26 Management EN Systems Engineering

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades. 

We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity!

Job Summary:

As the Systems Engineering Group Supervisor (EGS), you will be responsible for supervising engineers and leading the systems engineering activities performed on the project. The successful candidate must have strong organizational and teamwork skills, proven problem-solving abilities, can-do attitude, and the desire to innovate processes. The Systems EGS reviews and approves key systems engineering documents and must have a broad knowledge of industry and regulatory standards, and design criteria pertinent to engineering. The Systems EGS is required to have a good knowledge of Bechtel’s administrative practices and supervisory experience. Additionally, the ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), can be the “face” of Bechtel, promoting our leadership, quality, and safety values, to external partners including vendors, construction companies, and other subcontractors. This role will be based in the project office located in Reston, VA. 

"This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and will require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership”. #LI-SNH

Major Responsibilities:

• Build an inclusive team environment where all are able and expected to contribute to the maximum of their capabilities.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to team members.
• Create meaningful goals working with the team and ensure goals are met.
• Manage the preparation and approve systems engineering work products.
• Supervise the day-to-day technical work of discipline systems engineers, scientists, specialists, and technologists.
• Manage the preparation and approve system and facility design requirement documents.
• Manage system-level requirements validation and verification processes which includes test specifications, acceptance criteria, and requirements flow down /traceability.
• Manage the systems engineering discipline estimates and work plan in accordance with project scope, schedule and budget.
• Manage periodic assessments to validate implementation and traceability of requirements into design.
• Manage the preparation of impact analyses for proposed requirement changes.
• Coordinate and facilitate technical discussions to resolve system design issues.
• Coordinate directly with client and regulatory representatives.  

Education and Experience Requirements:

• BS degree in Systems Engineering or other engineering field from an accredited university or college with 10-13 years of progressive related experience and a minimum of 4 years of experience in a leadership or supervisory role. At least 5 years of experience performing functional analysis and system design and in documenting system requirements and operations

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Basic Qualifications

• Must be authorized to live and work in the US without sponsorship (either US green card holder or US citizen). 
• Must be able to complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Minimum Qualifications

• International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) (or ability to obtain within 12 months).
• Possess a detailed understanding of Systems Engineering principles and methods, requirements management principles, and methods.
• Experience facilitating multi-discipline meetings to resolve technical and related requirements compliance issues.
• Experience working on a large, complex EPC contract.
• Knowledge of industry and regulatory guides, codes, standards and their influence on design.
• Experience in working with procedures meeting quality assurance programs such as ASME-NQA-1, MIL-Q-9858A, or ISO-9000.
• Proven leadership or supervisory experience.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience working with systems engineering tools, such as IBM® Rationale DOORS® or Innoslate by Spec Innovations on a project.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in a Nuclear Quality and Safety Environment.
• Experience in nuclear plant design (power plant or DOE facility).
• International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certification
• Familiar with implementation of nuclear safety and requirements in design.
• Experience in performing design and/or requirements change impact analysis.
• U.S. Professional Engineering License (or ability to obtain within 12 months).

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