US ITER Project Engineer - Plasma Heating Systems
Requisition Id 9980
Overview:
The United States is a partner nation in ITER, an unprecedented international collaboration of scientists and engineers working to design, construct, and assemble a burning plasma experiment that can demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy. A self-heated burning plasma is a crucial step in fusion energy development. US ITER is a DOE Office of Science project hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. Partner labs are Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). ITER's other partners are the People's Republic of China, the European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation. Find out more about this exciting project at www.usiter.org and www.iter.org.
US ITER is seeking an entry level or early career engineer with an interest in supporting the design and procurement of Heating Systems hardware scope being delivered by US ITER. This will include a broad spectrum of hardware ranging from state-of-the-art custom designed components to commercially available equipment. In this role you will have the opportunity to lead or facilitate the scoping, planning, defining, justifying, reviewing, and reporting of the preliminary and final design. You will have the opportunity to prepare for procurement and manufacturing of hardware. You will have the opportunity to support the management of manufacturing contracts of various sizes. You will interface with designers, engineers and subject matter experts within the US ITER project and personnel at the ITER headquarters in France. You will support the Control Account Manager by contributing and facilitating work with team members within guidelines established by US ITER Engineering Systems.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with Control Account Manager, Technical Project Officers, Quality Assurance Officers, Procurement Officers, Team Leads, Design & Analysis Engineers and Subject Matter Experts within US ITER Engineering Systems to develop project engineering deliverables detailing and verifying the requirements for high power RF and microwave heating systems.
- Facilitate development of procurement documentation including, statements of work, technical specification, procurement descriptions, and component classifications.
- Prepare preliminary shipping, installation, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning plans.
- Participate in technical review of final design documents and drawings including Process Flow Diagrams, Process & Instrumentation Diagrams, Technical Specifications, analysis and calculations.
- Support the Control Account Manager and design engineers to prepare and participate in the Preliminary and Final Design Reviews with ITER International Organization and subsequent closeout of punch list actions.
- Manage configuration control activities of deliverables during design and fabrication phases.
- Assist the Technical Project Officer to lead evaluation of proposals for vendor selection and contract award.
- Assist the Technical Project Officer to monitor fabrication contracts with industry for ITER components and report progress and variances.
- Evaluate fabrication deviation requests and non-conformances from industrial suppliers.
- Foreign and domestic travel to fabricators, support subcontractors, and sponsor (IO) facilities is required.
Basic Qualifications:
- BS in Engineering or a related discipline
- Demonstrated ability to pro-actively collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to evaluate problems, investigate and propose solutions and document the design.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS in Engineering or Graduate Degree related to Project Management.
- Experience in supporting complex technical projects with design and manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of manufacturing and design processes as well as project management methods.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize of project management principals and tools to support execution of project.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to support the successful achievement of project goals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits at ORNL: UT Battelle offers an exceptional benefits package to include matching 401K, Pension Plan, Paid Vacation and Medical / Dental plan. Onsite amenities include Credit Union, Medical Clinic and free Fitness facilities.
Relocation: Moving is stressful and expensive, and UT Battelle offers a wide range of relocation benefits for individuals and families to make it easier to come and work here. If you are invited to interview, please ask your Recruiter about relocating with ORNL.
This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.
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