Senior Structural Engineer Energy - Remote

AtkinsRéalis; Oak Ridge (TN); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join our team in a fully remote capacity, aligned with our Oak Ridge, Tennessee office. You will contribute to complex nuclear and commercial infrastructure projects, bringing a strong technical background in structural design and analysis to deliver safe, innovative engineering solutions.

The role interfaces with multiple disciplines, applies industry best practices and regulatory guidance, and involves advanced calculations, layout

Qualifications

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, and overseeing the construction and maintenance of infrastructure projects.
• Responsible for the overall design and analysis of safety and non-safety related structures for nuclear and commercial projects.
• Interfaces with other disciplines for structural design and layouts with significant project impact.
• Applies knowledge of codes, standards, and regulatory guidance to ensure design compliance.
• Performs advanced engineering calculations, including foundation and structural analyses and FEAs.
• Generates and reviews civil layouts, foundation details, steelwork, and architectural features.
• Specializes in design documents and plant modifications coordinating with designers.
• Specializes in routine engineering analysis to identify and resolve equipment problems.
• Familiar with national codes and standards relevant to CS&A engineering.
• Ensures design criteria, specifications, and safety licensing basis are used in media preparation.
• Works in multi-discipline teams ensuring cross-disciplinary design integration.
• Provides guidance to more junior colleagues.
• Performs checking and reviews to ensure design media accuracy per company policies.
• Works to assigned schedules ensuring timely work and corrective actions for delays.
• Recommends new equipment, concepts, and techniques to improve performance and design.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, tests, and oversees construction and maintenance of infrastructure projects.
• Oversees design and analysis of safety and non-safety structures for nuclear and commercial projects.
• Collaborates with mechanical, nuclear, operations and electrical teams for integrated structural layouts.
• Applies regulatory guidance and industry standards to ensure compliance.
• Performs advanced calculations including foundation and frame analyses and FEAs.
• Creates civil layouts, foundation details, steelwork details and architectural features.
• Coordinates with designers on design documents and plant modifications.
• Manages engineering analysis activities to identify and resolve equipment and system issues.
• Aware of applicable codes and standards for CS&A engineering.
• Ensures design media and licensing basis reflect project requirements and safety criteria.
• Works within multi-discipline teams to ensure design integration across disciplines.
• Mentors junior engineers and provides technical guidance.
• Reviews design media for accuracy and adherence to procedures.
• Maintains schedules and initiates corrective actions to prevent delays.
• Recommends new equipment and techniques to improve performance.

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join our team in a fully remote capacity. This position is aligned with our Oak Ridge, Tennessee office and offers the opportunity to contribute to complex nuclear and commercial infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate is an experienced structural engineering professional with a strong technical background, demonstrated expertise in structural design and analysis, and a commitment to delivering safe, innovative, and high-quality engineering solutions.

Your role

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, and overseeing the construction and maintenance of infrastructure projects.
• Responsible for the overall design and analysis of safety and non-safety related structures for nuclear and commercial projects.
• Regularly interfaces with the other technical disciplines (mechanical, nuclear, operations and electrical engineering teams) for structural design and layouts having a significant impact on project.
• Applies extensive knowledge and experience, industry best practices, regulatory guidance, codes and standards, and good engineering judgment to ensure the design is compliant with International regulatory criteria and industry best practices.
• Performs a variety of advanced engineering calculations using traditional engineering methods or Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to document compliance with project and code requirements, which may include; foundation analyses, structural frame analyses and one-off FEA model analyses.
• Generates and reviews civil layout plans, foundation details, steelwork details and architectural feature design. This includes the design of containment, reactor buildings and support systems with reinforced concrete, steel, and composite/advanced materials.
• Specializes in the preparation and approval of design documents and plant modifications, including coordination with designers in document development in accordance with approved procedures, processes and design requirements.
• Specializes in routine development, management and implementation of engineering analysis, activities and programs to identify and resolve routine equipment and system problems.
• Familiar with national codes and standards appropriate to the CS&A Engineering discipline.
• Ensures relevant design criteria, specifications, practices, procedures and codes and site design and safety and licensing basis are used in preparation of design media.
• Works in multi-discipline teams on project-based work and ensures integration of design across multiple disciplines.
• Provides guidance to more junior colleagues.
• Performs checking and reviews to ensure accuracy of design media in accordance with company policies and procedures and client expectations.
• Works to assigned schedules ensuring the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of work and initiates corrective measures to overcome delays.
• Recommends new equipment, concepts and techniques to improve performance, simplify design,