CAREERS WITH NUSOURCE
SENIOR ESTIMATOR
Overview
The Senior Estimator is responsible for the development of cost estimates and proposals related to the engineering and manufacturing of nuclear power plant components. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of mechanical hardware, nuclear industry requirements, and the ability to read and interpret customer and internal drawings. The Senior Estimator will create detailed cost estimates with plans to build hardware, including bills of material, assembly sequencing, and labor estimates, while ensuring compliance with nuclear procurement and Quality Assurance requirements and meeting customer expectations for turnaround time of requests. This is a full-time with benefits and is a hybrid role based in Alexandria, VA, with approximately 20% travel required. Salary is commensurate with experience, capabilities, and performance. The Senior Estimator reports to the NuSource Director of Business Development.
Duties & Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of this position are:
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and capabilities:
The Senior Estimator is responsible for the development of cost estimates and proposals related to the engineering and manufacturing of nuclear power plant components. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of mechanical hardware, nuclear industry requirements, and the ability to read and interpret customer and internal drawings. The Senior Estimator will create detailed cost estimates with plans to build hardware, including bills of material, assembly sequencing, and labor estimates, while ensuring compliance with nuclear procurement and Quality Assurance requirements and meeting customer expectations for turnaround time of requests. This is a full-time with benefits and is a hybrid role based in Alexandria, VA, with approximately 20% travel required. Salary is commensurate with experience, capabilities, and performance. The Senior Estimator reports to the NuSource Director of Business Development.
Duties & Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of this position are:
- Scope and Cost Estimation: Develop and prepare accurate, timely cost estimates for proposals including labor, materials, and subcontractor costs.
- Collaborate with Internal Teams: Work with other departments to define the scope of work, technical requirements, cost, and schedule.
- Provide the completed quote to the Business Development Specialist for completion of the proposal for internal approval and delivery to the customer.
- Blueprint & Drawing Interpretation: Analyze customer and internal drawings, for mechanical hardware.
- Specification Analysis: Interpret customer specifications, procurement engineering requirements, and Quality requirements to ensure compliance with nuclear industry regulations.
- Vendor Coordination: Develop and manage requests for proposals (RFPs) to be sent to prospective vendors who will be subcontracted for portions of the work.
- Collaboration: Coordinate with Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Project Managers to ensure alignment with capabilities.
- Customer Interaction: Address customer questions and clarify project details as needed.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and capabilities:
- College degree (Bachelor of Science) in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- 5-7 years in nuclear projects or estimating, including quoting and cost development for complex fabrication or construction.
- Strong knowledge of nuclear industry quality requirements, including ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and NQA-1 standards.
- Experience in fabricating mechanical hardware such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, valves, and custom components.
- Familiarity with Commercial Grade Dedication, material testing, and reverse engineering.
- Expertise in manufacturing processes and cost development for nuclear mechanical hardware and engineering projects.
- Understanding of components such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, valves, and custom hardware, including non-destructive testing and inspection requirements.
- Hands-on experience with machining, welding, mechanical assembly, and reverse engineering, including knowledge of fabrication methods.
- Skilled in using project management and scheduling software (e.g., MS Project) and MS Office (Excel, Word) to manage timelines and resource allocation effectively.
- Strong ability to interpret mechanical drawings, specifications, and tolerances.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to manage complex projects.
- Ability to learn quickly and respond/ react quickly to changing priorities.
- Ability to complete tasks with minimum supervision.
- Good interpersonal skills dealing with a wide range of individuals.
- Strong written communication skills required.
- Persistent, questioning attitude.
ENGINEERING MANAGER
Overview
NuSource solves challenging problems for clients in the fields of power and energy, and federal services. Successful candidates see value in performing challenging technical work and have a desire for continuous learning, including topics beyond mechanical engineering. Typical project assignments in this role will include leading the design, analysis, and/or evaluation of components within nuclear power facilities while providing engineering support and oversight to NuSource’s fabrication and testing vendors. Due to NuSource’s breadth of opportunities, the type and scope of engineering projects are always evolving. This is a full-time, exempt position located at NuSource’s offices in Alexandria, VA, with approximately 20% travel required. The Engineering Manager will report to the NuSource President.
Duties/Responsibilities
Qualifications
NuSource solves challenging problems for clients in the fields of power and energy, and federal services. Successful candidates see value in performing challenging technical work and have a desire for continuous learning, including topics beyond mechanical engineering. Typical project assignments in this role will include leading the design, analysis, and/or evaluation of components within nuclear power facilities while providing engineering support and oversight to NuSource’s fabrication and testing vendors. Due to NuSource’s breadth of opportunities, the type and scope of engineering projects are always evolving. This is a full-time, exempt position located at NuSource’s offices in Alexandria, VA, with approximately 20% travel required. The Engineering Manager will report to the NuSource President.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Planning and leading the engineering team efforts of component design, including coaching and mentoring engineers through execution of the work.
- Providing technical oversight to the NuSource team as well as analysis, manufacturing, and original equipment manufacturer sub-vendors.
- Developing design/analytical solutions for a range of technical challenges across various projects including, for example:
- Pressure Vessel Design (vessels, heat exchangers, valves, etc.).
- Design Code Analyses (stress analyses, design reports, code compliance and acceptability, etc.).
- Seismic Analyses (stress analyses, Finite Element Analyses, etc.).
- Creating design files such as 3D CAD models and 2D fabrication drawings.
- Performing technical reviews and approving internal and external designs or analyses.
- Resolving technical issues identified during fabrication.
- Approving commercial grade dedication plans.
- Providing technical oversight of fabrication.
- Communicating results internally and externally.
- Ensuring quality engineering products are delivered by the team.
- Leading team through professional development and growth of individuals.
Qualifications
- BS or MS/ME in Mechanical Engineering (or similar discipline) required.
- 7 years’ work experience in the nuclear power industry in field of mechanical component design (pressure vessel, structural, materials, etc.).
- Experience working to mechanical codes and standards such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
- Experience using solid modeling, analysis, and evaluation of structural/component designs.
- Experience developing technical solutions based on analysis or testing.
- Experience with mechanical part inspection and measurement tools and techniques.
- Experience with modeling software such as Solidworks and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software such as ANSYS.
- Experience successfully working in a collaborative, integrated design team is essential.
- Experience designing, maintaining, or operating mechanical components in power plant systems.
- Strong analytical skills with a fundamental understanding of the underlying first principles of engineering.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients, project team members, and senior management.
- Demonstrated leadership experience.
- Ability to multi-task across teams of engineers and managers on various projects.
- Ability to oversee work efforts of and provide mentoring to engineers.
- Motivated to tackle new problems and take on new responsibilities.
- Ability to accept and grow from constructive feedback.
- Solid time management and organization skills.
- Persistent, questioning attitude and the ability to accept that in others.
