Senior Mechanical Engineer - Nuclear Generation

WSP USA; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer (Generation) - Nuclear to lead mechanical engineering efforts on diverse nuclear projects across the United States. You will work directly with clients, technology providers, and project teams to deliver safe, constructible, and executable solutions.

You will independently plan and execute assignments, review design criteria, and coordinate interfaces across disciplines while ensuring compliance with quality programs, codes, and licensing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited institution.
• Professional Engineer license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant mechanical engineering experience, including minimum 7 years in nuclear power.
• Demonstrated experience in at least one nuclear mechanical area, such as plant systems, mechanical equipment, piping, reactor components, plant modifications, commissioning, equipment reliability, maintenance, outage support, or field engineering.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, or approving controlled engineering deliverables such as calculations, specifications, technical evaluations, drawings, reports, procurement documents, system requirements, or design change packages.
• Working knowledge of engineering design control, configuration management, quality assurance, and the codes and standards applicable to the candidate’s area of mechanical engineering practice.
• Ability to evaluate technical problems, develop and compare practical design alternatives, document engineering decisions, and coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Ability to communicate technical issues and recommendations clearly with clients, project teams, suppliers, construction personnel, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to manage assigned scope, schedule, budget, technical interfaces, assumptions, and risks with appropriate oversight.
• Ability to travel to client offices, supplier facilities, laboratories, and nuclear sites when required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and deliver mechanical engineering assignments per quality programs, codes, standards, budget, and schedule.
• Lead mechanical engineering for operating nuclear facilities, plant upgrades, new nuclear projects, small modular reactors, and advanced-reactor assignments.
• Develop and review design criteria, design bases, system descriptions, calculations, specs, datasheets, equipment requisitions, evaluations, and reports.
• Apply mechanical engineering to plant systems/equipment like piping, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, HVAC, and reactor components.
• Perform engineering analyses including hydraulics, heat transfer, and design-basis calculations.
• Evaluate design alternatives considering safety, performance, constructability, reliability, lifecycle cost, and licensing requirements.
• Support supplier lifecycle: requisitions, bid evaluations, vendor reviews, fabrication or test support, and verification of design conformance.
• Assist project execution from concept to detailed design, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, maintenance, or outage execution.

Skills

Nuclear engineering

Piping systems

Design review

Client communication

Project management

Field engineering

Life extension

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Master's degree in mechanical or nuclear

Job description

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer (Generation) - Nuclear to lead mechanical engineering efforts on diverse nuclear projects across the United States. You will work directly with clients, technology providers, and project teams to deliver safe, constructible, and executable solutions.

You will independently plan and execute assignments, review design criteria, and coordinate interfaces across disciplines while ensuring compliance with quality programs, codes, and licensing