Principal Engineer
UDR Consulting, Inc.
full-time
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Location: South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems
- Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results
- Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks
- Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems
- Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning
- Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise
- Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles
- Evaluate the results of programs and prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations
- Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution
- Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology
- Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management
- Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed
- Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management
- Occasionally prepare reports for external publication
- Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies
- Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles
Requirements
- Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline with 5+ years’ experience OR MS with 8+ years’ experience OR BS with 10+ years’ experience
- Experience with computers and software to include: Word, Excel, Power Point, and other software and tools as needed
- Experience with the design, procurement, fabrication and installation of Gloveboxes within the DOE Complex
- Process engineering management and/or operations management experience with nuclear materials involving glovebox operations
- Requires a thorough understanding of plutonium chemistry and the radiological, nuclear safety and industrial safety issues of plutonium operations
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-discipline teams to develop effective solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial processing problems
- Ability to analyze complex operations, identify solutions and implement/track projects to successful closure including good organizational skills
- Proficiency, experience, and knowledge with procurement acquisition processes and project management
- Ability to effectively work in partnership with peers, Design Authority Engineers, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Glovebox Manufacturers, and Test organizations
- Materials management experience
- Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred