Process Engineer, Chemical Energy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Designs and conceptualizes system architecture, flow diagrams, and piping/instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) for nuclear facilities, auxiliary systems, or fuel cycle models.

• Conducts thorough evaluations to guarantee that systems, structures, and components uphold chemical safety, criticality controls, radiation shielding, and defense-in-depth principles under both normal and abnormal conditions, including accident scenarios.

• Ensures that all engineering designs are compliant with local, state, and federal standards, including DOE or NRC regulations.

• Selects, tests, and specifies mechanical components, valves, and vessels to ensure their durability in highly regulated and hazardous environments.

• Analyzes test or validation data to enhance the efficiency of existing nuclear facilities.

• Produces essential design deliverables such as Process drawings, Process Flow Diagrams, and Process & Instrumentation Diagrams/Engineering Flow Diagrams.

• Prepares, reviews, and/or approves calculations including mass, energy, and flow balances, as well as pipe and equipment sizing.

• Composes engineering documents such as specifications for process equipment.

• Ensures that design deliverables meet high standards and comply with relevant regulations, standards, and customer-specific requirements, including nuclear quality assurance standards.

• Verifies that design consultants and sub-contractors employ suitably qualified and experienced personnel.

• Generates documentation that is technically precise, grammatically correct, properly formatted, and professionally presented.

• Develops solutions to technical challenges and ensures that necessary change control is executed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field.

• A minimum of two (2) years of post-baccalaureate experience.

• Previous experience providing engineering support for nuclear facility design, construction, or operations.

• Excellent communication skills in a complex, multi-tiered environment.

• Strong organizational abilities.

• Comprehensive knowledge of key NRC regulations, design codes, and standards for commercial nuclear facilities is required.

• Familiarity with related design software codes, including process simulation software.

• Professional Engineering (PE) License is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Paid Time Off.

• Leave of absence options.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Recognition and employee satisfaction initiatives.

• Employee assistance program.

• Voluntary benefits.