Engineer II

Engineer II

Waterford, CT, United States

Specific duties include:

• Monitoring and trending of electrical system health
• Preparation of engineering technical evaluations
• Development of maintenance strategies and corrective action plans and supporting development of design change documentation.
• Perform other duties as requested or assigned
• The candidate will work in a broad range of Electrical Power and I&C issues both on the component and system level.
• Candidates will be expected to have familiarity with nuclear power plant design, including the Electrical Distribution System and or the Instrumentation and Control Systems at the station.
• A Training program will be provided for the new candidate to obtain a required basic level of knowledge for understanding, plant design basis, operations, maintenances as well as work planning structure, including normal and emergency operating procedures.

Engineer II/Engineering Technical Specialist II candidates will be expected to lead small, cross-functional groups in solving system problems and planning for future equipment reliability. They are expected to be able to work with minimal supervisor direction.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience:

• Engineer II/Engineering Technical Specialist II: 3+ years of relevant engineering experience;
• Knowledge and application of engineering theories and principles, concepts, and fundamentals;
• Requires developmental experience in a professional engineering position;
• Competency in applying engineering principles, fundamental concepts, practices and procedures requiring some evaluation, originality and/or ingenuity to achieve project objectives;
• Understands and can apply knowledge of configuration management;
• Ability to perform engineering calculations using applicable software programs (e.g. MATLAB, Excel, etc.);
• Planning, organizational and project management skills;
• Ability to develop and exercise leadership skills;
• Effective decision making skills;
• Effective oral and written communication skills (includes technical writing);
• Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems;
• Ability to interpret codes, regulations and practices;
• Equally effective working independently or in a team environment;
• Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.

For placement of a candidate in the Engineer job series, the following criteria must be met:

Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an ABET accredited Engineering program based on the year that the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, OR Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an institution outside of the U.S. which is accredited through the country's own Engineering accrediting body under the Washington Accord as a full signatory, and is a degree that was recognized by the country's accrediting body on or after the date that full signatory status was achieved, OR Possess a 4-year degree in Engineering (non-ABET accredited), Physics, Chemistry, Math or Engineering Technology and a post-graduate Engineering degree from an institution where the undergraduate degree in the same Engineering discipline is ABET-accredited based on the year the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, OR Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license.

Required degree (equivalency not accepted in lieu of required degree):

• Bachelor
• Required discipline(s): Engineering, Electrical preferred
• Engineering Technical Specialist can hold a BS Degree in another technical field OR additional relevant engineering experience.