Facility Design Engineer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a Facility Design Engineer to join our fuel recycling engineering team.

Position Description:

The person in this role will be responsible for developing balance-of-plant design for a commercial-scale Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) recycling facility. Day-to-day activities will include process analysis, requirements generation, and equipment design and specification for various aspects of the facility. This role will include participation in cross-functional teams such as those with a focus on process equipment design, chemical and electrochemical engineering, I&C and software engineering, quality assurance, and licensing. Additionally, this role will interact with outside A&E firms supporting the facility development.

 

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Developing facility layouts, workflows, and infrastructure plans to optimize efficiency, safety, security and compliance

• Defining specifications, performance criteria, and requirements for facility process support equipment, including but not limited to:

  • Mechanical systems – pumps, heat exchangers, piping, valves, etc.

  • Electrical systems – transformers, switchgear, high-power DC rectifiers, etc.

  • I&C – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), instrumentation sensors, emergency shutdown systems (ESD)

  • Backup power generation – generators, fuel tanks and storage, uninterruptable power supplies, etc.

  • HVAC & ventilation

  • Water and waste systems

• Interacting and managing partner A&E firms supporting facility development work

• Project management relating to facility design

• Creation and/or oversight of building drawings: architectural, P&ID, pipe routing, etc.

• Establishing maintenance and reliability processes and procedures

• Generating maintenance and reliability documentation to be included in regulatory filings

 

Competencies:

We are looking for a Facility Design Engineer that is:

• Well versed with ‘balance-of-plant’ systems and components for large-scale manufacturing or chemical process facilities

• Proficient in 2D (and 3D) CAD modeling & drawing comprehension

• Capable of defining system requirements and understanding cross disciplinary needs

• Passionate about clean energy 

• An optimist at heart

• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality

• Willing and able to learn quickly

• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways 

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment

• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before 

• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems

• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

• An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!

 

Experience level:

5-10+ years of experience in facility design (or heavy modification), construction, and/or industrial engineering

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Engineering education, potentially Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, or Structural

• Experience working with large-scale manufacturing or chemical process facilities design or operation

• Project management and vendor management experience

• Experience with 2D and 3D CAD software

• Broad familiarity with engineering principles, including having strong systems engineering intuition

• Experience with ‘balance-of-plant’ facility design

• Experience with the engineering drawing types utilized for a large-scale facility

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience in the commercial or governmental nuclear sectors

• Experience designing for high reliability and extended maintenance intervals

• Experience with mechanized material handling systems

• Experience managing radioactive material

• Experience in facilities using a high-level of automation