Senior Mechanical PLiM/PLEX Engineer

• Lead a team of junior and intermediate engineers, provide mentoring and coaching and impart training and plant life management and extension PLiM/PLEX knowledge transfer to develop human resources into long term corporate assets.
• Work closely with and monitor and supervise the work of PLiM/PLEX consultants, contractors and vendor service teams for specific tasks and assignments during the normal plant operation and during the outage cycles.
• Use working knowledge of PLiM/PLEX, Age Related Degradation Mechanism, Systematic Assessment of Maintenance, and FMEA procedures and techniques, work out and implement plant specific methodologies to proactively assess potential damages and put in place sound workable plans and strategies to mitigate the long and short term risks to enhance the plant life, maintain plant operational performance, reliability and safety of the systems, structures, equipment and components in the Nuclear Steam Plant and the Balance of Plant.
• Provide support to the technical lead to perform conceptual and detail plant life management and life extension activities including systems decomposition, system analysis, criticality analysis, task selection and single point vulnerability assessments.
• Perform technical review of process flow sheets, detail drawings, equipment arrangement/layouts as well as sizing and selection of mechanical components related to nuclear steam plants, with specific focus on the maintenance-based design and ease of operation and maintenance, and plant life management and life extension.
• With a strong focus on PLiM/PLEX needs and requirements, interact with other related disciplines and provide mechanical and equipment engineering input for the preparation of technical deliverables including specifications, plant layout, inspection and test procedures, commissioning plans and registration design submissions for nuclear power plant (NPP) components and mechanical systems.
• A work environment focused on health and safety.

• The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
• An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
• A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
• A work environment focused on health and safety.

• Engineering degree from an accredited University in Mechanical, Process or Nuclear Engineering.
• Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, qualified to seal engineering documents.
• Proven and industry recognized plant life management and extension experience, preferably in the Candu nuclear power plants, fossil fuel power stations, petrochemical plants or oil refineries covering major system and critical equipment, mechanical design and operation and maintenance of industrial machines, automation equipment and automated-tooling design, and/or in equipment engineering with extensive knowledge in pumps, fans, motors, valves, heat exchanges, steam generators, pressure vessels, tanks, piping, HVAC systems, steam turbines, condensers, generators and associated mechanical components, as applicable to nuclear plants.
• A strong and well recognized team player with an understanding and proven experience of inter-discipline coordination and in developing maintenance-based design and working methodologies for risk assessment and management using mitigation methodologies for plant and equipment aging related degradation mechanisms.
• Solid understanding of process systems, mechanics and working principles of large sized and complex rotating machines and static equipment, operation and maintenance procedures, mechanics of materials, material selection and fundamentals of machine component design.
• Solid understanding and experience in equipment sizing, selection, and troubleshooting issues at plant sites.
• Strong written and oral communication and technical report writing skills.

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