What are the responsibilities and job description for the Remote Human Factors Engineer - Nuclear position at Actalent?
This is a fully remote position based in North Carolina.
Description:
We are seeking a tenured Human Factors Engineer with nuclear operations experience to support development of next generation nuclear reactors.
The Operational Nuclear Human Factors Engineer provides operational guidance on near-term and longer-range projects regarding knowledge of operations, maintenance, and testing activities including task characteristics, HSI characteristics, environmental characteristics, and technical requirements related to operational activities in support of the development of human-system interfaces, procedures, and training programs.
Responsibilities:
• Knowledge of nuclear plant operations and nuclear regulatory processes.
• Knowledge of the human factors engineering process.
• Ability to analyze requirements for plant control.
• Ability to review, test and validate human-system interfaces using a simulator and plant operating, surveillance, and emergency procedures.
• Ability to incorporate design requirements into analyses and design documents.
• Support the development of normal, abnormal, emergency operating procedures, alarm response procedures, surveillance procedures and operator training programs.
• Provide plant operation input to the Reliability Availability Maintainability program.
• Develop proceed/hold acceptance criteria & pre-requisites for Pre-operational, Startup and selected Construction tests.
• Support GEH quality requirements, including participation in design reviews and the initiation of and responding to Corrective Actions.
• Provide on-time, quality delivery of engineering documentation in accordance with contract requirements, business procedures, and regulatory agency guidelines.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field. Possesses a Reactor Operator (RO) license. Minimum 5 years as a reactor operator and 2 years of human factors experience.
• M.S. Degree in Engineering or HFE related Discipline or equivalent.
• Sr Reactor Operator (SRO) certification at a commercial nuclear facility.
• Operating experience or outage experience in positions requiring SRO or RO certification or license.
• Documented delivery of high-quality procedures for mission critical facilities.
• Nuclear plant emergency procedure experience.
• Experience with procedure writing, training, or surveillance test execution.
• Experience with NRC and INPO Operator Training Guidelines.
• Experience with NRC Regulatory Guide 0711 or 0711 site implementation and reviews.
• Strong oral and written communication skills communicates messages clearly and concisely.
• Solid technical writing skills with focus on requirements, design, and description documents.
• Clear and demonstrated understanding of nuclear industry.
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