Unit Manager - Plant Engineering Analysis

Description

• Creating and implementing innovative shock and vibration testing solutions.
• Responsible for ensuring the correct execution of technical work: developing and applying engineering and scientific principles to accomplish work, including assurance of appropriate technical reviews.
• Responsible for succinct summaries, both oral and written, of work and work issues for senior management.
• Represent BPMI at technical meetings with other prime contractors, suppliers, and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program representatives.
• Collaborate with NNL on the development of new dynamic structural evaluation techniques.
• Maintaining the technical excellence of BPMI and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) structural evaluations to ensure safe component operation.
• Leading analysis technology development efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of structural evaluation techniques.
• Strategically plan and develop knowledge areas within the team and department to build and maintain critical skill knowledge areas.
• Oversight and planning of shock and vibration qualification testing efforts.
• Facilitate professional development through training and mentoring.
• Oversee structural evaluations and provide technical consultation and guidance on the analysis and design of power plant components to applicable design codes and standards.
• Champion the application of new technologies and new approaches/requirements to realize efficiencies in analysis techniques, testing methods, or supplier fabrication span and cost reduction efforts.
• Manage and forecast labor resources.
• Teaming with FCE, NNL (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), and Program suppliers to evaluate the design and structural integrity of new technology insertions into the fleet.
• Organize, manage, and direct the efforts of personnel engaged in the execution of structural engineering analysis including engineering mechanics, finite element analysis, thermal/mechanical analysis, fracture mechanics, heat transfer, dynamics, shock, vibration, fluid dynamics, and related technologies.
• Oversight and organization of structural analysis efforts to support component design, production and fleet issues.
• Development of shock and vibration analyses and technical justification to support qualification extensions.
• Planning and executing operational impact assessments and extended service life evaluations for flow control equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related technical field (i.e. Engineering, Science, etc.) from an accredited college or university.
• Occasional trips (less than 10%) to Naval Nuclear Laboratory sites and BPMI inter-site travel.
• Six (6) years of NNPP or program experience.
• Advanced degrees (e.g., Master's, Ph. D.) may be considered as a partial substitute for required experience, depending on the relevance to the position, but may not fulfill the entire experience requirement.

Benefits

• A culture that values people through recognition of accomplishments, work-life balance, and a sense of community.
• Opportunities to participate in BPMI sponsored committees and clubs, each with their own mission and purpose.
• Competitive and attractive pay and
• Career advancement and professional development programs.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance