Nuclear Security Specialist

Job Description Summary

The Nuclear Security Specialist performs a leadership role on the Plant Layout and Program Integration Team for the research and development phase for the new nuclear reactors within a team environment, working with partner organizations and suppliers to advance plant conceptual and detailed design and successfully deliver a new plants project. The candidate will produce an economically superior design by employing a balance of cutting edge and proven technologies and will be responsible for development and implementation of licensing and technical requirements along with the associated work processes for advanced work in new nuclear plants.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Demonstrates expertise in the areas of physical security and emergency preparedness in support of new plant design and development. The role requires experience with development and implementation of physical security and emergency preparedness requirements and the ability to work in secured information facilities under both national and international security requirements.
• Provide knowledge of integrated design processes pertaining to security and emergency preparedness.
• Establish processes and procedures for new plant design as related to emergency preparedness, physical security, and major event mitigation (B.5.b, SAFER, FLEX).

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
• Minimum 8 years of experience serving in an engineering capacity.
• Minimum 8 years of experience incorporating cybersecurity and SGI regulatory requirements.

• Relocation to Wilmington, NC is required.
• Ability and Willingness to travel up to 15-20% of the time.
• 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.

• Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to document, plan, market and manage programs that further the knowledge, understanding and capability of the organization.
• Problem solving skills.
• Experience with the development and implementation of physical security and emergency preparedness requirements at domestic and international licensed commercial nuclear facilities, and the ability to work in secured information facilities under both national and international security requirements.
• Experienced with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Safeguards Information (SGI) requirements.
• Broad Electrical & Civil plant systems and components design experience in Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) and Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR).
• Ability to effectively collaborate between cross-functional engineering design teams both internal and external to the organization.
• Ability to effectively function in a dynamic design environment, manage the demands of multiple tasks and projects, while maintaining an uncompromised commitment to personal and nuclear safety principles.