I&C Engineer

Job Title:  I&C Engineer
Location: Surry, VA
Duration: 11+ months
Rate:  $80 – $91/hr
Per Diem: $100/day
Hours: 40/wk

High Level Project Overview:
The candidate will fill a position as an I&C Project Engineer. This role works with a cross-functional team of station stakeholders, project leads, and project managers to 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 Required Skills

1. Experience with nuclear power plant design, systems, and components
2. Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills in I&C
3. 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 (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

Education:
• Possess a 4-year Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent extensive electrical 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

FootBridge is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We make employment decisions based on qualifications and business needs, without discrimination on any basis, and we welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.