Grow your impact in a regulated nuclear environment by supporting licensing and compliance activities for on-site work in Richland, WA. This full-time Licensing Engineer III role offers the structure of a technical mission and the collaboration of cross-functional teams, with benefits designed to support your health, wellbeing, and long-term planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide regulatory and technical support for licensing, compliance, and environmental initiatives.
- Consult with management to identify, address, and resolve nuclear safety, licensing, and regulatory issues.
- Develop recommendations and strategic guidance tied to regulatory and environmental project performance.
- Collaborate with engineering teams, plant organizations, vendors, regulators, and industry stakeholders.
- Represent the organization at regulatory meetings, industry work groups, workshops, and conferences.
- Support environmental review activities, including field and onsite visits as needed.
- Partner with licensing and environmental experts to resolve regulatory and compliance challenges.
- Monitor and communicate changes to licensing requirements, environmental regulations, policies, and industry standards.
- Apply engineering principles and regulatory processes to evaluate technical issues and support compliance objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Education and experience (meet one option):
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university plus 7+ years of engineering experience in a technical environment, including at least 2 years in a DOE or NRC regulated nuclear environment; OR
- Professional Engineer (PE) license plus 7+ years of engineering experience in a technical environment, including at least 4 years in a DOE or NRC regulated nuclear environment.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Experience applying engineering principles, practices, theories, and problem-solving methodologies.
- Knowledge of regulatory affairs, licensing processes, and compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
- Ability to independently perform complex engineering and regulatory assignments.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, regulators, and external stakeholders.
- Completion of at least one diverse engineering assignment.
- Experience supporting license renewal efforts for commercial nuclear power plants.
- Experience serving as a technical reviewer of license renewal applications.
- Participation in industry committees focused on license renewal.
- Experience developing, implementing, auditing, or inspecting aging management programs.
On-site Location and Compensation
Location: Benton City, WA (onsite) with work located in Richland, WA.
Pay rate: $47.75 - $75.86 per hour (USD).
This is a full-time position.
Benefits
- Sick Leave: One hour of paid sick leave for every 40-hours worked (usable after 90-days of employment)
- EAP: Employee Assistance Program
- Health: Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA
- Life Insurance: Group Life/AD&D and Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Disability: Voluntary Short-Term Disability and Voluntary Long-Term Disability
- Additional Coverage: Voluntary Critical Illness and Voluntary Accident
- Hospital Indemnity
- Retirement: 401k eligible after one year and 1,000 hours worked, with employer match up to 4%
- Wellbeing: Calm App
- Discount Program: LifeBalance Discount Program
Work Sponsorship and Eligibility Requirements
- Work sponsorship is not available at this time.
- Third-party candidates will not be considered.
- Because this employer is a federal government contractor, this position requires U.S. citizenship.
ACS Professional Staffing provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to allow applicants to participate in the hiring process if requested.
