Senior Engineer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, we have an exciting opportunity for a Valve Group Engineer .

Your Day-to-Day:

• Perform valve setpoints calculations and update of valve datasheet according with customer requirements
• Perform weak-link calculations
• Analyze and evaluate valve traces obtained during the diagnostic works performed over the valves required by our customer
• Develop valve sizing requirements for plant design or modifications.
• Develop of technical reports within the Valve Engineering discipline
• Identify problems and propose solutions (troubleshooting) to projects and tasks that are identified by our customer at nuclear power plant related to valves
• Provide technical assistance to outage activities at customer site (initially focused on Spanish plants but could be for international plants also); during these periods of time, it could be necessary to work on specific shifts to be adapted to plant needing (8 to 12 hours per day)
• Develop of technical reports related to outage activities
• Provide technical support to other disciplines (I&C, electrical, civil & structural, license, layout) in different projects and design modifications
• Communicate nature and status of work performed to appropriate technical lead and management
• Participate in customer, vendor, and regulator meetings as needed to present technical materials and justification of services and product designs
• Perform work within established scope and schedule requirements

Who You Are:

As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:

- Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical preferred). Nuclear Engineering Master will be valued

- Experience with MOV (Motor Operated Valves) and AOV (Air Operated Valves)

- Experience with Microsoft Office Software Suite (specially focused on Access and Excel)

- Experience with traces Analysis Software (i.e. QUIKLOOK)

- Analytical skills over mechanical and electrical issues on MOV and AOV

- Detailed knowledge over ASME and ASME OM standards and EPRI guides

- Ability to travel to other Westinghouse offices and Customer sites (international travel included)

Desired Skills:

- Fluent in written and spoken in English (minimum B2 or equivalent)

- Fluent in written and spoken in Spanish

- Fluent in written and spoken in Catalan (it will be valued)

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Strong organizational skills and teamwork oriented

- Strong time management skills (working to a deadline while balancing multiple tasks)

- Be able to resolve complex problems

- Be customer oriented and used to deal with plant customer staff

- Be used to deal with problems and emergent issues at nuclear power plants

- Any specific nuclear knowledge will be valued

- Highly motivated with a desire to improve and continually develop

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being.  In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability.

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