HLW Plant Engineer II

The High-Level Waste (HLW) Operations Support organization provides engineering oversight, program support, and qualified staff to support the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) mission. The mission includes safely storing, treating, and immobilizing the highly hazardous radiological wastes created during prior periods of nuclear processing at the Hanford Reservation. The HLW Operations Support organization is responsible for providing the framework for executing Plant Engineering and Maintenance work. HLW Operations Support personnel are responsible for the technical adequacy of department work products and decisions.

Within the HLW Operations Support organization, Plant Engineering and Maintenance support is needed for the various types of equipment associated with the process, chemical reagent, waste disposal, melter, off-gas, HVAC, and utility systems. These systems and equipment include the following:

• •Mechanical handling systems with equipment such as cranes, hoists, conveyors, bogies, shield doors, shield windows, elevators, hatches, and manipulators
• •Process, chemical reagent, pneumatic transfer, and waste disposal systems with equipment such as pumps, motors, vessels, piping, valving, mixers, and heat exchangers
• •Melter and off-gas systems including equipment such as refractory, heating/cooling components, electrodes, scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, high efficiency mist eliminators (HEMEs), high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, activated carbon adsorbers, silver mordenite columns, selective catalytic oxidizers (SCOs), selective catalytic reducers (SCRs), as well as exhausters
• •HVAC systems with equipment such as motors, fans, exhausters, and dampers
• •Utility systems such as demineralized water, domestic water, plant cooling water, process service water, high / low pressure steam, and other miscellaneous gases with equipment such as pumps, motors, vessels, piping, valving, filter, boilers, chillers, compressors, and heat exchangers
• •Instrumentation associated with the systems identified above such as position, temperature, pressure, level, density, and flowrate

The following are typical activities for the Engineers within HLW Operations Support:

Developing and maintaining consistency among design requirements, documentation, and physical configuration for the systems; and to integrate the elements of system requirements and performance criteria, system assessments, change control, work control, and documentation control

Ensuring key design documents, including system descriptions/system design description and facility descriptions/facility design description are identified, developed, and maintained to support facility safety basis development and safe operation

Conducting system assessments that include periodic reviews of system operability, reliability, and material condition

Establishment and implementation of maintenance programs for assigned systems/components inclusive of preservation maintenance, corrective maintenance, and predictive maintenance

Verifying systems are tested after maintenance or modification to ensure continued capability to fulfill system requirements and to meet functional acceptance criteria

Providing support for facility operations and maintenance staff

REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS

Education :

Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent education) in an appropriate engineering discipline or related science from a four-year accredited college or university

Experience:

Minimum of five (5) years of professional technical experience

Candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills

Candidate must be proficient in Microsoft application suite (e.g., Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.)

Preferred Experience:

• •Experience in processing facilities, DOE facilities, or DOD facilities
• •Experience with national consensus codes and standards

Experience with establishment and implementation of maintenance programs

Progression to the next grade is based upon complexity of assignment and performance.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS

Implement HLW Operations program elements as assigned

Develop, review, concur with and/or assess engineering technical documents

Develop, review, concur with and/or assess management control procedures, technical procedures, or guides

Assess facilities, systems, and/or processes anomalies or degraded conditions

Resolve condition report issues or other similar discrepancies as assigned

Develop or request support to develop engineering products for system or equipment repair or replacement

Provide on-site technical support during preventative or corrective maintenance activities or commissioning

Assist assigned engineers in determining operability and correcting out-of-specification conditions

Ensure the health and safety of self and staff by implementing the principles of Integrated Safety Management System

Ensure that personal conduct of work is consistent with nuclear safety and quality culture expectations

Meet training requirements and maintain qualifications to perform work

This job description is not intended to include every duty, task, or instruction for which an employee is responsible. Other tasks may be assigned, based on business needs and the department supervisor’s request.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

(PFM-HOA) Plant Facility Management Hazard Activity Observer - Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes, and telephone operation. Arranges for and/or perform presentations, oral reports, planning meetings, and other formal and informal contacts. May require long periods of sitting and/or standing. Occasional lifting or transport of items from desk and printing stations. Oversee field activities inside and outside posted / barricaded hazardous / contaminated areas e.g., radiological, chemical, etc. through inspections, observations, coaching, which require walking, climbing, descending, crouching, standing, bending, twisting and turning along with wearing personnel protective equipment while carrying an assortment of small items (e.g. flashlight, procedures,

tablet or notebook, etc.).

• •This position is currently located in Richland but may move to the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 9x80 schedule, M-F every other Friday off, 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• •Must be authorized to work and remain in the United States without Amentum visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• •Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
• •Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site. (Even if teleworking, must still be able to comply with security requirements to obtain a badge.)
• •Non-U.S. citizens from countries identified by the Department of Energy as posing heightened security concerns—including sensitive countries, state sponsors of terrorism, countries of risk, and other designated countries –are subject to additional security requirements.

Amentum is a global company with a heritage dating back more than 100 years and delivering solutions in nuclear energy, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and national security. Our predecessors helped build Hoover Dam, protected fighting forces in World War II, and supported the Manhattan Project. Today, our teams clean up legacy nuclear waste around the world, manage the United Kingdom’s defense portfolio, design programs and tests for Navy submarine electronic systems, and provide integrated supply chain services needed in developing countries during the pandemic.

Amentum has joined with Bechtel to create an LLC, known as the Waste Treatment Completion

Company (WTCC) Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building