Location: Wilmington, DE 19801
Overview
This role provides the opportunity to contribute as part of a project team of engineers and designers focused on the design, modification, and analysis of electrical systems for nuclear power plants. The position involves developing and reviewing design change packages for installing, replacing, or upgrading plant equipment to sustain long term reliability, and performing supporting engineering calculations and specifications.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and review engineering design change packages to install, replace or upgrade existing plant equipment to ensure long-term equipment reliability.
- Prepare and review detailed engineering calculations to support design change packages, including AC and DC power studies, short circuit, cable ampacity, voltage drop, breaker coordination, motor starting, and protective relay settings.
- Prepare and review equipment procurement specifications.
- Participate in bid review evaluation processes for potential equipment vendors, including responding to vendor questions, providing information, and maintaining a tracking mechanism for questions and responses.
- Prepare and review scoping documents for conceptual designs, including constructability reviews.
- Interface with project team members from Mechanical, Structural, Civil, and I&C disciplines, and interface with the client to support the project, including coordinating personnel.
- Interface with vendors to perform document reviews and provide written comments.
- Attend client meetings and site field walkdowns to validate scope and ensure client satisfaction.
- Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.
- Support site installation activities during project implementation.
- Assist the Sargent & Lundy project manager to ensure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time, and within budget.
- Assume responsibility for overall technical, financial, and administrative performance of the engineering scope by initiating and conveying the scope of work, defining deliverables (calcs, specs, drawings, design change documentation), reviewing status, tracking progress, conducting routine status meetings, submitting progress reports, and tracking open items and emergent project issues, and coordinating the completion of project deliverables.
Qualifications
We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.
- A BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
- Five or more years of experience designing electrical engineering systems in a project team environment for industrial applications, with a focus on design for existing nuclear power plants.
- Experience selecting equipment and materials and preparing and assembling engineering design change packages, calculations, and specifications.
- Experience with electrical system design including low and medium voltage distribution systems (transformers, generators, motors, relays, etc.).
- Effective written and verbal communication skills to convey information to project team members and the client.
- Detail oriented approach to work.
- Capable of being badged for unescorted access to a nuclear station.
- Valued but not required skills and experience:
- Automation and related capabilities (MSEE and AI & Automation at Sargent & Lundy): the role expects leadership of others who use modern tools to improve workflows, automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation. You will guide when and how AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked. Leading engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, or advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks is valued but not required. Additional learning such as a minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields is valued to enable effective oversight of automation-enabled engineering workflows.
Award Winning Benefits
At Sargent & Lundy, the health and well-being of employees is a priority. The company offers comprehensive healthcare plans and generous paid time off to support work-life balance, along with competitive, award-winning benefits. The organization earned the Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Award for compensation and benefits in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Compensation
Compensation range: $82,380.00 - $125,860.00. The total compensation package includes a base salary or hourly rate plus a comprehensive benefits package, with eligibility for a yearly discretionary bonus.
Transparency Statement: Sargent & Lundy discloses compensation ranges that comply with all local and state regulations. The total compensation package for eligible positions includes base pay or hourly rate and a comprehensive benefits package, reflecting our commitment to rewarding performance and supporting overall well-being. Individuals may also be eligible to participate in a yearly discretionary bonus.
About This Business Unit
Join Sargent & Lundy's Nuclear Power Group and contribute to shaping the future of clean, carbon-free energy. Since 1954, the firm has been a trusted leader in nuclear engineering, design, and licensing, with expertise across small modular reactors, advanced reactor technology, and first-of-a-kind commercial reactor restart projects. Our work supports life extensions and digital modernization of existing nuclear plants, coal-to-nuclear conversions with the Department of State, and international nuclear new-build projects. We are committed to safety, innovation, and sustainability, providing cutting-edge solutions that power communities worldwide while reducing emissions.
Awards & Recognition and Equal Opportunity
Sargent & Lundy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other