Job Description Summary

The Senior Piping Engineer will work within the Piping Analysis team of GE Hitachi. The Piping Analysis team is responsible for performing analysis of nuclear safety related piping and piping supports in order to show code and regulatory compliance. The group services both New Plants Projects and the existing GEH BWR fleet. The Piping & Analysis team has strong interfaces with the Systems Design, Civil Structural Design, Reactor Design, and Integrated Plants Design teams.
The preferred work location for this role is at the GEH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

The Senior Piping Engineer is required to understand, define and analyze piping and pipe supports to meet industry standards and regulatory requirements.

In addition, you will be requested to:

• Utilize knowledge and experience to solve and deliver outcomes to customers.
• Work cooperatively throughout GEH to develop approaches for solving technical issues. Communicate potential solutions and work status effectively to the organization.
• Provide leadership and technical direction to personnel and projects.
• Support procurement and subcontract activities associated with new plant projects. 
• Represent GEH at industry forums such as ASME meetings and BWROG conferences.
• Maintain and develop technical design procedures associated with piping and pipe support analysis activities.
• Procure, maintain, and facilitate the use of analysis software.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Structural Engineering (Other Engineering Disciplines may be acceptable based on work experience)
• Minimum 8 years of experience in piping and/or pipe supports design and analysis.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The preferred work location for this role is at the GEH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered.

Desired Qualifications:

• Nuclear Industry knowledge / experience
• Working knowledge and experience with of ASME Section III analysis including subsections NB, NC, ND and NF
• ASME Section III Class 1 Fatigue design experience
• Experience with performing High Energy Line Break and Leak Before Break Analysis
• Experience with piping and pipe support analysis software like PIPESTRESS, AutoPIPE, Caesar, GT STRUDL
• PE or EIT in training certificate
• Strong communication skills and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Strong analytical and process skills
• Strong data analyst capabilities and ability to create small automation scripts to streamline analyses.
• Ability to work effectively within a highly collaborative environment.
• A self-starter willing to take initiative.

The salary range for this position is $112K – 158KUSD Annual. 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 variable incentive compensation.

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.

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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.

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