Job Description
Digital Control System Engineer – SNC Corporate
It's an exciting time to be part of Southern Nuclear. If a new and significant challenge is what you have been longing for, and if you are energized, positive, committed, and desiring to make a difference, then we are looking for YOU to join our team!
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC), headquartered in Birmingham, AL, operates Southern Company's eight nuclear reactors at three locations in Georgia and Alabama: four reactors at Plant Vogtle, near Waynesboro, GA; two reactors at Plant Hatch, near Baxley, GA; and two reactors at Plant Farley, near Dothan, AL. It's an exciting time to be part of our growing organization. If a new and significant challenge is what you have been longing for, and if you are energized, positive, committed, and desiring to make a difference, then we are looking for YOU to join our team!
We currently have an opportunity located at our Nuclear headquarters in Birmingham, AL for a Digital Controls System Engineer. This position is in our Nuclear Engineering Plant Support Organization.
Digital Control System Engineer (Birmingham)
Summary of Position Duties:
This position is assigned to the Nuclear Fleet Engineering Plant Support organization and provides digital engineering expertise and analysis for the Southern Nuclear operating fleet. The Digital Control System Engineer will strategize innovative methods to improve equipment reliability and reduce operation and maintenance costs.
Responsibilities:
Support troubleshooting, testing, change requests, and field installation of Westinghouse / Emerson DCS Ovation Controls.
Determine preventative and predictive maintenance for digital systems.
Develop software and hardware Life Cycle Asset Management Plan and strategy to address obsolescence and develop bridging strategies to improve reliability.
Be actively engaged with the DCS Design Process team to ensure Factory Acceptance, Site Acceptance and Post-modification testing are successful.
Provide technical input to the Fleet Digital Projects team regarding future development of Digital hardware upgrades and data highway infrastructure.
Coordinate with Cyber Security Group to ensure cyber protection schemes and updates have been integrated into Digital Systems.
Validate Digital Systems software patch management programs are implemented
Perform similar responsibilities for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s).
Job Requirements:
Minimum 2 years’ experience in digital systems testing and troubleshooting.
Experience with Emerson Ovation Distributive Controls a must.
Experience with software operating system configuration and installation.
Experience with O.T. network/ servers, switches and media converters.
Experience with understanding SAMA control logic and/or function code logic.
Power generation systems, components, or programs experience.
Educational Requirements:
- B.S. in Electrical, Controls, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university preferred; however, a Bachelor of Science Degree in an engineering curriculum combined with in-depth experience in power generation and control systems will be considered.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Skilled with DCS controls, software, network switches and historians.
Prior experience working at, or closely with, a DCS facility is a major plus.
Must convey a clear vision of the future and make principled, data-based practical decisions that take critical factors into account
Capacity to work through conflicts to create win-win situations
Models high standards and holds self and others accountable for superior results
An ability to solve problems and make sound engineering decisions, based on experience and appropriate industry practices, in order to make timely decisions which might impact plant safety and reliability.
Effectively present technical positions to all levels of management and to external organizations.
Behavioral Attributes:
Prioritizes work of self and others to ensure schedules are met
Strives for superior results and getting better every day
Respects the dignity of every individual; assumes personal accountability
Considerable interpersonal and client relation skills required
Must be able to effectively communicate with other groups and disciplines to ensure maximum efficiencies are achieved
Develops strong teamwork with peers throughout the nuclear industry.
Other Requirements:
The successful candidate must meet background screening and NRC Fitness for Duty requirements.
Must be able to travel approximately 25% for scheduled or urgent support needs
Must be able to become qualified to fill Emergency ERO support role.
Southern Nuclear , a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is a leader among the nation’s nuclear energy facility operators and an innovator in advanced nuclear technologies. Southern Nuclear is an essential part of Southern Company’s energy portfolio, operating over 8,200 MW across eight nuclear energy units in Alabama and Georgia at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga.
The company recently achieved commercial operation on Vogtle Units 3&4, representing an historic achievement for the nuclear industry and the country. Vogtle Units 3&4 are the first new nuclear units to reach commercial operation and be built in the United States in the last three decades. Southern Nuclear is a recognized leader in the industry in nuclear and fuel innovation, having been the first to deploy Accident Tolerant Fuels and winning over 10 consecutive Top Innovative Practice (TIP) Awards and eight EPRI awards.
For more than 40 years, Southern Nuclear has operated nuclear energy facilities at the highest levels of safety and reliability, generating carbon-free electricity for millions of homes and businesses. The company’s headquarters is in Birmingham, Ala.
Twitter: @SouthernNuclear; Facebook: facebook.com/southernnuclear; www.southernnuclear.com
Job Identification: 6864
Job Category: Engineering
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Southern Nuclear
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