ENGINEER - NUCLEAR

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

Radiochemistry Engineer/Analyst

Jason Smith

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, Fuel Engineering is looking for a new graduate/early career Radiochemistry Analysis Engineer to join the Product Performance Engineering team.

Your Day-to-Day

• Perform and support Radiochemistry/Coolant Activity analysis work for US and international Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) customers, following approved methodologies, procedures and internal processes while maintaining focus on nuclear safety and quality to produce error-free work.
• Radiochemistry/Coolant Activity Analyses support continued plant operations by tracking and analyzing fission product activity levels in the primary coolant to determine the quantitative properties of operating/irradiated fuel.
• Develop skills necessary to assume more independent assignments and verify evaluations and analyses performed by others.
• Support emergent issues and interface with our customer base and other functional groups within Westinghouse to support safe plant operation.

• Provide customer support during plant startup, normal operations, and shutdown conditions, and assist in resolving emergent and industry identified issues.
• Participate in introductory training focused on radiochemistry/coolant activity analyses and fuel performance.
• Provide technical knowledge to support development of fuel performance models, methods, and planned software code upgrades for new fuel products, including cladding, fuel materials, and higher burnup/enrichment fuel.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering or Chemical Engineering or recognized equivalent required
• General knowledge of nuclear reactor physics and theory required
• General knowledge of radiochemistry and balance of plant preferred
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, experience working effectively in a team environment
• Willingness and ability to travel to domestic and international customer sites if required

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

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