Nuclear Core Reload Design Engineer Lead

Vistra Nuclear Operations Company; Texas; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Nuclear Operations Company invites applications for a Nuclear Fuel Reload Design Engineer. The role leads planning, integration, and execution of reactor-core fuel reload designs, coordinating engineering, fuel vendors, operations, licensing, and QA to ensure safe, compliant, and schedule-ready outcomes.

The position supports multiple sites, including Comanche Peak in Glen Rose, TX, with emphasis on cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver technically sound designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited program.
• Minimum six years of relevant engineering experience.
• Ability to interpret technical analyses and effectively communicate technical information, recommendations, risks and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan, and perform engineering activities to meet objectives and business needs.
• Lead evaluation and resolution of complex technical and operational issues using sound engineering judgment.
• Coordinate projects, studies, and initiatives through completion, including scope, milestones, risks, resources, and deliverables.
• Support and coordinate nuclear fuel and core design activities, including fuel management strategy and reactor-physics analyses.
• Provide technical integration across engineering disciplines and affected organizations to ensure work is complete and reviewed.
• Lead project meetings, technical reviews, and readiness activities; communicate status, risks, decisions, and recommendations.
• Prepare and present technical reports, evaluations, and recommendations supporting complex engineering decisions.

Skills

Engineering judgment

Cross-functional coordination

Nuclear engineering

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Vistra Nuclear Operations Company invites applications for a Nuclear Fuel Reload Design Engineer. The role leads planning, integration, and execution of reactor-core fuel reload designs, coordinating engineering, fuel vendors, operations, licensing, and QA to ensure safe, compliant, and schedule-ready outcomes.

The position supports multiple sites, including Comanche Peak in Glen Rose, TX, with emphasis on cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver technically sound designs.