Radioactive Material Transport Engineer

Job Description

Position Title: Radioactive Material Transport Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Radioactive Material Transport Engineer opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the development of the nuclear packaging and transportation program to ensure of equipment and services readiness in compliance with reactor's schedule needs, including:
• Packaging-related activities:
• Participate in design, procedure, and test reviewsEnsure that schedules related to shipping containers are maintained
• Develop specifications and testing documentation
• Help ensure compliance with 10CFR 71 and 49 CFR regulations
• Support Company 10 CFR50 QA program in all packaging-related activities
• Support onsite oversight during fabrication of shipping containers, as needed
• Interface with the teams from Company and various companies for the use of the shipping containers
• Interface with the teams from Company and various companies through design, testing, licensing and fabrication of the shipping containers
• Interface with Procurement and Contract Administrators from procurement through delivery of the shipping containers
• Evaluate packaging needs based on different reactor scenarios to ensure that equipment will be available to support reactor operations
• Transportation-related activities:
• Assist in development of Company's strategy for procurement of transportation services in collaboration with procurement and other stakeholders
• Participate actively in the Company nuclear material transportation risk management plan
• Support the development of safety and security transportation procedures in compliance with Class 7 regulations
• Act as the Company point of contact for all technical aspects related to nuclear material packaging and transportation
• Influence Company's development of a fleet logistics program to support scaling of reactor deployment.
  
  
  

Job Qualifications:

• Education – Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent preferred, but degrees in other disciplines will be considered.
• Candidate should have 2-10 years of engineering experience.
• Familiarity with nuclear industry and terminology from experience with a nuclear logistics provider, commercial nuclear power station, fuel fabricator, National Lab, US Navy Nuclear program, or equivalent.
• Ability to read and interpret regulations from multiple government entities having purview over shipment of radioactive materials.
• Familiarity with hazardous material transport truck transport, especially Class 7 materials, is desirable.
• Familiarity with nuclear fuel fabrication, shipping container design and fabrication, and/or transportation of radioactive materials is desirable.
• Familiarity with austenitic steel fabrication.
• Comfortable working with Regulatory Guides.
• Ability to critically evaluate detailed engineering models and drawings.
• Ability to write high-quality documents such as engineering documents, transportation guides and procedures, risk management plans, etc.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week with a distributed team.
• Travel Required: 0-5%.
  
  
  

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Pay Rate Range: $37 -$74/hr (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience)
• Location: Bellevue, WA or 100% Remote Acceptable
• Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status
  
  
  

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

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