Requisition Id 12942 

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 6,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation.  

Overview: 

The Advanced Engineering Technologies (AET) Group is seeking a dedicated individual to support our organization. The position involves mechanical engineering support for facility and chemical process design and engineering in a research and development atmosphere, supporting testing within the nuclear nonproliferation mission space. Projects will consist of cradle to grave process design, build, and operation as well as operation, maintenance, and modification of existing processes.  

With technical mentorship from a senior level Mechanical Engineer, you'll be engaged in: 

• Contribute to engineering plan development such as drawings, reports, specifications, and studies. 
• Perform routine research and develop recommendations for process design, equipment, and/or materials selection. 
• Hands-on construction of processes. 
• Prepare basic engineering calculations following standard methods and principles used in engineering analysis. 
• Apply and develop an understanding of industry codes and standard practices. 

AET resides within the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division (NND) at Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL). The NND is a division operating within the National Security Sciences Directorate at ORNL. NND staff contributes world class research, technology development, risk assessment, and systems analysis related to nonproliferation and counterproliferation. The division activities play a vital role in implementation of national policy issues that strive to ensure global nuclear security.  One of the major focus areas of the AET group is the development of sophisticated approaches to operation, characterization, and analysis of nuclear fuel cycle processes. The AET group collaborates and works with staff from other groups within NND and ORNL to assure the full expertise of fuel cycle processes are applied to meet sponsor needs.  

Major Duties / Responsibilities: 

Our new Mechanical Engineer, in collaboration with other principal investigators and project management at ORNL, will participate in design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, and operation of test stands and supporting equipment. In this position you'll be encouraged to interact with various ORNL staff as well as internal and external sponsors. The candidate is expected to work in a team environment with co-workers and management as well as independently; to fully detail work performed in the forms of technical reports, papers and presentations; and to participate in development of research proposals. Excellent communication skills including verbal, presentation, and writing skills are required. The Mechanical Engineer will collaborate with principal investigators, management, engineers, fabricators, modelers, and test campaign personnel. 

Required Qualifications: 

• A BS in Mechanical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years (or MS+4) of related experience, or equivalent, is required with proven experience in the design, fabrication, and/or operation of chemical processes and test stands and/or sophisticated mechanical systems. 
• Experience with 3D solid modeling (preferably Solidworks) and design software packages. 
• Experience developing drawings, reports, and other documents while working with an engineering design data management system. 
• Proven experience working independently, and as a member of a team; creating design work, such as general arrangements, piping isometrics, piping composites, pipe support drawings, and equipment location drawings. 
• Proven communication skills. 
• Ability to work flexible hours and travel is required. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience leading system design teams in the development and execution of process designs. 
• Experience in utilities and infrastructure such as plant air, chilled water, and other process service processes. 
• Experience operating with and adhering to engineering design procedures and processes. 
• Experience in maintaining high levels of process documentation and quality assurance. 
• TS/SCI Clearance 

Special Requirements: 

SCI clearance: 

• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Compartmental Investigation (SCI) clearance from the Department of Energy. As such, this position is a Workplace Substance Abuse (WSAP) testing designated position. WSAP positions require passing a pre-placement drug test and participation in an ongoing random drug testing program. In addition, due the SCI, you may be also be subject to random polygraph testing. 

Remarks 

Technical questions should be directed to Dr. John (JJ) Langford, 865-341-8068 

This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.

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ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply.  UT-Battelle is an E-Verify employer.