at Westinghouse Electric Company in Burr Ridge, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, we have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Engineerwith Westinghouse, Fauske and Associates.
This position is hybrid in nature requiring 2 days/week on-site at the Westinghouse facility in Burr Ridge, IL about 45-minutes south west of Chicago. We are able to entertain all candidates authorized to work without sponsorship now and in the future as we are unable to sponsor Visa's for this opportunity.
Your Day-to-Day:
The lead engineer role will be responsible for ensuring we maintain technical superiority in the LWR and advanced reactor severe accident space using tools such as MAAP, FATE, and other custom generated modeling solutions. This role will be the technical lead for continuing support of the MAAP code with EPRI and existing customers. This role will lead and provide guidance to other experienced and less experienced engineers, provide direct engineering interface with other WEC organizations, and clients. This lead engineer will ensure that similar and consistent work products/effort are leveraged across the organization, including key interface with synergizing functional groups like Risk Analysis and eVinci Safety Analysis.
Lead analysis and coding efforts in the fields of nuclear severe accident (MAAP, MELCOR, etc.), thermal hydraulic and advanced nuclear reactor safety designs as a subject matter expert.
Mentor individuals on various analysis across the organization in the fields of nuclear severe accident, thermal hydraulics, and other reactor safety topics.
Will be the technical point of contact with customers and internal stakeholders on multiple ongoing projects and potential business opportunities.
Work with management team to ensure work scopes are planned and staffed appropriately to meet project and customer requirements.
Support management team in identifying industry trends and supporting industry meetings and conferences.
Ensure accuracy and completeness of tasks assigned to less experienced individuals.
Who You Are:
As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:
Bachelor's Degree in engineering (Chemical, Nuclear, Mechanical)
15+ in nuclear safety and severe accident analysis
Skills: expert in coding in C++, Fortran, Visual Basic, MathCAD, and/or python; c#, GIT source code control
Competencies: advanced mathematical and modeling skills, technical writing, thermodynamics, transport phenomena (momentum, heat, and mass), kinetics, multi-phase flow modeling
Nice-to-Have:
Masters Degree
Professional Engineering License
Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
Safety and Quality
Integrity and Trust
Customer Focus and Innovation
Speed and Passion to Win
Teamwork and Accountability
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
Competitive Salary
Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
Paid Vacations and Holidays
Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
Educational Reimbursement Program
Employee Referral Program
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.
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As an equal opportunity employer, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnams Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact Westinghouse for assistance.
