Project Engineer 2025-020-HAINC-CF

HukariAscendent is a Woman-Owned, Small Business specializing in comprehensive engineering and technical support services associated with commercial nuclear power and Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear activities. 

We are seeking qualified candidates to perform the following:

 

Provide staff augmentation support to SRNS. Integrate and manage engineering activities for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities. Provide project management tools and methods to assigned projects and support development of future projects. Manage project tasks and deliver results for cost and schedule of those tasks.

Typically an advance degree and experience - PhD degree and about 15 years experience, MS degree and 17 years experience, BS degree and about 21 years experience.

 

Experience/Skills:
Candidate must demonstrate a minimum of 12 years design experience in the nuclear or process chemical industry. Candidate must demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of experience working in a nuclear industry/facility.
Candidate must have experience with the following:
- Providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks.
- Integrating engineering resources for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools for engineering tasks.
- Providing administrative guidance to leads and managers.
- Responsibilities for overall management, scheduling, and priority of the tasks and projects assigned.

Candidate must be able to perform field walk-downs of the job site for the engineering work being performed. These walk-downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for distances over a half mile, climbing ladders to access remote areas, dressing out in protective clothing and environments where a respirator is required.
- Candidate must have the ability to produce quality documents with attention to detail and meeting management defined expectations.
- Candidate must have the ability to coordinate, interface, and communicate with management, engineering, facility, operations, quality assurance, and test personnel.
- Candidate must have the ability to communicate clear, concise, and accurate reports, evaluations, documents, procedures, reviews, comment resolutions, email, and oral presentations.
- Candidate must have the ability to mentor junior team members and develop their design knowledge.

- Managing the administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering sections for all assigned projects through section supervisors.
- Resolving conflicts between project direction and technical direction from the functional managers.
- Participating in department and site-wide programmatic issues resolution and quality improvements.
- Responsibilities for creating a team through requesting, evaluating, and developing engineering expertise capable of achieving the objectives of the projects assigned.
- Evaluating tasks of subcontractors to ensure design output meets project technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
- Establishing baselines for design activities for all assigned projects and engineering work requests.
- Recommending, to project managers, subcontractor authorizations for new work and changes to baselines.
- Evaluating project cost and schedule variances and implement corrective actions.
- EVMS tools.
- Reviewing cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials.
- Working with diverse teams to deliver results.
- Establishing projects' scope of work including assuring that there are firm customer requirements developed.

 

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

- Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.
- It is preferred the candidate demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of experience working at one or more DOE facilities.
- Previous SRS Design Engineering experience and working knowledge of SRNS design processes and procedures are preferred.

 

Duration: 12 months with possible extension(s)

 

HukariAscendent offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

 

Opportunities with HukariAscendent change frequently.  For a complete listing of our current openings, please visit our website at https://www.hukari.com.

 

HukariAscendent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran or military status including disabled veterans and Vietnam era veterans, or other protected status.

 

HukariAscendent maintains a drug-free workplace.