Associate - Staff Engineer Probabilistic Risk Assessment Innsbrook

Job Summary

Dominion Energy has an opportunity available to join the Probabilistic Risk Assessment group at Innsbrook Technical Center in Glen Allen, VA as an Associate level to Staff level Engineer.  The position will be filled at the level commensurate with the successful candidate's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) is part of the Nuclear Safety Engineering (NSE) organization in the Nuclear Analysis and Fuels & Regulatory Assurance (NAFRA) department.  PRA has responsibility for developing, maintaining, and applying probabilistic risk models to support Dominion Energy’s nuclear plants in Virginia, Connecticut, and South Carolina.  The PRA models are designed to evaluate plant response in the event of an accident at a nuclear power station.  They account for the design of plant systems and the responses of plant operators to potential accidents to evaluate the importance of systems and components to plant risk.  Risk insights are used to improve safety and efficiency of plant operations and maintenance. 

Job Responsibilities include:

• PRA Modeling - Use industry software to maintain PRA model files in accordance with the ASME/ANS PRA Standard;
• PRA Electrical Analysis - Circuit analysis, cable routing, failure mode analysis;
• Fire PRA Development - Development and refinement of Fire PRA models;
• PRA Applications - Perform analysis using the PRA models to support regulatory and elective risk-informed programs and applications (Maintenance Rule, NFPA 805, Significance Determination Process, Mitigating Systems Performance Index, etc.);
• PRA Documentation - Document model changes, supporting analyses, and PRA applications to efficiently and effectively establish model bases;
• PRA Project Management - Lead and manage PRA projects that involve multiple engineers and interface with multiple departments;
• PRA Software Testing - Perform testing and validation of new code versions and new software packages;
• Organizational Interface - Interface with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, IT, and other departments

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

The knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience that are required for entry into this job include the following:

• Associate Engineer: 0-2 years of experience;
• Engineer: 2-5 years of experience;
• Senior Engineer: 5-7 years of experience;
• Staff Engineer: 8+ years of experience. 

The successful candidate will be offered the Associate Engineer, Engineer, Sr. Engineer or Staff Engineer position commensurate with their experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

The preferred candidates will have:

• Previous work experience including Electrical Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment, or Operations/Station Engineering is desirable.
• Familiarity with Fire PRA, NFPA 805, Seismic PRA, 10 CFR 50.69, Technical Specifications, and/or Risk-Informed Applications (including RICT) is a plus.
• Shift Technical Advisor (STA) qualification is a plus.
• Knowledge of fundamental nuclear, mechanical, and electrical theory and engineering principles
• Knowledge of fundamental theory, design, systems, structures, components, and operation of pressurized water reactors
• Professional orientation and effective interpersonal skills; effective communication skills in both written and verbal forms; collaboration and knowledge sharing; initiative
• Extensive knowledge of engineering theories, principles, and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related field.\
• Extensive skilled in use of advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts and practices of the field and related sciences and disciplines.
• Full Knowledge of business/financial and contractual matters
• Recognized expert by other engineers and management in assigned area.
• Provides expert technical advice to other engineers and management in assigned area.
• Skilled in the use of advanced engineering techniques.
• Strong planning and project management skills.
• Strong technical and organizational leadership skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills (includes technical writing).
• In depth knowledge of various computer applications, with the ability to manipulate personal computer applications and perform engineering calculations using applicable software programs (e.g., Matlab, Excel, etc.).
• Proven decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to think analytically and solve complex problems.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply codes, regulations, and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Equally effective working independently or in team environment

Nuclear employees: Must have at least one year of Nuclear power experience.

REQUIRED ENGINEERING CRITERIA: 
For placement of a candidate in the Engineer job series, the following criteria must be met:   

Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an ABET accredited Engineering program based on the year that the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or 

Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an institution outside of the U.S. which is accredited through the country's own Engineering accrediting body under the Washington Accord as a full signatory, and is a degree that was recognized by the country's accrediting body on or after the date that full signatory status was achieved, or  

Possess a 4-year degree in Engineering (non-ABET accredited), Physics, Chemistry, Math or Engineering Technology and a post-graduate Engineering degree from an institution where the undergraduate degree in the same Engineering discipline is ABET-accredited based on the year the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or 

Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license. 

Education Requirements

Required Degree (equivalency not accepted in lieu of required degree):

Bachelor’s in Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other four-year accredited engineering degree with emphasis on nuclear engineering or engineering physics.

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Note: Dominion Energy minimum experience and education requirements may exceed stated ANSI standards and candidates must meet the Dominion Energy minimum requirements.

For Nuclear employees, this ANSI standard must be met, all of which is met or exceeded in the Engineer series job summaries with the exception of the Nuclear Power experience requirement of at least 1 year:

ANSI/ANS-3.1-2014, Section 4.6.1 Education requirements: Baccalaureate or associate degree in engineering or related science. Minimum experience for the position: Related experience which shall include 2 years; Nuclear power plant experience to include 1 year.

Working Conditions

Other Working Conditions

Safety-sensitive position, subject to random drug testing

Qualification for unescorted access to Dominion nuclear sites

Access to information under the purview of 10 CFR 810

Test Description

No Testing Required