Nuclear Engineer Principal - Mechanical/Systems

Vistra • Shippingport, PA • 13h ago

If you have what it takes to become part of the Vistra family and would like to start a promising career with a global leader, take a look at the exciting employment opportunities that are currently available and apply online.

Job Summary

This position is for Plant Support Engineering with a focus in the Air, Water, and Steam systems. Responsibilities would include supporting day-to-day, emergent, outage activities, and long-term strategy related to equipment reliability and troubleshooting. This position is responsible for planning and performing engineering duties as assigned, working independently.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Provide proactive engineering involvement in the Air, Water, and Stream system to improve overall plant reliability.

Ensure that system performance is monitored and analyzed and that issues are proactively identified and resolved.

Requires regular walkdowns of the system to monitor material conditions, strikes the appropriate balance between daily support activities and long-term requirements.

Develop long-range improvement plans for key plant assets requiring attention such as obsolete equipment, vulnerabilities from OE, upgrades that would result in operational or financial benefits, and determining and reporting Maintenance Rule availability.

Provide innovative engineering solutions for difficult problems.

Assess and resolve potential conditions adverse to quality.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

Bachelors of Science Engineering degree or related Science degree from a college or university with an accredited engineering program.

Must have extensive knowledge in Mechanical, Chemical, Structural or Nuclear area of expertise.

Post Graduate Degree (Technical Expert), desired.

Registered Professional Engineer desired

10-15 years' experience.

Technical understanding of nuclear plant processes/programs not well understood by others.

Key Metrics

Qualified to prepare complex design changes.

Prepare engineering reports.

Qualified to prepare complex 10CFR50.59 evaluations.

Perform tasks in accordance with established expectations for nuclear safety and personnel safety.

May be responsible for developing other employees in area of expertise.

Serves a lead role on projects, teams, processes, or programs.

One of few who possess abilities not easily gained and of significant depth in specific area(s) of expertise.

Final pay grade will be determined based on applicant's experience and qualifications *

Job Family

Engineering Services

Company

Vistra Nuclear Operations Company

Locations

Shippingport, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. If this describes you, then apply today!

If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site.

It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.

Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.

Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers' needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.

As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country's energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company's sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .

Vistra's hardworking team is committed to its purpose, "lighting up lives, powering a better way forward" and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .

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It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.

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