Senior Principal Engineer

Requisition ID:  274971

• Relocation Authorized:  National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Richland, WA 
• Salary Range: $174,040 - $265,420 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.)

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our values - ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants - integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Project Overview

Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has "built the world" for more than 120 years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines. We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place. 

Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest. 

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.

This position is a full-time role located in the Richland, Washington project office, and works a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off

Position Summary

This position is for a Senior Principal Engineer who will execute the establishment of High-Level Waste (HLW) designing flowsheet feed characteristics design basis to update the documentation in the WTP Contract Specifications. Additionally, this position will have a vital role in the development and execution of an Optimized Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) for the direct-feed HLW scope and will collaborate with other contractors on the project as part of the greater One Hanford mission. This position will require technical assist in the verification and validation of the changes to the WAC and Glass formulation in research and technology testing of the primary HLW Melter off-gas system and rheology scaled testing to support confirmation of the WAC, Glass Formulation, and design completion. A strong technical and testing background in the development of the simulant to support this confirmational testing is required to integrate the WAC feed into the HLW process system with baseline and limits of performance testing in establishing operational ranges of the HLW primary process systems.  

The successful candidate must have strong organizational and teamwork skills, proven problem-solving abilities, can-do attitude, and the desire to innovate designs. 

Responsibilities

• Directly support the Technology Development PEM in all aspects of WAC, POC, and Confirmational testing
• Performs overall engineering design and engineering tasks, within a discipline, having significant complexity.
• Participates in reviewing and checking designs, drawings and data by other engineers or by suppliers.
• Establish basis for physical property ranges in TF (SE quadrant solids) for mixing, blending, carrier fluid, and transport to WTP HLW, focused on solids mobilization and transport [i.e., capabilities, limitation, and gaps in TF mixing, blending, and sampling].
• Support critical reviews with other Hanford contractors, and external stakeholders on initial WAC bases values and design basis for feed characteristics for Specification 1 & 8, DFHLW WAC and SLE return to TF.
• Originate test requirements for verifying and validating design. 
• Transfer design information from calculations to design drawings/models.
• Draft reports and memorandums to communicate technical design information.
• Coordinate requirements and design information with other client, customer, contractors, and other engineering disciplines.
• Review shop drawings, calculations, and RFIs related to design items during construction.
• Review vendor information from subcontractors and integrate it into the design solution.
• Execute to schedule requirement while maintaining a high degree of quality in work product.
• Coordinate closely with other technical disciplines in planning and executing work as an integrated team to ensure cohesiveness and quality.

Quallifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

• Prior experience in engineering for construction projects, with 15+ years of professional and relevant experience, including a bachelor's degree in an related mechanical and/or chemical engineering field, from an accredited university
• Prior experience working in a Nuclear Quality and Safety Environment.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical (if located at the construction site), and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
• Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site. (Even if teleworking, must still be able to comply with security requirements to obtain a badge)
• Must possess the right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship
• Must have an active Security Clearance or the ability to possess a Security Clearance

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Candidate must have strong organizational skills
• Current Professional Engineer's (PE) License
• Extensive knowledge of Tank Farms and the tank waste, integrated flow sheet, operational/equipment challenges, and capabilities in Tank Farms.
• Prior knowledge/expertise of the HLW/LAW flow process, tank waste characterization, operations, and delivery of radioactive Tank Sludge to WTP.  
• Extensive experience in teaming with DOE-ORP and DOE-HQ, and familiar with WTP processes and operating requirements, which are foundational to enable HLW success.

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At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components. 

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we've completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.  
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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