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Technical Leader – Mechanical Component Engineering
GE VernovaRemote, United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jun 2026
💰 $188,800/yr($113,200/yr – $188,800/yr)
About the role
Job Description Summary
Lead and mentor team with a focus to coordinate on 3 distinct areas on BWRX-300 project: 1) Mechanical Components: mechanical component and inline instrument selection, general mechanical and piping specifications, vendor interactions, and procurement engineering for the mechanical system teams; 2) Mechanical Component Engineering Standardization: standardization includes creation and maintenance of Design Document Standards (DDS), digital tool team interface, support architect engineering firms’ alignment as needed; 3) Project Level Documents: Mechanical-specific project level documents creation and updates.Job Description
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead integrated approaches and solutions across the diverse engineering disciplines: Mechanical component design / specification, procurement, testing, and providing direction for installation and operational requirements.
- Coordinate across matrixed Engineering teams to review, disposition, and provide vendor direction related drawing, specification, non-conformance, procedure, etc.
- Lead preparation of work planning, scheduling, and resource loading across Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction of components.
- Coordinate standardization: design deliverable standards development and maintenance, digital tool implementation and support architect engineering firm alignment
- Support project engineering or manager with; understanding execution metric and status, issues, risks, mitigation or recovery plans as well as being proactive to identify changes in scope – if customer driven, the support preparation of project change order (PCR).
- Drive compliance with scope, work plan, budget, and overall schedule as well as the applicable procurement package definitions, non-conformance processes, supplier oversight practices, and tools including design and technical reviews.
- Lead “day-to-day” operations and follow-up to ensure deliverables are produced and commitments met quality, specification, budget, and schedule.
- Identify, confirm, document, and lead resolution of technical risk or other emergent issues.
- Provide technical oversight and mentorship to ensure system designs and deliverables comply with all requirements throughout design release, procurement/fabrication, assembly, and site installation and testing.
- Support simplification and continuous process improvements.
- Champion nuclear safety culture – Ensure compliance with GVH policies, quality management system, and corrective action program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics or equivalent 4-year technical degree.
- 7 years of experience in heavy industrial, thermal power, or nuclear industry working in mechanical equipment and component design, including specification of design requirements, design development, procurement, test, and fabrication/installation support.
- 4 years of experience with ASME codes & standards or equivalent.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to domestic and international plant sites.
- The preferred work location for this role is at the GVH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered.
- This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
- 5 years of experience with BWR plant product family [e.g., BWR-4, -5, -6, ABWR, ESBWR] system design, plant engineering maintenance and modifications, new plant design certification and licensing.
- 5 years of experience performing independent, or preferably team based, equipment/component design or technical reviews including product requirements management, technical risk tracking/retirement, technical reviews, procurement and fabrication support.
- 5 years of experience with applicable industry standards [e.g., ASME, AWS, BWRVIP reports].
- Master of Science Degree in Engineering Discipline.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to write organized engineering documents.
- Strong interpersonal and proven leadership skills.
- Professional Engineers License is an asset.
- Experience working in or with an architect engineering (A/E) firm.
- Knowledgeable, skilled and experienced regulatory affairs and licensing processes [e.g.; NRC].
- Able and willing to take ownership and responsibility for scoping, planning, scheduling, budgeting, action tracking, prioritizatio
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