Plant Engineer 3 - BOF/LAB Zone Team Engineer

The Plant Engineering organization is committed to providing engineering oversight, program support, and a diverse and qualified staff to contribute to the success of the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) mission. With the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC), our mission involves treating, immobilizing, and safely storing highly hazardous and radiological wastes resulting from historical nuclear processing at the Hanford Reservation. The Plant Engineering organization and program provide the framework for executing engineering work. Plant Engineering personnel are responsible for the technical adequacy of Plant Engineering products and decisions. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, fostering a workplace that values diversity and inclusion.

Within the Plant Engineering organization, the Zone Teams are the front-line interface with Engineering, Maintenance, Facility Management, and Plant Management, and operate to provide a consistent approach to engineering activities in the WTP facilities. As a Plant Engineer within the Zone Team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting, coordinating, and implementing engineering activities within the assigned zone for Balance of Facilities (BOF) and the Analytical Laboratory (LAB). This dynamic position involves various tasks utilizing engineering, regulatory, and codes and standards related to equipment and system operations. The role requires strong planning and organizational skills, the ability to provide detailed technical advice, and proficiency in producing comprehensive documentation. This position may require work on a rotating dayshift (4 on/ 4 off).

Typical activities for Zone Team members include the following

• Work with Engineering, Maintenance, and Facility and Plant Management to prioritize and complete maintenance and engineering work activities

• Progressing and coordinating Plant Engineering production control schedule priorities

• Deconflicting issues within the assigned zone

• Developing system/component knowledge to become a subject matter expert

• Providing oversight and technical guidance in development and performance of work within the zone

• Troubleshooting in the field as needed

• Exhibiting ownership, track, and report status daily, and help improve processes

• Maintenance and planning coordination within the assigned zone including preventative and corrective maintenance

• Refining/optimizing the preventative maintenance and corrective maintenance strategies

• Soliciting technical support from System Engineers or other technical resources as needed

This position shall be performed under the day-to-day direction, control, and supervision of WTCC

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS

• Provide on-site Design Technical Authority support of field work, integrating project activities, repairs, and equipment operations to support operations, maintenance, and commissioning of WTP Facilities

• Provide engineering support to superintendents, planners, and craft personnel to meet cost and time schedules, ensuring materials, parts, equipment, and quality adhere to design requirements

• Participate in the review and input of tracking schedules and reports for T-Week and Milestone schedules

• Support the development of work plans, work package preparation, system/equipment maintenance and testing, document inspections, report progress, and resolve conflicts in design and maintenance related to BOF/LAB equipment and commodities

• Provide technical review of facility/system-related procedures and work instructions

• Review Project design and other documents for impacts on operations, maintenance, and testing, offering alternative solutions

• Conduct inspections of maintenance work in progress and support to the development of post-maintenance test packages for quality and conformance to specifications and codes

• Coordinate with Operations to ensure plant conditions allow scheduled work to be performed

• Assist with technical coordination for lock-out and tag-out program activities, including addressing alarm deviations

• Assist in resolving design issues affecting plant operations and maintenance

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

• Assess anomalies or degraded conditions in facilities, systems, and/or processes and resolve condition report issues

• Implement assigned Plant Engineering program elements and review/concur with engineering technical documents

• Stay informed about operational status and ongoing modification activities

• Ensure timely and accurate oral and written technical reports on assigned activities

• Complete required training and maintain qualifications associated with assignments

• Coordinate and Interface with Maintenance, Subcontractors, Vendor Technical Advisors, Facility Management, Plant Management, Client personnel, Work Week, and Project Controls groups and provide leadership in a team-based environment

• Participate in and foster a work environment that is based upon openness, trust, communication, teamwork empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction

• Ensure health and safety compliance and adherence to Integrated Safety Management System principles.

• Align personal conduct with nuclear safety and quality culture expectations

• Emphasize safety and quality values in work performance to protect self, others, and the environment, supporting the Waste Treatment Plant Nuclear Safety Quality Culture

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.

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 seven years of professional experience

• Working in a field maintenance or construction environment interpreting specification, procedures, vendor drawings and installation instructions and codes

• Scoping, preparation, execution, maintenance, troubleshooting, and restoration of mechanical, electrical, and process systems and equipment (motors, pumps, boilers, compressors, MCC/Switchboards, etc.)

• Working closely with diverse maintenance disciplines, craftsmen, and oversight organizations

• Strong ability to troubleshoot various industrial/process equipment

• Strong ability to read, understand, and interpret mechanical/piping, electrical, and instrumentation installation/maintenance drawings

• Strong understanding of change management and configuration control processes

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft application suite (e.g., Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.)

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in processing facilities, DOE facilities, or DOD facilities

• Knowledge of project/Hanford specific environmental compliance requirements.

• Experience with mechanical equipment associated with nuclear processes and maintenance knowledge preferred.

• Experience with, or working knowledge of, Champs/CMMS, Advanced Work Packaging and associated applications, automation tools, and work practices.

• Experience with national consensus codes and standards

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

(EFNM) Exposed Field Non-Manual- Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes, and telephone operation. Arranges for and/or performs presentations, oral reports, planning meetings, and other formal and informal contacts, requiring long periods of sitting. Oversees field activities through inspections, testing and equipment operations, which requires walking, standing, bending, and turning along with wearing of personal protective equipment. Occasional loading, transport, and unloading of tools and/or supplies specific to an activity.

This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Must be able to work in the United States without Sponsorship

Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy (DOE) badge for access to the Hanford site .

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $99,193.03 - $154,255.09 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: ~~~

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 a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans (~~~) and Labor Laws Posters (~~~) .