Senior Mechanical Engineer, Nuclear BOP Design & Mentorship

Westinghouse Electric Company; Rock Hill (SC); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Vacations

Flexible Work Arrangements

Educational Reimbursement

Career Programs

Global Recognition

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company in Rock Hill, SC is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer for Balance of Plant (BOP) to develop design changes, support uprates, and resolve technical issues across operating plants. This hybrid role combines on-site work at the Rock Hill facility with remote days, and may involve collaboration with teams in Cranberry Township, PA.

You will mentor junior engineers, apply ASME/ANSI standards, and lead cross-functional efforts to deliver safe, reliable nuclear power

Qualifications

• BS degree in Mechanical (preferred), Civil, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or multiple engineering areas.
• Professional Engineer license (in any state).
• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• Power industry (e.g., nuclear power plant) experience.
• Ability to work with multiple functions to coordinate the flow of information.
• Ability to work in an international team environment.
• Ability to travel for site visits, short-term, or long-term assignments.
• Technical leadership competencies (i.e., application of technical knowledge, mentor, innovation, support product marketing, communication, industry influence, customer orientation, teamwork).

Responsibilities

• Develop design change packages following the Standard Design Process (SDP; IP-ENG-001) and other plant-specific design change processes for US and international nuclear power plants.
• Help develop engineering reports for US power uprates (i.e., system and program evaluations), in the Balance of Plant (BOP) area.
• Resolve technical issues for operating nuclear power plants (main scope), with potential involvement in new plants and other nuclear projects (e.g., fuel fabrication facilities).
• Work with a multi-discipline team of engineers in the design, analysis, and evaluation of systems and programs, including support to lead engineers, in the BOP area.
• Apply engineering principles and engineering codes & standards, such as ASME and ANSI, to the design, analysis, and evaluation of systems.
• Work with engineers in other disciplines such as electrical and civil/structural.
• Participate on project teams with internal and external representation.
• Participate in customer and vendor meetings to present technical materials and justification of services and product designs.
• Perform work within established scope, budgetary and schedule requirements.
• Identify and help develop new business opportunities, as available.
• Mentor more junior engineers.

Skills

SME engineering

10+ years experience

Power industry experience

PE license

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

International teamwork

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical (or Civil, Chemical, Industrial) Engineering

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company in Rock Hill, SC is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer for Balance of Plant (BOP) to develop design changes, support uprates, and resolve technical issues across operating plants. This hybrid role combines on-site work at the Rock Hill facility with remote days, and may involve collaboration with teams in Cranberry Township, PA.

You will mentor junior engineers, apply ASME/ANSI standards, and lead cross-functional efforts to deliver safe, reliable nuclear power