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bachelor degree
Posted 11d ago
Apply by Sep 1
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will lead multidisciplinary engineering assignments, provide technical leadership, and ensure project deliverables meet quality and safety standards. They are also responsible for mentoring junior staff, managing project budgets and schedules, and coordinating with clients and vendors.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in General, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering and possess 10-14 years of experience in engineering design or nuclear facility operations. Proficiency in engineering software and familiarity with national codes and standards such as ASME and AWS are required.
Full job description
Overview
At Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services (VNSFS), located in Richland, Washington, we are working to support and provide innovative, sustainable, and elegant solutions to some of the most complex challenges facing our government and commercial clients. Located just minutes from anywhere in the Tri-Cities, Veolia offers a flexible and balanced schedule and is seeking talented, driven individuals that want to be part of a team, learn from industry experts, and support our clients’ projects.
The Senior Mechanical Engineer is an experienced engineer responsible for independently leading engineering assignments and providing technical leadership in support of engineering projects. They are expected to apply advanced engineering knowledge to solve complex technical challenges, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering efforts, mentor junior engineers, and serve as a technical resource to project teams, clients, and management. They are also expected to develop, evaluate, select, teach, and apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for conventional projects with some complex features. The Senior Engineer has acquired a broad general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields and must work and lead collaborative multidisciplinary teams. He or she will work on a major project or several projects of moderate scope with complex features.
The Senior Engineer understands professional and ethical responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Continuously develop technical knowledge and engineering competencies in specific knowledge areas.
Prepares/Assists proposals that provide engineering services for engineering projects or programs.
Lead/Support the planning, design, and execution of engineering projects.
Lead/Support project schedules, adherence to project budgets, and communicate progress to supervisors.
Provide technical leadership during project planning, scope development, scheduling, and estimating activities.
Prepare, review, approve, and ensure the technical quality of designs, drawings, calculations, computation methods, specifications, reports, and other project deliverables in their engineering discipline.
Evaluate vendor proposals and review vendor drawings, calculations, and technical submittals for compliance with project requirements.
Ensure work complies with applicable codes, regulations, client requirements, and company quality standards.
Provides engineering support for testing and/or construction.
Perform field inspections, testing, commissioning, or site visits.
Research, investigate, collect, organize, and analyze engineering data.
Designs and conducts experiments and analyzes and interprets data.
Identify technical issues and develop practical engineering solutions while elevating complex matters as appropriate and supporting troubleshooting and resolution of the issue.
Drive improvements to engineering standards, design practices, and work processes to enhance quality and efficiency.
Mentor Engineering staff by providing technical guidance, coaching, and development opportunities.
Promote a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Accountabilities:
For Engineering Staff to:
Lead other members of design team to complete all required project documents
Assigns tasks to and coordinates work with entry-level engineers
Assist in determining schedule and budget requirements
Receive a thorough review of completed work for application of sound professional judgment
Possess effective oral and written communication skills
To Manager and or PM of Engineering for:
Understand instruction on specific project objectives; attend project meetings and present specific aspects of the engineering design.
Obtain direction on unconventional and or complex problems and possible solutions
Assists with client, customer or official contacts and communication pertaining to specific assignments or meetings
Stewardship of assigned resources
Complete approved Engineering Plans on time, on budget and in accordance with expectations, including delivery in a safe and secure manner
Compliance with VNS Federal Services policies and procedures
Qualifications
Required Education/Experience
Bachelor’s degree in General, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering
10-14 years of experience in engineering design or Nuclear Facility Operation/Maintenance/Construction
Desired Experience
Working knowledge of MathCAD and AutoCAD/Civil 3D/SolidWorks
Working knowledge of System analyses software (i.e., RISA, AutoPipe, AFT Fathom/Arrow, etc.)
Working knowledge of national codes and standards such as IBC, ASME, AWS etc.
PE Licensed
Experience with Federal Projects within the Department of Defense, Department of Energy or Hanford Specific Experience
Familiarity with:
ASCE-7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
ASHRAE fundamentals and standards
ASME AG-1 Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment
ASME B31.X Power/Process/Building Service Piping
ASME BTH-1 Design of Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices
ASME BPVC Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
ASME Section IX Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Procedures
VNS Federal Services, LLC, is a company formed to deliver Veolia's robust capabilities to the U.S. government. VNS Federal Services is a subsidiary of Veolia North America, backed by thousands of employees and more than 2,000 patents, and dedicated to providing solutions on nuclear, waste management, remediation and secure infrastructure challenges.
Across North America, Veolia delivers an integrated value chain that includes a comprehensive range of innovative technologies and robotics, engineering, waste operations, and infrastructure and analytical services for facility operations, remediation, decommissioning, and the treatment of radioactive waste.
Veolia Group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with 215,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for the management of water, waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them. In 2024, the Veolia group provided 111 million inhabitants with drinking water and 98 million with sanitation, produced 42 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 65 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 44.7 billion euros ($52.5 billion) in 2024.
Offices: 295 Bradley Blvd, Suite 300, Richland, Washington 99352, US · 1571 Shyville Rd., Piketon, OH 45661, US · 659 Emory Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN 37830, US
Engineering and Environmental ServicesRemote Access Solutions (Robotics)Separation of Radioisotopes from Waste StreamsWaste Treatment and Stabilization/Disposition of Radioactive WasteManagement and Operations of Nuclear Facilities for government and commercial nuclear clientsand Infrastructure support and O&M of utilities for nuclear and non-nuclear facilitiesIndustrial EngineeringChemicalEnvironmental ConsultingRobotics
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