptional technical writing in general with focus on requirements and design documents