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Nuclear Engineer III or Senior Nuclear Engineer - Nuclear Fuels - Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design TeamAre you ready to embark on a rewarding career, as a nuclear professional, helping Duke Energy achieve a clean energy future? Duke Energy's 11 operating nuclear reactors make Duke a clean energy leader in the electricity generation industry. The Nuclear Fuels Engineering (NFE) department is seeking candidates who are passionate about nuclear energy's role in a clean energy future. Duke's NFE department is unique in the industry by owning and performing in-house methods and analysis for nearly all aspects of the fuel cycle, from contracting fuel supply to long term storage of spent fuel. Duke Energy is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, a growing and vibrant city in the Carolinas. Candidates have the opportunity to work from Duke's brand new, state-of-the-art, headquarters building, with on-site dining and a fitness facility. For those that prefer a suburban or rural lifestyle, we offer the flexibility to work from our nearby nuclear sites at attractive locations such as Lake Norman, NC or Lake Wylie, SC. All our office locations are easy driving distance to the ocean or the mountains, making Charlotte an ideal location for your next home.
Job Description:The Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design (BOND) group is responsible for designing and analyzing fuel cycles for Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport, North Carolina, and Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, South Carolina. BOND is also responsible for nuclear criticality safety for all six of Duke Energy's nuclear power plants in North and South Carolina. This position is specific to BWR core design supporting Brunswick Nuclear Plant.
Group responsibilities and duties include:
- Participate on or lead reload design teams to design fuel cycles
- Develop and verify analyses associated with fuel cycle designs
- Develop, qualify, and maintain in-house codes used in support of fuel cycle designs
- Qualify vendor codes used in support of fuel cycle designs
- Interface with fuel vendor as part of the reload design process and for emergent issue support
- Perform owner acceptance reviews of vendor calculations
- Interface with site Reactor Engineering personnel to provide technical support as needed
- Perform nuclear criticality safety reviews and analyses
- Participate in technical training activities
"Depending upon the desired qualifications of the successful applicant, the hiring manager may elect to fill this position at a higher level within the job hierarchy"
Basic / Required Qualifications
Nuclear Engineer III:- Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
- A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- 4-6 years of engineering experience
Senior Nuclear Engineer:- Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
- A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience, OR 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from an ABET accredited program
- Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Experience with neutronics codes, (e.g. PANACEA, SIMULATE, MICROBURN, POLCA, and/or equivalents)
- Experience with nuclear fuel and BWR fuel cycle design analyses
- Experience with BWR control blade management
- Experience with BWR safety analyses
- Experience with BWR reactor engineering and core monitoring activities
- Experience with development and support of License Amendment Requests and 50.59 Evaluations
- Familiarity with the basic systems of a General Electric BWR
- Project management experience
- Unix and/or Linux workstation experience
- Computer programming experience (FORTRAN/Python/VBA/etc.)
Working Conditions:
- Hybrid office/remote work environment after the onboarding period
- Flexible work schedule - typically four 10-hour days, 2 in office and 2 remote
- Some travel to other Duke sites, industry sites, and industry conferences/meetings
- Occasional off-hour emergent work required
Specific Requirements
- Ability to achieve nuclear site Unescorted Access/Security clearance
- Emergency Response Organization (ERO) responsibilities which could include callouts with a defined response time to ERO facilities and an on-call duty rotation requiring the employee to be Fit for Duty
Travel Requirements5-15%
Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)Yes
Represented/Union PositionNo
Visa Sponsored PositionNo. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications. 
