Principal Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop HVAC designs and produce design output documents, including calculations for equipment sizing, duct sizing, pressure drops, cooling tower sizing, heating and cooling loads, and air balancing.
• Create and modify piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), system descriptions, and mechanical equipment lists.
• Coordinate HVAC design with fire protection design and review vendor documents.
• Define the scope of technical programs and develop effective, high-quality solutions to unique or complex engineering challenges.
• Apply advanced technical practices, including complicated requirements, new or special materials and processes, and difficult coordination needs, to problem solving and program planning.
• Provide technical leadership and direction across departments on programs that need new approaches or new applications of existing engineering principles.
• Prepare plans, schedules, budgets, and staffing requirements for technical tasks; monitor progress, expenditures, and quality of work.
• Evaluate program results and prepare reports and recommendations.
• Identify and recommend improvements where existing technology or methods fall short.
• Communicate results and objectives verbally and in writing to customers, colleagues, and management, and occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
• Mentor and guide less senior engineers.
• Stay current on advancements in the field and contribute through technical societies, patent disclosures, technical papers, and articles.
• Perform weekly field walkdowns of job sites to support ongoing engineering work.

Required Qualifications

• Education and experience: Ph.D. in an applicable science or engineering discipline with 5+ years of experience, an MS with 8+ years, or a BS with 10+ years.
• BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Nuclear Engineering, or current Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Mechanical, Chemical, or Nuclear Engineering.
• At least 10 years of HVAC design experience in the nuclear or process chemical industry.
• Working knowledge of NFPA 90A, 90B, 91, and 801; ASHRAE Fundamentals; ASME AG-1, 509, and 510; SMACNA; and ARI 410, 430, and 450.
• Ability to walk down systems in the field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance. An active clearance is not required to start; the selected candidate will be told when to apply based on work assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DOE clearance (L or Q) held within the past two years.
• Experience with 2D MicroStation CADD.
• Prior design experience with the Client and familiarity with its processes and procedures for engineering support to Client facilities.

Physical Requirements

Field walkdowns may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking more than half a mile, climbing ladders to reach remote areas, and wearing protective clothing.