Fire Protection Engineer

Fire Protection Engineer Duties

The successful candidate will perform the full range of Fire Protection Engineer duties. Such duties include but are not limited to:

• Reviewing and evaluating, regarding the safety consequences of fire, applications for source and special nuclear material licenses, safety analysis reports, and environmental reports for fuel cycle facilities engaged in nuclear fuel fabrication, chemical processing of nuclear materials, enrichment, scrap recovery, and waste processing.
• Recommending and developing NRC policy and assists in the drafting of regulations, standards, procedures, and guides governing the Commission's regulatory program.
• Evaluating, regarding fire safety, the applicant's technical qualifications, including the training and experience of the members of the applicant's staff, to operate nuclear facilities in a manner that protects public health and the environment and minimizes danger to life and property.
• Evaluating licensee administrative programs, staffing, procedures, and equipment for adequacy of identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of fire hazards.
• Making recommendations to management on programs and approaches needed to develop and maintain effective NRC fire safety policies, regulations, guidance, and programs. Makes professional presentations to other Agency offices as necessary to ensure effective communication.
• Preparing technical reports, documents, and publications as necessary to promote, support, and describe the NRC fire safety program.
• Maintaining technical knowledge of the fire hazards of licensed facility operations and identifies needed research work to appropriately understand and address any special issues that may arise. Advises management on matters involving application of fire safety principles to complex processes and equipment.
• Preparing written reports or technical publications, such as safety evaluation reports and environmental assessments, regarding the results of the evaluations and analyses which set forth the incumbent's conclusions and/or recommendations tor licensing action.
• Communicating with NRC staff and management, licensees, other Federal agencies, State and local officials, media, and members of the public regarding fire safety. Prepares responses to inquiries about Congressional, public, and others' concerns in matters of fuel cycle safety.