Advanced Technology -
Advanced reactor design requires expertise in:
- Acoustics
- Materials Science
- Reactor Engineering
- Instrumentation & Control
- Experimental Engineering
- Scientific Computations
- Information Technology
Nuclear Engineering
Types of Nuclear Engineering Assignments:
- Design Engineer / Analyst
- Physics / Nuclear
- Thermal Hydraulic
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Shielding
- Fleet Support
- Nuclear Analyst
- Reactor Performance Analyst
- Manufacturing Process Development
- Resolution/Mitigation of Issues
- Development of New Product Lines
- Environmental / Radiological Analyst
Nuclear Operations Program
A Challenging Post-Graduate Career Opportunity
Nuclear Plant Operators:
- Participate in the same intensive six-month educational program as Naval Nuclear Officers in Nuclear Power School in Charleston, SC.
- Receive hands-on nuclear plant operational experience in West Milton, NY, or Charleston, SC.
- Apply decision-making and problem-solving skills, thus developing the solid foundation of operational experience and interpersonal skills essential to career development.
- Supervise the plant’s operating crews.
- Primary function is to qualify Naval personnel as nuclear operators.
- Plant operations and training responsibilities increase as nuclear operators attain qualifications.
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Mechanical Engineering
Types of Mechanical Engineering Assignments:
- Design Engineer
- Plant components, Piping, Fixtures
- System Engineer
- Analyst
- Use computer based programs (commercial and in-house codes) to assess nuclear plant components
- Test Engineer
- Develop, setup, and run tests to assess and/or develop nuclear plant components
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Build nuclear plant components developed by design engineers
- Operational Engineer
- Develop and follow work procedures
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Electrical Engineering
- Instrumentation and control systems
- Provide reactor protection and safety
- Show the sailors what’s going on in the plant
- Provide the means for them to control it
- Training platforms for the sailors
- Full-scale control stations
- Software simulations of the power plant
- Power conversion and distribution systems
- Design and Development
- Systems Integration
- Modeling and Simulation
- Analysis and Testing
- Deployment and Maintenance
- Laboratory test systems to support new designs and concepts
- EE Research Areas
- Sensor technologies
- Data acquisition and transmission electronics
- Computer systems
- Control algorithm development
- Power conversion
- Decommissioning
- Information Technology
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Chemical Engineering
Types of Chemical Engineering Assignments:
- Component Chemistry
- Fleet Support & Maintenance
- Testing New Equipment & Systems
- Automated Chemistry Systems
- Systems Engineering
- Reactor Plant Design
- Fleet Support & Maintenance
- Modeling & Testing
- Fluid Mechanics
- Plant and Reactor Safety Analysis
- Manufacturing Process Development
- Resolution/Mitigation of Issues
- Development of New Product Line
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Information Technology
- Application Development and Administration
- Business Applications
- Enhancement support for in-house and Oracle e-Business Suite apps
- Enterprise Applications
- Support/development of Oracle applications, MS SharePoint, web design, programming (J2EE, .Net, PL/SQL)
- Infrastructure
- Installation, administration, configuration and management of Database servers, web servers, application servers
- Wide and Local Area Networks (WAN/LAN)
- Design and implementation of Cisco WAN and LAN infrastructure
- Analyze/troubleshoot complex LAN, WAN and IP video issues
- Install and support Cisco switches, routers, firewalls
- Computer Security
- Security configuration and vulnerability management
- Network security/management of technical security tools
- Certify and recommend accreditation of systems and networks
- Distributed Computing
- MS Windows server and desktop OS
- MS Exchange
- Active Directory
- Storage Area Network (SAN)
- Application scripting
- Systems management
- Security, configuration control, architecture
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Materials Science/Metallurgy
- Major focus areas for NNPP materials scientists and engineers
- Development and qualification of core, plant, and structural materials
- Resolution of issues concerning selection, application, and performance of materials for existing and future designs
- Design and conduct test programs to understand materials performance and behavior
- Alloy development and qualification
- Develop new materials with improved cost and materials performance
- Nickel based alloys, stainless steel alloys and carbon and alloy steels for reactor plant applications
- Zirconium alloys for reactor core applications
- Weld filler metals
- Materials Performance
- Support resolution of issues concerning selection, application, and performance of materials for new and existing design
Acquisition Management
- Locate qualified suppliers
- Develop and qualify supply chain relationships
- Solicit, analyze bids, and place various purchase orders and contracts
- Participate in market research, risk management, bench marking, and instituting commercial best practices
- Understand small business goals and socioeconomic supplier relationships
- Various types of procurements in AM
- ADP Hardware and Software
- Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) items
- Capital Equipment
- Machine and Fabrication
- Construction
- Service (onsite and offsite)
- Research and Development
- Shipyard
- Purchase Card (P-Card)
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Human Resources
- Employee relations
- Talent management
- Benefits administration
- Compensation
Financial Services
- Disbursements
- Process Accounts Payable payments to suppliers
- Process employee payroll paychecks
- Accounting
- Balance general ledger and report costs to the DOE
- Manage government letters of credit
- Account for government fixed assets and inventory
- Finance
- Perform analysis of progress against budget baseline
- Coordinate input of forecasts to develop budgets
- Reconcile budget requirements against funding targets
- Other Duties
- Oversee compliance to prime contract terms
Other Positions
- Technicians
- Chemistry
- Fluid mechanics
- Radiochemists
- Drafters
- Security Police Officers
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