I&C System Resident Engineer

Location: Idaho Falls,Idaho,United States

TITLE:                I&C System Resident Engineer

LOCATION:       Vendor Development Site, Idaho Falls, Idaho USA       

TerraPower® is a nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At our core, we are working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health.

In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment.  TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. TerraPower is committed to bringing sustainable, affordable and safe energy to address global issues. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Resident Engineer

The Instrumentation and Control System Resident Engineer will provide regular in-person oversight and support for the Instrumentation and Controls (I&C)/ Ops Training Simulator supplier and will be based out of Idaho Falls, ID. The resident engineer will report to the Instrumentation and Controls/Electrical (I&CE) Senior Manger as part of the Natrium Plant Delivery department and will support and coordinate cross functional and multi-disciplinary design activities.

The amount of time spent in Idaho Falls offices and TerraPower’s Bellevue offices and travel in-between will be highly dependent on the successful candidate’s geographic location and availability to travel on a regular basis. The ideal candidate will be located in or relocate to Idaho Falls to allow continuous in-person support and collaboration between key I&C vendor(s) and TerraPower’s teams. Candidate would travel periodically to TerraPower’s Bellevue office to meet with Natrium managers and stakeholders.

The I&C Resident Engineer will coordinate scope, schedule, and technical integration for safety system, non-safety system, and simulator project coordination. They will also support cross functional collaboration with procurement, licensing, safety analysis, and PRA.

The Instrumentation and Control team is responsible for Natrium plant I&C design and oversight of key I&C development. I&C Resident Engineer will work with the plant design oversight teams to support communication, identify and work through roadblocks, and align design details, and project execution strategies.

The Resident Engineer will work as part of a high performing team of engineers.

Responsibilities

•  Provides continuous vendor oversight of I&C design scope of work for the Natrium plant.

•  Functions as a direct and immediate conduit of communication to facilitate continued progression of design activities.

•  Travels to TerraPower’s Bellevue, WA office to meet with TerraPower Natrium managers and key stakeholders.

•  Supports TerraPower’s plant design oversight team by facilitating good communication between TerraPower and partner stakeholders and managers.

•  Supports TerraPower’s I&C vendor project management by resolving/clarifying scope and schedule issues and coordinating with the TerraPower plant design oversight team.

•  Supports alignment between I&C vendor and TerraPower on technical issues, Natrium procedures, plant design strategies, and implementation of