Principal Program Engineer

Job Purpose

Guide the development, implementation and execution of engineering programs as well as ensure that governance, oversight, and control of these programs in place to support safe and reliable Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) operation.

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

Engineering Program Development
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Guide the development of engineering programs in accordance with the regulatory requirements and licensing basis to support safe and reliable operation of BNPP.
• Guide the development of the engineering, operational, inspection, and maintenance actions that control, within acceptable design limits, the effects of physical degradation of components occurring over time or with use to optimize the length of service of the subject equipment.
• Develop long-term plans for engineering programs, as well as policies, processes, procedures, guidelines, arrangements, and activities subject equipment performance management or issues at BNPP to enable consistent execution of the programs.
• Lead the implementation of adjustments to engineering program documents and delivered procedures based on the reference plant or industry best practices as appropriate to verify that they meet BNPP objectives and specific unique conditions and ensure organizational excellence.
• Guide the development of software tools as required to support engineering programs and verify the input baseline data in the related database to ensure data security and governance.
• Liaise the review of the corresponding programs for the reference plant, Shin Kori Units 3&4, to ensure that they meet BNPP objectives and specific unique conditions.
• Lead the development of the engineering program’s procedures, processes and guidelines, as required, to ensure that Maintenance and Operations personnel have references for executing the program properly and safely

Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)

Engineering Program Implementation 
Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 
• Provide in-depth technical expertise to support plant personnel in implementing the engineering program.
• Lead support to plant personnel in gathering and communicating engineering program results to ensure accurate outcomes.
• Implement new concepts and techniques to improve equipment reliability or compliance with changes in engineering codes and standards.
Engineering Program Execution 
Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 
• Monitor the execution of the engineering program including monitoring equipment or material performance to verify that it is being executive properly
Activity: 
Outage and Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Support
Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 
• Support outage and/or the emergency response organization, as assigned, to ensure safe, reliable and continued operations; this may require shift work/off hours support.
Staff Training and Qualification
Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 
• Provide training feedback on program effectiveness with evaluation of operator performance to enhance training and qualification program quality.
Health and Safety, Security, and Business Continuity
Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 
• All individuals take personal responsibility for safety; follow company HSE policies, procedures and instructions; avoid complacency and continuously challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or in appropriate action; report any situation that could present a hazard; not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace in the interest of health, safety, welfare or protection or management of the environment.
• Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures, and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others, and corporate assets.
• Follow all relevant Business Continuity and Resilience requirements for compliance with, and adherence to, policies, procedures and instructions related to the effective planning for, and response to, incidents and/or business disruptions to continue critical business processes and activities with minimal adverse impact.

Professional Certifications

CertificateMin: N/A

CertificateMax: • APPU-ENG-IT-QC2005-PROG.

Qualifications

QualificationMin: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related Science.

Pref - Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, with Pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear maintenance and engineering experience.

Experience

• 6 to 7 years of relevant experience, out of which:
- 1 year of Nuclear Power Plant engineering experience.