Principal Engineer
US Citizenship Required - 1 position
SRNS @ SRS, Aiken, SC
RFQ# 1268 / contract: 1 year w/ 2 opt years / Deadline 1/6/2025

SUMMARY:
Define the scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges that involve unique or controversial problems. Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
Apply technical experience in a field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields to resolve complex problems.
Incorporate advanced technical practices and various complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or unique materials or processes, and complex coordination or oversight requirements into problem-solving and program planning.
Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s} of technical knowledge.
Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new applications of existing engineering or scientific principles.
Evaluate the results of programs and prepare reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology. Prepare plans, including schedules, budgets, and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management.
Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor budget expenditures, and review the quality of work performed.
Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscript form to customers, colleagues, and management.
Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
Enhance expertise in the field through leadership in local technical societies.
Demonstrate creative ability through patent disclosures, problem-solving, engineering reports, technical papers, and articles.
DUTIES (SPECIFIC FOR THE POSTING)
Provide design engineering staff augmentation support to SRNS. Primary responsibilities include engineering analysis, walk-downs, design development, and generation of design output documents, including but not limited to P&IDs; Control Logics, Loop Diagrams; Instrument Indices, Setpoint Lists; Instrument and Control Valve Specifications; DCS and PLC Design; Instrument Location and Installation Design; Panel Layouts; and Vendor Document Review.
Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures. SRNS will provide programmatic guidance

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Education/Experience:
Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years' experience.
OR
MS with 8+ years' experience. OR A BS with 10+ years' experience or more.
Position specific: BS Degree in one of the following disciplines: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, I&C Engineering, or current registration as a Professional Engineer in one of the above disciplines.
Candidate must demonstrate ten (10) years of direct I&C design experience (within the last 15 years) in the nuclear or process chemical industry.
Candidate must demonstrate design experience with process control instrumentation, PLCs and distributed control systems. Proficiency in using MicroStation 2D Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software is required.
Candidate must be able to perform weekly field walk-downs of the job site for the engineering work. These walk-downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for over half a mile, climbing ladders to access remote areas, and dressing out in protective clothing and environments requiring a respirator.
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance.
Previous SRS Design Engineering or DOE facility experience (preferred)