Principal Engineer

Globalpundits, Inc

Aiken, SC

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30+ days ago

Job Description

DUTIES

Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems.
Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results. Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems.
Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.
Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles. Evaluate the results of programs and prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations. Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology. Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management. Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed. Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management. Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies. Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE Education:
Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years’ experience. OR A MS with 8+ years’ experience. OR A BS with 10+ years’ experience or more.

Top Required Skills:

Candidate must demonstrate ten (10) years of direct I&C design experience (within the last 15 years) in the nuclear or process chemical industry.
Candidate must demonstrate design experience with process control instrumentation, PLCs and distributed control systems.
Proficiency in using MicroStation 2D Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software is required.
Candidate must be able to perform weekly field walk downs of the job site for the engineering work being performed. These walk downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for distances of over half a mile, climbing ladders to access remote areas, and dressing out in protective clothing.

Nice to Have Skills:
Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.

Numbers & Facts

Location

Aiken, SC

Skills

2D Draftingunmatched
Bentley MicroStationunmatched
Budget Managementunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
CADD (Computer-Aided Design and Drafting)unmatched
Calendar Managementunmatched
Chemical Processesunmatched
Constructionunmatched
Design Servicesunmatched
Distributed Control Systems (DCS)unmatched
Expense Trackingunmatched
Instrumentationunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Patentsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Control Engineeringunmatched
Process Managementunmatched
Program Planningunmatched
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Publicationsunmatched
Remote Accessunmatched
Reporting Skillsunmatched
Schedule Developmentunmatched
Scientific Principlesunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Staff Requirementsunmatched
Time Managementunmatched

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