Job Title:
Technical Executive – Nuclear Plant Aging Management Strategy and Execution
Location:
Alabama Home Office, Alabama Home Office, Arizona Home Office, Arkansas Home Office, California Home Office, Canada Home Office, Charlotte, NC, Colorado Home Office, Connecticut Home Office, Czech Republic Office, Dallas, TX, Delaware Home Office, Dubai Home Office, Dublin, Ireland, EPRI New York Office, Florida Home Office, France Office, France Office, Georgia Home Office, Idaho Home Office, Illinois Home Office, Indiana Home Office, Indiana Home Office, International Location, Iowa Home Office {+ 36 more}
Job Summary and Description:
The candidate will support and lead cross cutting projects involving multiple global industry stakeholders in addressing technical matters related to effective implementation of deterministic and risk-informed aging management approaches for a variety of structures, systems, and component, and multiple reactor plant designs.
Applicant is desired to hold industry recognized expertise in the technical considerations associated with extending the life-time of existing LWRs, and to have considerable familiarity with NUREG-1801, “The Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report” and IAEA: “Ageing Management for Nuclear Power Plants: International Generic Ageing Lessons Learned (IGALL)”.
The ideal candidate will have extensive industry experience license renewal/subsequent license renewal and Aging Management Program development and implementation.
The candidate is expected to undertake the following tasks:
- Facilitating technical meetings, including industry partners and stakeholders. Meetings comprise of in-person meetings and web-based events
- The candidate will prepare material based on research and present them at utility and member meetings. This task requires strong technical and leadership skills and the ability to identify problems, develop solution strategies, and to communicate them effectively
- Being able to identify, interpret, and forecast industry trends, quickly analyzing and responding to urgent and emerging technical challenges that are of utility, national, and global relevance
- Identifying common challenges associated with implementing aging management programs and developing technical solutions to address gaps or processes for managing the identified issues
- Collaborating with utilities, industry groups (NEI, INPO, etc.) and government agencies (DOE, National Laboratories, regulators, and international research organizations at EPRI) to understand research gaps and develop strategies to address them
- Providing leadership in the technical business development, proposal development and supporting their execution, and facilitating effective technology transfer.
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and knowledge:
- Strong technical background with experience managing nuclear plant engineering and maintenance teams
- Understanding of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) concepts, their application in the nuclear industry, and the typical industry data types which are inputs to the PRA (initiating events, equipment failure rates, unavailability rates, operator action timing, etc.)
- Broad understanding of available and emerging technologies which can be implemented to effectively assess health of SSCs or otherwise monitor the aging and performance of nuclear plant SSCs. Knowledge of the practical and regulatory requirements associated with implementation of various technologies in nuclear plants.
- Knowledge of obsolescence and material issues as well as typical design of life-limiting components in LWRs. General knowledge of proposed SMR and AR design concepts sufficient to develop insights about potential future aging management and life-limiting components that may be important for these designs.
- Understanding of the technical and economic aspects of plant license renewal/periodic safety reviews, and extended periods of operation.
Additional Job Information:
The technical executive represents EPRI in a visible and critical technical area. Oversees work in this area and represents EPRI both internally and externally. Recognized as a subject matter expert and is involved in the research work of other public and private organizations in this field. Maintains expertise by in-depth involvement in the state-of-the-art research and technology development in the field. Contributes to multiple projects within and cross sector on whatever basis necessary for effective utilization of expertise.
- Designs and oversees research studies to be performed by EPRI will advance the state-of-knowledge in the field.
- Interacts with EPRI leaders to develop EPRI’s position in the field; consults with leaders in member organizations to assist in their strategy development relating to field of expertise.
- Supports EPRI M&TS in representing EPRI and establishing EPRI’s technical credentials and leadership.
- May lead a small team of capable technical staff members and advises/mentors developing technical staff, does not have direct management responsibility. Coaches and mentors internal staff in associated technical areas of expertise.
Education:
- Advanced degree in science/engineering or equivalent experience required