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System Engineer

Nebraska Public Power District has an immediate opening for a System Engineer located at Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Nebraska.

Requirements for this position are a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited school. Good technical writing and PC skills are strongly suggested. The individual will be subject to the District's fitness for Duty program.

This position may be assigned to a position within the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) that requires response to the station when an emergency is declared.  Assignment to one of these positions and a condition of continued employment will be the ability to arrive at the station to perform ERO responsibilities within 45 minutes of notification of an emergency.

Key responsibilities and duties of the position include the following:

  • Be recognized as the system expert by maintaining knowledge of assigned system, system status, and its associated Design and Licensing Bases.
  • Verify the Design Bases of the system is being preserved/maintained by reviewing and/or observing surveillance tests and their results, field work and post-maintenance testing, and modification activities.
  • Monitor and trend system performance to maintain and improve system availability, reliability, and operational performance. Investigate deteriorating system performance to identify cause for declining trends.
  • Perform routine, periodic walkdowns of the system to maintain current awareness of system condition, configuration, and performance.
  • Identify and set priorities for system maintenance and modifications.
  • Develop and maintain a long-range plan for each system and develop comprehensive plans to facilitate completion of complex system improvements.  This includes generation of appropriate paperwork to request funding and resources for planning purposes.
  • Work with system designees from Operations and Maintenance to understand the needs of craft personnel and Station Operators in maintaining system reliability.  This should result in regular meetings with Operations and Maintenance personnel.
  • Review system maintenance effectiveness, system unavailability, and Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFFs), and provide direction and input for needed improvements through the Maintenance Rule Program to meet CNS goals and industry performance.
  • Assist operations in determining system and component operability by providing technical basis for Operability Evaluations (OEs).
  • Review and initiate corrective action based upon information from internal investigations and industry sources (SOERs, INs, SILs, TILs, SENs, O&MRs, etc.).
  • Provide technical assistance to Licensing for formal responses to the USNRC and formal notifications (bulletins, notices, etc.).

Nebraska Public Power District offers a competitive starting salary and an excellent benefits package including medical and dental insurance, 401K retirement plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, training opportunities, PC Purchase Program and more.

If you have any special needs requests, please contact the Human Resources area at NPPD.

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