Site Design Engineering Civil Engineer

TerraPower LLC.; Kemmerer (WY); On-site; USD 109,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical and wellness benefits

401k plan

Generous PTO

Job summary

TerraPower is seeking a Site Design Engineer (Civil) to support the Natrium Demonstration Project near Kemmerer, Wyoming. The role focuses on design follow activities, interfacing with construction, licensing, and regulatory teams to ensure compliance with design basis and nuclear safety standards.

Based onsite, you will coordinate with stakeholders, review drawings, manage design changes, and help deliver reliable civil/structural solutions for a cutting-edge sodium-cooled reactor initiative.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Advanced degree and/or PE registration preferred.
• Experience interfacing with construction, procurement, quality, licensing, and regulatory entities to resolve onsite technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform design follow and oversight of civil/structural activities in direct support of construction, testing, startup, and turnover; ensure conformance to design basis and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as onsite engineering interface with stakeholders including construction management, field engineering, licensing, QA, procurement, and regulators; resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Disposition design changes and requests for information; manage priority conflicts across engineering tasks; elevate as needed to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Conflict resolution

Security clearance readiness

Nuclear design familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

PE license preferred

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-thinking visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Site Design Engineering Civil Engineer

The Site Design Engineering Civil Engineer will perform design follow activities and oversight as part of the civil engineering design team for the Natrium Demonstration Project, TerraPower's groundbreaking advanced sodium-cooled fast reactor plant under construction near Kemmerer, Wyoming. This role is critical in ensuring that engineering support aligns with construction, testing, startup, and turnover activities while maintaining compliance with the design and licensing basis, nuclear safety standards, and project requirements.

This position is based onsite at the Natrium Demonstration Project in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and reports to the Site Design Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Perform design follow and oversight of civil/structural activities in direct support of construction, testing, system startup, commissioning, and turnover to operations. This includes technical review, approval, and issuance of drawing and design deliverables to ensure they conform to the approved design basis, licensing commitments, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as key onsite engineering interface for civil/structural issues with key stakeholders, including construction management, field engineering teams, licensing and regulatory affairs, quality assurance, the utility owner/operator, procurement, suppliers, and external regulators (e.g., NRC). Resolve technical and engineering issues arising in the field efficiently and collaboratively.
• Disposition design changes, nonconformances, and requests for information for all TerraPower division of responsibility deliverables for the Natrium Demo project.
• Manage priority conflicts when competing demands emerge across engineering tasks. Partner with other team leads to resolve issues at the working level; elevate unresolved or high-impact conflicts to senior leadership for timely decisions.
• Support Project Controls organization, Field Engineering, Construction, Home Office, to prioritize work activities to support the construction schedule.
• Ensure all work processes, technical outputs, and deliverables adhere to contract requirements, TerraPower project standards, industry standards, and nuclear regulatory expectations for quality, configuration management, and design control.

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering from an accredited institution. Advanced degree and/or professional engineering registration (PE) preferred.
• 4+ years of engineering experience in design, construction support, or field engineering, preferably on large-scale EPC projects. Nuclear experience preferred. Job level based off of experience.
• Experience interfacing with construction, procurement, quality, licensing, and regulatory entities to resolve complex onsite technical issues while maintaining schedule and safety priorities is desired.
• Understanding of nuclear design and licensing basis requirements, configuration management, and quality assurance programs in regulated nuclear environments desired (e.g., 10CFR 50, 10CFR 52, NRC guidance).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution skills, with being part of high-performing teams in high-stakes environments.
• Ability to obtain and maintain site access and any required security clearances for work at a nuclear construction site required.
• Familiarization with codes used in nuclear construction desired. For instance, NQA-1, ASME Section III, VIII, B31.1, B31.3, ACI-349, 318, AISC N690, 360, IEEE 603.

This position is subject to qualification requirements in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.1. Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required. Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 0-10%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Salary Range: $108,600 - $141,039

Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. This range is specific to WY State.

Job Type: Full-time

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  • Medical
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affiliation Benefits
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Voluntary Self-Identification

As set forth in TerraPower LLC.’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.