Nuclear Corporate Mechanical Analysis - Engineer, Senior Engineer or Staff Engineer

 

Dominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day. If you want to work for a purpose-driven company that values safety and collaboration, we’re looking for you. You won’t just find a job here; you’ll find your career. Review the position below and apply today.

 

We offer a hybrid 3-2 work schedule (three days in the office, two days of teleworking) to accommodate the need for flexibility.

Military service members and veterans with ranks from E5-E9, W1-CW5, or O3-O6, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined below will be considered for this opportunity. 

At this time, Dominion Energy cannot transfer or sponsor a work visa or employment authorization for this position.

 

 

Job Summary

Nuclear Power has played an important role in meeting the world’s electrical energy needs for 50+ years.  With power demand rising dramatically in the decades ahead, Nuclear Power will be indispensable in meeting the concurrent challenges of Reliability and Affordability while also limiting air pollution. 

 

For engineers, very few industries can match Nuclear Power for its ability to offer dynamic technical challenges with long-term job security.  Dominion Energy is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to update and upgrade its four nuclear power stations to ensure their safe, reliable, and efficient operations.  These long-term improvements require extensive support from our various engineering teams, including the Corporate Mechanical Analysis Department.

 

The Corporate Mechanical Analysis team is actively seeking to hire one “Engineer.”  The role will be filled at the Engineer, Senior Engineer, or Staff Engineer level commensurate with the selected candidate’s education, experience, knowledge, and abilities. 

Job Responsibilities

The Corporate Mechanical Analysis Department has a broad scope of responsibilities.  For the posted position, we are seeking a highly motivated candidate experienced in several of the areas outlined below.

 

• Fleet leadership of Air-Operated Valve (AOV) Program and analysis support for Dominion Energy nuclear fleet AOVs.  Duties including, but not limited to, delta pressure and flow analysis for basis of design basis thrust values and component weak link analysis / allowables and capabilities.  Similar experience for MOVs considered.

 

• Provides design expertise and ownership of HVAC system and building thermal models, High Energy Line Break (HELB) analysis, and associated calculations for the fleet.

 

• Provides design expertise, ownership, and maintenance of thermo-hydraulic models and associated calculations for (key/critical) plant systems for the fleet. These models/calculations generally provide design inputs to the safety analyses or surveillance procedures (Inservice Testing (IST).

 

• Coordinates updates to key mechanical design standards and specifications.

 

• Technical review of mechanical design changes, calculations, analyses, specifications, drawings, and vendor documents.

 

• Support design change reviews, interdisciplinary coordination, and regulatory screenings as required (e.g., 10 CFR 50.59).

 

• Apply sound engineering judgment in the evaluation, selection, adaptation, and modification of engineering methods, standards, and criteria.

 

• Interpret and apply applicable codes, standards, regulations, and industry guidance to maintain plant design and licensing bases

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

The knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience that are required for entry into this job include the following:

 

• Staff Engineer:            8+ years of relevant engineering experience plus required ABET accredited engineering degree

• Senior Engineer:         5+ years of relevant engineering experience plus required ABET accredited engineering degree

• Engineer:                    2+ years of relevant engineering experience plus required ABET accredited engineering degree

 

• An Engineering PhD can be substituted for up to 5 years of experience based on research engineering work on related projects approved by executive leadership.)

 

• Knowledge of mechanical engineering theories, principles, and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related-fields

 

• Extensive skilled in use of advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories,