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Southern Company

Digital I&C System Engineer- Plant Vogtle 3&4

Company: 
Southern Company
City: 
Waynesboro
State: 
Georgia
Occupational fields: 
Architecture and Engineering
Employment type: 
Full time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other

"All Levels" Digital I&C or Digital Design Engineer - (Plant Vogtle 3&4)

Southern Nuclear Operating Company's Plant Vogtle 3&4 Site Engineering organization is seeking a high performing and self-motivated Digital I&C or Digital Design Engineer with a proven background in Design Modifications and Design Configuration. Individual must possess strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills to support commissioning and operation of the next generation nuclear power station. This position will be located at Southern Nuclear Company's Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.

JOB INFORMATION

This position will be filled, and the selected candidate's grade will be commensurate with/reflect his/her experiences, knowledge, and training. The successful candidate will work in the Digital I&C Engineering group at Plant Vogtle 3&4. The mission of the Digital Engineering Design Functional Area is to provide technical conscience and leadership by ensuring configuration changes to the design of the AP1000 digital systems are high quality, budgeted, planned, scheduled, and implemented in a cost-effective manner. This position will provide Digital I&C support by preparing engineering calculations, performing engineering studies, developing cost estimates for design changes, reviewing vendor correspondence, performing conceptual design studies, performing design changes, performing design bases maintenance, performing equivalency determinations, as well as monitoring and providing technical recommendations and Long-Range Planning for assigned digital systems and components.

Educational Requirements:

  • Candidates are required to hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (not Engineering Technology) from an ABET accredited college or university
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering are preferred
  • An advanced degree and/or PE license is preferred


Technical Requirements:

  • Experience with various digital systems (Ovation, ABB, Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE)
  • Additional experience in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable: performance of engineering design, analyses, preparation of engineering evaluations, preparation of engineering studies for power generating facilities, preparation of engineering calculations, project management, and technical support of both maintenance and engineering organizations in the resolution of digital component issues
  • A basic knowledge of design basis configuration management, project management, and the design modification process is preferred
  • Knowledgeable of the processes used to address operational, maintenance, and reliability issues for electrical/I&C components desired
  • Experience in the application of design of digital control systems desired
  • Strong knowledge of AP1000 or PWR design bases is preferred
    • Knowledge of the Protection and Safety Monitoring System (PMS) as defined by the AP1000 design
    • Knowledge of the Plant Control System (PLS) as defined by the AP1000 design
  • Strong familiarity with calculations is desired
  • Experience with developing control software under the industry design process is preferred


Background/Experience Requirements:

  • Minimum of two (2) years of operational power plant experience in an engineering capacity is required; nuclear is preferred
  • Strong background in nuclear power systems or design engineering desired
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Knowledge in EMI/RFI application and control desired
  • Design modifications experience preferred
  • Working knowledge of common computer tools, including MS Word and Excel required
  • Technical writing and presentation skills required
  • Engineering Analysis experience preferred


Behavioral Attributes:

  • Makes principled, data-based decisions that take critical factors into account
  • Works through conflicts to create win/win situations
  • Holds self-accountable for superior results
  • Works well as contributing member of a team
  • Respects the dignity of every individual and different viewpoints
  • Assumes personal responsibility for individual and company success


Other Required Attributes

  • Candidate must meet background screening and NRC Fitness for Duty requirements
  • Please note: This position will require the successful completion of the SNC Initial Engineering Training as a condition of continued employment. The training is approximately 6 weeks long and is a rigorous period that may require studying after work hours
  • Strong background in design, systems, component, or programs engineering
  • Flexible member of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO)
  • Other duties as required

Together with our subsidiaries, we deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our 9 million customers. Our focus is doing so with service excellence.

That means we are leaders who take action to meet our customers’ and communities’ needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. We create community value through energy, social, economic, and environmental progress.

We do this through electric operating companies in three states and natural gas distribution companies in four. Our family of companies draw on diverse energy sources to create the best mix for our service areas, including electricity, natural gas, solar power, carbon-free nuclear, and other sustainable sources.

We leverage our leading distributed energy infrastructure company and other innovative technology to better serve every customer. Our competitive, national generation company serves wholesale customers, and our family includes a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services.

We have positioned diversity and inclusion as critical to our success enabling us to put the needs and well-being of the people we serve at the center of all that we do.

Southern Company believes all employees should feel welcome, valued, respected and heard. Our goal is a workplace in which all employees contribute to their fullest and a workforce that reflects our customers and communities. We accomplish this by valuing and leveraging the full range of differences and similarities we bring to our teams, customers and communities.

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    • Southern Company (No. 1 in Alabama, No. 5 in Georgia)
  • 2023 Best Employers for Women (No. 9) - Forbes
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  • 2022 Global 200 – Forbes
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  • 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity - Newsweek
  • 2023 America’s Best Large Employers – Forbes
    • No. 15 overall, top utility
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