Senior Nuclear Regulatory Affairs / Licensing Engineer

ALOIS Solutions; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Northwest seeks a Regulatory Affairs Engineer to provide regulatory and technical support for station initiatives and license renewal efforts at Columbia Generation Station. The role interfaces with Engineering Projects, plant organizations, vendors and NRC representatives.

The engineer will collaborate with licensing, project management and engineering teams, ensuring compliance with aging management programs and NRC requirements while delivering guidance to management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 12 years of engineering experience, including at least 2 years in a DOE or NRC-regulated nuclear environment
• PE license with 12 years of engineering experience, at least 4 in a DOE or NRC-regulated nuclear environment
• High school diploma or GED is required
• At least two career excellence activities (e.g., diverse assignments, management certification or RO/SRO license, industry working group participation)

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation to Energy Northwest management to ensure nuclear safety, licensing, and regulatory issues are identified, addressed, and resolved
• Provide strategic guidance on aging management and license renewal to management
• Represent Energy Northwest with regulators, industry work groups, workshops, and conferences
• Understand Environmental Review needs, including field and on-site visits as needed
• Collaborate with licensing, project management and engineering and other station departments to resolve regulatory issues related to long-term operation
• Keep management informed of latest license renewal policies, rules, and standards

Job description

• Provide regulatory support for significant station initiatives and/or Energy Northwest objectives.
• This includes interface with Engineering Projects team members, other plant organizations, representatives of supporting vendors, peers in industry and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• This individual provides the regulatory and technical support detailed below for assigned tasks following defined station processes.
• At the Engineer level this requires the ability to perform basic tasks with a limited amount of independence.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Provide consultation to Energy Northwest management to assure nuclear safety, licensing, and regulatory issues are identified, addressed, and resolved.
• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to management on matters affecting aging management and license renewal.
• Represent Energy Northwest with applicable regulators, industry work groups, workshops, and conferences.
• Understanding EN's Environmental Review needs which may include the conduct of field and onsite visits as needed.
• Collaborating with a team of experts in licensing, project management and engineering and other station departments to support discussion and resolution of regulatory issues associated with long term operation of Columbia Generation Station.
• Keeping management apprised of latest license renewal policies, rules, and standards that may need to be followed.

Skills and Experience:

• Requires knowledge and ability to apply general engineering principles, practices and theories, and methods to identify and solve routine problems.
• Ability to use more advanced techniques under guidance and provide guidance to others on matters related to Regulatory Affairs.
• Requires ability to use standard Microsoft Office suite products.
• Requires effective written and verbal communication skills with ability to cater to audiences which are non-technical or have varying levels of technical proficiency.

Required Education and Experience:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and twelve years of engineering experience in a technical environment, at least two of which must be in a Department of Energy or Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulated nuclear environment;

OR

• A PE license obtained by accredited examination and twelve years of engineering experience in a technical environment, at least four of which must be in a Department of Energy or Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulated nuclear environment.
• Prior experience preparing, submitting, and implementing license amendment requests, relief requests or other NRC approved licensing actions A high school diploma or GED is required.
• At least two career excellence activities (e.g diverse assignments, management certification or RO/SRO license, industry working group participation).

Desired Qualifications: (One or more of the following:)

• Prior experience supporting license renewal efforts for commercial nuclear power plants
• Experience as a technical reviewer of license renewal applications
• Participation in industry committees associated with license renewal
• Experience developing, implementing or auditing/inspecting aging management programs
• Experience preparing, submitting and implementing license amendment requests which are complex or unprecedented