Senior Licensing

Requisition ID: 272483 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Reston, VA 
• Requisition Posting End Date: 11/21/2023 

 

Bechtel 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.

 

Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from several national laboratories and universities. We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity! Bechtel work is being executed in Reston, Virginia. 

 

 

Role Overview:

This position will be responsible for executing assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering/licensing requirements for the Natrium project. This position has technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, and coordinating these assignments. This involves exploration of a subject area, the definition of scope, and may involve the development of novel concepts, approaches, and solutions. Additionally, this position will be interfacing and coordinating with other engineering disciplines and the teaming partners in the development of the design and licensing documents.

 

The ideal candidate will have solid experience in nuclear plant licensing and the application of the Licensing Modernization Program (NEI 18-04) to a license application. The ideal candidate will also be capable of developing licensing data/documents and supporting other disciplines design and have experience interfacing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The ideal candidate must also have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), promoting our leadership, quality, and safety values, to external partners including vendors, construction companies, and other subcontractors.

 

 

Responsibilities:

• Work to discipline work processes and assure technical adequacy in accordance with company, contract, and industry codes and standards.
• Be accountable for error-free deliverables.
• Develop, check, and review technical reports and studies, and licensing documentation.
• Work in an inclusive team environment where all are able and expected to contribute to the maximum of their capabilities. Work with the team and ensure goals are met.
• Establish and maintain work plans to ensure schedules are met and stakeholder requirements are satisfied. Provide input to estimate hours and schedules.
• Devise new approaches to solving problems from a variety of detailed technical options and assess cost implications.
• Support licensing efforts that drive the cost-effective design for the entire facility.
• Ensure compliance with flow sheet and