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Job Description
The Plant Engineering organization is responsible for technical activities relating to operations and maintenance of equipment for the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).
Key Responsibilities
- Assign and ensure Plant Engineering staff meet training requirements and maintain their qualifications to perform work
- Define the technical resolution for condition reports, and facilitates or completes assigned corrective actions
- Develop budget and schedule for their organization
- Ensure the health and safety of staff by implementing the principles of ISMS
- Facilitate interfaces across multiple project organizations, tracking closure of technical issues/comments and ensuring the quality of final products
- Implement appropriate corrective actions, up to and including cessation of work, when work is not in compliance with requirements
- Interface with other Hanford organizations as appropriate to ensure common approaches to engineering processes and problem resolution
- Lead various size groups of engineers and/or specialists, encouraging employee development and exhibiting good leadership principles
- Maintain cognizance and protection of design and operating margins
- Perform all work in compliance with environmental permits and regulations
- Perform work to established procedures, guides, and execution planning
- Present information verbally or in writing to groups internal and external to the project team
- Present ideas clearly and listens effectively to the ideas of others
- Provide technical input to, review of, and approval of Operations and Maintenance Technical Documents, including work package instructions
- Provide technical support and assistance to operations and maintenance activities
- Support the WTP Nuclear Safety Quality Culture by emphasizing the values of safety and quality in the performance of work
- This job description is not intended to include every duty, task or instruction for which an employee is responsible. Other tasks may be assigned, based on business needs and the department supervisor’s request
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent education) in an appropriate engineering discipline or related science from a four-year accredited college or university.
- Experience: Minimum of 12 years of related professional experience with at least 3 years of experience directing the work of others as either a lead or supervisor.
- Professional Engineering License
- One year of nuclear facility experience
- Experience in processing facilities, DOE facilities, or DOD facilities
- Experience with national consensus codes and standards
- Experience with fire, air, and/or ventilation systems
- Experience working with regulators
- Progression to the next grade is based upon complexity of assignment and sustained performance.
- (EFNM) Exposed Field Non-Manual- Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes, and telephone operation. Arranges for and/or performs presentations, oral reports, planning meetings, and other formal and informal contacts, requiring long periods of sitting. Oversees field activities through inspections, testing and equipment operations, which requires walking, standing, bending, and turning along with wearing of personal protective equipment. Occasional loading, transport, and unloading of tools and/or supplies specific to an activity.
- This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Must be authorized to work and remain in the United States without Amentum visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site. (Even if teleworking, must still be able to comply with security requirements to obtain a badge.)
- Non-U.S. citizens from countries identified by the Department of Energy as posing heightened security concerns—including sensitive countries, state sponsors of terrorism, countries of risk, and other designated countries –are subject to additional security requirements .
- Amentum is a global company with a heritage dating back more than 100 years and delivering solutions in nuclear energy, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and national security. Our predecessors helped build Hoover Dam, protected fighting forces in World War II, and supported the Manhattan Project. Today, our teams clean up legacy nuclear waste around the world, manage the United Kingdom’s defense portfolio, design programs and tests for Navy submarine electronic systems, and provide integrated supply chain services needed in developing countries during the pandemic.
- Amentum has joined with Bechtel to create an LLC, known as the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
- Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
Benefits & Perks
- Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off and holidays
- Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
- Educational reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tax-saving options
- Disability and life insurance
- Pet insurance
- Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
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