Job Description Summary

The U.S. Licensing Technical Leader, Regulatory Affairs, will provide supervision and Technical Leadership for a team of Licensing Engineers for the completion of various technical licensing work scopes in the United States, including new reactor licensing for the Natrium and BWRX-300 Advanced Nuclear Projects, operating fleet licensing support, customer plant support on GE Hitachi (GEH) / Global Nuclear Fuels (GNF) nuclear methods, and working with GEH / GNF Engineering and Regulatory Affairs teams on major projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

The U.S. Licensing Technical Leader, Regulatory Affairs, will report to the U.S. Senior Licensing Manager, and will provide supervision and Technical Leadership for a team of Licensing Engineers for the following activities:

• Development of work plans and ensuring schedule adherence for all licensing deliverables while maintaining a high standard of quality.
• Adherence to all applicable procedures and to project-specific work plans and instructions.
• Identify and originate Condition Reports to drive continuous improvements as necessary.
• Ensure training of team members is up to date.
• Process documents in the Product Lifecycle Management tool including uploading quality records and supporting documentation and creating change actions with assigned reviewers and approvals.
• Prepare, coordinate, and implement limitations and conditions for U.S. Licensing Topical Reports (LTRs) in support of new reactor licensing, including preparation of responses to customer and regulator questions
• Prepare licensing basis documentation in support of customer licensing applications in the U.S. for new reactor construction and operations, including Preliminary Safety Analysis Reports (PSARs), Final Safety Analysis Reports (FSARs), Technical Specifications, Technical Specification Bases, and Availability Controls Manuals
• Prepare licensing basis documentation and reports supporting customer License Amendment Request (LAR) and Exemption applications, including Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) markups and revisions and Technical Specifications changes
• Support customer requests for preparation or review of unreviewed safety question determinations, including preparation of Technical Safety Evaluation Reports and working with internal teams coordinating licensing status of various fuel design changes and fuel and reactor methods changes
• Interface with customers and regulatory personnel on regulatory issues, and to secure applicable permissions and approvals related to work scopes

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a science or engineering discipline from an accredited university or college, with a minimum of 7 years of related professional work experience including:
  - 4 years of commercial operating or new proposed nuclear power plant experience
  - 2 years of experience leading or independently completing complex projects, and providing regulatory guidance / direction to contributing functions (i.e., Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Analysis)

OR

• Master's Degree in a science or engineering discipline from an accredited university or college, with a minimum of 6 years of related professional work experience including:
  - 3 years of commercial operating or new proposed nuclear power plant experience
  - 2 years of experience leading or independently completing complex projects, and providing regulatory guidance / direction to contributing functions (i.e., Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Analysis)

• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a site security clearance, including any required regulatory background check.
• Position is remote with relocation optional and negotiable within the first year of employment, with ability and willingness to travel up to 25% as needed.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.  Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).  This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.

Desired Characteristics

• Technical knowledge in new nuclear plant design and/or licensing including knowledge of requirements under 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 52
• Experiencing managing teams of Licensing Engineers involved in licensing activities for operating and new nuclear power plant design, construction, commissioning, and operations
• Technical knowledge of one or more areas, such as nuclear fuel, operating plants, deterministic safety analyses, probabilistic safety assessments, etc.
• Working knowledge of advanced Small Modular Reactor light water reactor systems, fuel, or operations
• Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in working / communicating with regulatory and customer personnel
• Experience working with industry groups (i.e., NEI and Owners Groups) on nuclear licensing matters
• International licensing and/or technical nuclear power plant experience
• Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to create technical reports suitable for a wide range of audiences
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills
• Process skills related to coordinating and documenting complex technical documents
• Externally focused: takes action to enhance the reputation of the company / represents the company well at all opportunities
• Clear thinker: communicates messages clearly and concisely with the ability to make decisions with speed and accuracy based on the best available information / ability to sift through complex information and focus on critical few priorities

The salary range for this position is 108 - 181K. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus.

Available health and welfare benefits include healthcare, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage; savings account options (such as a Health Care Flexible Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account, and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account); and an employee assistance program. Additional benefits include a defined contribution 401(k) plan, employee life insurance, optional dependent life insurance, employee accidental death or dismemberment insurance coverage, salary continuance program benefits for disability, optional long- term disability, pre-tax transportation/commuter program, paid holidays, paid time off, parental leave, a layoff plan for salaried employees, tuition reimbursement program, use of Cariloop, adoption assistance, optional identity theft prevention insurance, optional personal legal assistance, and optional personal excess liability insurance.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position