Senior Mechanical Engineer

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

MSTS is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for a Facility/System Engineering position at our PULSE facility.  The PULSE facility is an underground nuclear facility located within the Forward Areas of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) that supports Subcritical Experiments performed by the National Weapons Laboratories.

Key Responsibilities

• Support maintaining overall cognizance of assigned facility systems, providing systems engineering support for operations and maintenance, and technical support of line management safety responsibilities for ensuring continued system operational readiness.
• Validate physical configuration of assigned systems. Maintains and updates system documents for Configuration Management (CM). Understands the functions and performance criteria for assigned systems per the Safety Basis, and acts as the subject matter expert for assigned systems.
• Support the In-service-Inspection and Technical Surveillance Requirement execution of assigned systems.
• Devise imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions requiring evaluation of standards and processes. Solutions may be unique.
• Contribute to development of engineering solutions employing new principles, concepts, and/or techniques. Demonstrate advanced communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment. Recognized Subject Matter Expert by internal colleagues. May be lead author on paper/poster.
• Contribute to strategies, reports and technical proposals.
• Develop processes, procedures, work instructions.
• Perform design and technical activities that require interpretation and correlation of codes and standards, complex computer software, and unique processes and procedures tailored for the work being executed.
• Serve as an internal subject matter expert in their discipline and is recognized by their colleagues as such.
• Coordinate execution of assigned projects. 
• Prepare procurement requirements and work statements for subcontracts, and evaluates bids. 
• Coordinate work within their discipline on moderately complex projects.
• Serve as lead on teams requiring coordination with other teams. Coordinates work with other project team members.
• May monitor work of and provide guidance to skilled technicians and other support personnel or craft.
• Define training program for less experienced staff in engineering skills. Advisor on work of less experienced staff.

• Minimum Education and Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees
  • Or, Calculus-based STEM bachelor’s degree in engineering
  • Or, for Architects, Certification from the National Council or Architectural Registration Board (NCARB)
  • Or Professional Engineer license
• Plus at least 5 years’ relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge; graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Knowledge of how codes and standards of other disciplines affect their discipline.
• Ability to interpret codes and standards applicable to the position.
• Demonstrated desire to learn and innovate.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions and procedures.
• Knowledge of instrumentation & control, elect