Fire Analysis Engineer

Fire Safety Analysis Engineer

Job Summary

This position will be in the SNC Corporate Office and will report to the Fire Safety Analysis (FSA) Manager in the Risk Informed Engineering (RIE) department. The engineer is responsible for performing Fire Probabilistic Risk Analyses (FPRA) and Safe Shutdown (SSD) engineering evaluations in support of Southern Nuclear Company (SNC) nuclear generating plants. The RIE department focuses on leading the industry in risk-informed decision?making by developing, maintaining, and applying state?of?the?art tools and models. The engineers work includes compiling, analyzing, and interpreting technical inputs, demonstrating regulatory compliance, and managing tasks and projects as part of a team of FSA and RIE engineers. The role requires a self?starter, organized, able to prioritize multiple tasks, and possessing strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. The candidate must be flexible, demonstrate initiative, and perform well in a high?pressure, fast?paced, and deadline?oriented environment.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform various FPRA and SSD risk?related engineering evaluations.
• Review PWR and BWR design changes for impacts to FPRA, SSD, Non?Power Operation (NPO), and Nuclear Safety Capability Assessment (NSCA) models; evaluate magnitude of impacts and identify model updates.
• Support FPRA PWR and BWR model updates.
• Periodically update SSD, NPO, and NSCA models.
• Complete circuit analyses specific to fire impacts on component control circuits.
• Review FPRA, SSD, NPO, and NSCA vendor products for technical accuracy; provide comments and maintain oversight of vendor comment resolution.
• Interpret and ensure compliance with risk?informed regulatory requirements, policies, and standards.
• Write and review technical reports.
• Assist with audits and inspections, including support of significance determination program and emergency request.
• Provide inputs to and implement policies and procedures.
• Travel to plant sites and industry events in support of SNC objectives.

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