AutoPipe Pipe Stress Engineer

Requisition ID: 275013 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Reston, VA 

 

This position requires relocation to Reston VA.

 

Company Overview

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world’s infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customer’s objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

 

We serve the infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining and Metals; and Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values-ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants-integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers expect, and how we deliver. 

 

Project Overview

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

 

Responsibilities

• Essential duties include performing pipe stress analysis of systems in accordance with ASME B31.3 Code.
• Hands-on use of AutoPipe.
• The stress work includes the modeling of the piping systems to verify piping flexibility, stability, and qualification of equipment nozzle loads.
• Work closely with layout personnel and pipe support engineers to deliver a quality and cost-effective design.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and vendors as required.

 

Qualfications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

• Level 1: BS degree in engineering from an accredited college or university with a minimum of  1 year of related experience.

• Level 2: BS degree in engineering from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 3 years of related experience. 
• Must have the right to work and remain in the U.S. without sponsorshp.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Working knowledge of dynamic analysis and ASME B31.3 or B31.1 Codes.
• Prior experience using pipe stress analysis program such as ME101, Caesar II, and/or Bentley AutoPIPE.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using AutoPipe for pipe stress analysis.
• EIT certification.
• Previous Bechtel project experience.
• Previous DOD/DOE project experience.

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Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.  
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receiv