Senior Radiological Engineer

Requisition ID:  275136

• Relocation Authorized:  National - Accompanied
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Richland, WA 
• Salary Range: $90,990 - $160,220 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant).

Company 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 customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

 

Core to Bechtel is 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 can expect, and how we deliver.

 

Project Overview

Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has “built the world” for more than 120 years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines. We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

 

Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.

 

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland. Upon initial hire and onboarding, the position will require full time presence in the Richland, Washington project office, then may offer part-time telework flexibility. This position works a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off.

 

Position Summary

Monitors project design activities to assure ALARA principles are appropriately integrated into plant configuration, operations, and processes. Performs radiological engineering procedures development, radiation shielding design, dose assessments, and ALARA assessments. Performs shielding and radiological protection expertise to the area project organization during the design, commissioning, operations process. Provides general guidance and advice on all aspects of radiological engineering including radiological safety standards. Participates in interactions with the Department of Energy on technical design and safety issues. Prepare and documents ALARA design reviews, studies, and calculations. 

 

Responsibilities

You will be working as part of the HLW Engineering team designing shielding for the fluid and gas systems in the WTP process facilities. You will be responsible for ensuring ALARA is implemented into design deliverables and interfacing with CSA, Mechanical Engineering and Plant Design in work process execution. You will assure technical adequacy of radiological and contamination control engineered design features in the HLW facility in accordance with company, contract, and industry codes and standards. You will be authoring & checking technical calculations, reports, studies using MCNP, MicroShield and/or Attila software.

 

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in radiological system design and will be capable of developing design documents that support system design and incorporate the applicable design and nuclear safety requirements. You will be interfacing and coordinating with other engineering disciplines and the client in the development of the design.

 

Qualification and Skills

Basic Qualifications

• Level 1: A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Nuclear Engineering, Health Physics, or other engineerin