Maintenance Engineer at the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Requisition Id 16164 

Overview: 

We are seeking a Maintenance Engineer for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), primarily supporting the Cold Source upgrade project.  HFIR Maintenance Engineers are responsible for maintaining the HFIR equipment and facilities to ensure safe, reliable, predictable, and efficient operations. This scope includes the HFIR maintenance program and processes; implementation of corrective, predictive, preventative, and modification work activities; work scheduling; and outage management. HFIR Maintenance Engineers work closely with members of the HFIR Beamline Operations Section, Science staff, Instrument Engineers, Reactor Operations and Cold Source personnel, and Melton Valley Complex Facility Supervisors. 

  

This position resides in the Maintenance Engineering Group in the HFIR Maintenance Section, Research Reactors Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). 

  

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

Maintenance Planning and Task Leading: 

• Develop written directions to perform and document repetitive maintenance, corrective maintenance, and modification activities on nuclear safety related and non-nuclear equipment in an operating reactor facility. 

• Determine the required specifications for materials, and request/coordinate the procurement of required material. 

• Provide technical direction during field work to craft workers and supervisors. 

• Coordinate with equipment owners and facility management to accomplish work safely and with efficient use of resources. 

• Identify risks to personnel or plant and work with RRD/NSD/NTD and other personnel to plan appropriate risk mitigation, including those concerning health physics, industrial hygiene, and safety. 

• Understand and implement human performance principles in the planning of maintenance work packages. 

• Ensure that UT-Battelle policies concerning environmental protection, safety, ALARA, and quality assurance are considered and complied with. 

  

Maintenance Coordination and Scheduling: 

• Administer the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for a given area (e.g., mechanical, electrical, facilities), including the processing and initial task assignment or the administration of individual work activities. 

• Responsible for analyzing maintenance practices and procedures, equipment failures, identifying equipment operating, and reporting results as assigned. 

  

Additional Responsibilities: 

• Some duties will require work to be performed in a radiological area. 

• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success. 

  

Basic Qualifications: 

• A BS degree in engineering, applied science, or a related discipline with 5 or more years of relevant experience. 

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