Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Distributed Control Systems Engineer to work on our System Engineering team. Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) facility with every Friday off. You will apply engineering principles for assigned nuclear facility control systems to support operational performance of the Advanced Test Reactor. You will report directly to the manager of the ATR System Engineering department. Responsibilities: - Evaluate, design, maintain, modify, install, and test facility systems and process support systems. Ensure continued operational readiness of assigned systems, structures and components and support. - Apply knowledge and experience in application of Industrial Control Systems programming, instrumentation, networking, and troubleshooting. - Initiate corrective actions or order plant shutdowns in emergency situations. - Monitor nuclear facility operations to identify any design, construction, or operation practices that violate safety regulations and laws or could jeopardize safe operations. - Develop and write sophisticated procedures for the modification and/or operation of facility, equipment, and processes. - Examine accidents to obtain data for use in design of preventive measures. - Direct operating or maintenance activities of nuclear facility to ensure efficiency and conformity to safety standards. - Develop, ensure adequacy of, and maintain configuration management and the technical baseline of multiple systems and component groups. - Support facility operations, maintenance personnel, & project personnel to ensure assigned process systems & equipment are operated, maintained, & modified to meet operational & research needs within the system applicable baseline, & applicable standards. - Other duties as assigned.
