Senior Cooling Water & Fluid Systems Engineer

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL); Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 111,600 - 178,200; Full time

Job summary

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) seeks an experienced engineer to provide life-cycle support, operation, and upgrade of cooling water and liquid/gas systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and integrity of assigned equipment. The role involves supervising technical staff and coordinating maintenance and upgrade activities for complex plant systems.

Responsibilities include developing procedures, maintaining spare parts, and supporting design for corrective maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or related Engineering field with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 6+ years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a supervisory or lead technical role.
• Process experience with industrial fluid systems equipment including pumps, valves, piping, control systems, and water chemistry is required.
• Experience with preventative maintenance of pumps, heat exchangers, valves, and pressure relief devices, including experience developing and implementing comprehensive maintenance programs for plant systems is required.
• Experience in the preparation of technical documentation such as operational and maintenance procedures, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and process flow diagrams is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of operations, maintenance, and configuration management for experimental operations; define and oversee maintenance, testing, and repair activities on assigned systems.
• Develop and maintain procedures, specifications, maintenance and inspection plans, drawings, and training material to ensure safe and reliable operation during the systems life cycle.
• Define and maintain spare parts inventory.
• Provide design support for corrective maintenance of system components, including piping, pumps, valves, relief devices, and heat exchangers.
• Prepare and maintain engineering calculations and systems models to support system control and automation, understand performance limitations, document operational limits, and set alarm thresholds.
• Oversee operator training, operations and troubleshooting in support of experimental operations.
• Evaluate data collected during testing, commissioning, and operations to make recommendations for improved design or operational practices.
• Lead and direct assigned technical support and engineering staff, setting goals and performing performance appraisals.
• Plan, organize, and supervise daily work, schedule work to meet completion deadlines on assigned tasks.

Skills

Process experience

Maintenance programs

P&IDs

ASME B31.1/B31.3

LOTO

MS Office/Excel

Plant simulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Chemical Engineering

8+ years experience or Master's with 6+ years

PE license desirable

Tools

AFT Arrow

Fathom

MS Office

MS Excel

P&IDs

Job description

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) seeks an experienced engineer to provide life-cycle support, operation, and upgrade of cooling water and liquid/gas systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and integrity of assigned equipment. The role involves supervising technical staff and coordinating maintenance and upgrade activities for complex plant systems.

Responsibilities include developing procedures, maintaining spare parts, and supporting design for corrective maintenance.