Senior Lead I&C Engineer (3910)

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Senior Lead I&C Engineer (3921) for a new Nuclear Fuel Facility.

Navarro is an award-winning provider of turnkey solutions, delivering comprehensive nuclear, environmental and technical services to federal agencies, commercial enterprises and private clients across the United States. Our expertise supports organizations such as the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Department of Defense and NASA, while also extending to commercial industries and private sector partners facing complex engineering, technical and environmental challenges. Navarro specializes in nuclear operations, environmental remediation, D&D, waste management, advanced energy, facilities management, and technical and professional services. For more information, please visit Navarro-inc.com.

Position Summary

The Senior/Lead I&C Engineer will provide technical leadership for instrumentation and controls scope supporting a new nuclear fuel facility. This role will lead control system design, safety-related controls, PLC/DCS/SIS integration, instrument specification, logic development, and controls deliverables for nuclear, chemical, DOE, or high-hazard facility systems.

The position requires a senior I&C engineer capable of leading design work, coordinating controls interfaces across engineering disciplines, supporting hazardous location and safety-related controls decisions, and guiding implementation from design through testing, commissioning, and startup.

Responsibilities

• Lead I&C engineering design activities for process control, safety-related controls, monitoring, interlocks, alarms, and facility control systems.
• Develop, review, and approve control narratives, logic diagrams, instrument specifications, instrument datasheets, loop diagrams, I/O lists, wiring diagrams, and control system architecture documents.
• Lead PLC, DCS, SIS, HMI, SCADA, alarm management, interlock, data acquisition, and safety-related controls design activities.
• Support hazardous location evaluations, safety-related control requirements, process safety reviews, operability reviews, design reviews, and safety basis interfaces.
• Coordinate I&C interfaces with process, piping, mechanical, HVAC, electrical, cybersecurity, radiological controls, safety basis, construction, vendors, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Review vendor control system packages, instrument submittals, factory acceptance test documentation, software configuration, and system integration deliverables.
• Provide technical direction to engineers and designers supporting control panels, instrumentation, field installation, testing, calibration, commissioning, and turnover.
• Maintain technical quality, configuration control, schedule alignment, and clear communication with project and client leadership.