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Westinghouse Electric Company lists this Instrumentation and Control Engineer opportunity in surry, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
I&C Engineer
Dominion Energy - Surry, VA
1 year contract
$100 per hour
**Preference for hybrid candidate with part of time physically at Surry
**Flexibility for full remote for the right candidate, but occasional travel will be needed for site walkdowns and stakeholder meetings
PER DIEM (live more than 50 miles from site)
Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.
The candidate will fill a position as an I&C Project Engineer for the Surry Digital I&C Program. The Digital I&C project is a 10+ year effort as part of Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) to upgrade safety and non-safety-related analog systems to state-of-the-art digital technology and modernize the main control room. This role works with a cross-functional team of station stakeholders, project leads, and project managers to prepare and evaluate modifications to the plant design.
Responsibilities include:
Developing and contributing to safety system I&C architecture decision-making, conceptual designs, and scoping refinement
Reviewing and/or preparing engineering products (e.g., Design / Engineering Change packages, Specifications, Calculations, Technical Evaluations, Hazard Analyses)
Overseeing contracted engineering work and ensuring consistency and compliance with Dominion Energy and industry standards
Providing technical support, input, and oversight for Factory and Site Acceptance Testing and Simulations (e.g., reviewing and approving procedures and observing activities)
Interfacing with the primary equipment supplier and project stakeholders to support technical reviews and input
Analyzing engineering risk and failure modes and incorporating mitigating strategies in the designs
Reporting and presenting status to engineering team lead, project managers, and management team on a periodic basis
Top 3 Required Skills:
Experience with nuclear power plant design, systems, and components
Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills in I&C
Specification, technical, engineering writing ability
Strongly Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
50.59 (screen and evaluation) and nuclear licensing experience, including usage of vendor topical reports
Standard Design Process qualification for nuclear Engineering Changes desired, but not required
Engineering specification qualification, including the ability to interpret and apply industry regulations and standards
Candidates will be expected to have or gain familiarity with Surry’s nuclear power plant design, including the Electrical Distribution System and or the Instrumentation and Control Systems at the station.
Knowledge of and experience with nuclear protection systems, specifically PWR process protection, reactor trip systems (RTS), and engineered safety feature actuation systems (ESFAS)
Knowledge of and experience with requirements engineering and management
Experience with digital industrial systems such as Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and/or Programmable Logic Controller xxzpjkt (PLC) systems and associated computers, communications, and networks
In-depth knowledge of industry advances in control system monitoring, testing and analysis of control equipment, and controls theory
Knowledge of and experience with power plant controls, steam turbine control systems, combustion turbine control systems, balance of plant control systems
Knowledge of and experience with electrical and electronics theory
Preferred Years of Experience:
6+ years of directly-related instrumentation & controls design engineering experience in a power generating station, nuclear background strongly preferred
10+ years of industry experience
Education:
Possess a 4-year Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering Degree or equivalent extensive electrical/I&C/computer/systems engineering field experience
Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license can be used in lieu of a 4-year degree
Worksite address
surry, VA, 23883, US
Who can apply
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