Process Engineer, Chemical

Process Engineer, Chemical

ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France

Overview

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity at the heart of an ambitious fusion energy project? Join our Plant & Process Engineering Division (PPED), within the Engineering Service Department (ESD) as a Process Engineer.

As a Process Engineer, Chemical your goals will include:

• Performing, reviewing, overseeing and accepting the design, manufacturing, testing, installation and commissioning activities of selected Tritium Plant sub-systems of ITER.
• Supporting process plant solution delivery to ensure they are comprehensive and that the defined requirements are achieved and clearly demonstrated.
• Using engineering analysis to inform design decisions whilst ensuring work aligns with relevant codes and standards.
• Producing high-quality engineering solutions across a broad range of process engineering topics over the lifecycle of the system.
• Ensuring deliverables are produced according to project schedule and budget, within a quality-assured environment that requires rigor and a systematic way of working.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

• Produces and monitors the Tritium Plant sub-systems designs including system design, component selection, analysis (e.g. transient) and layout.
• Prepares and/or reviews design solutions and technical specifications for Tritium Plant sub-systems equipment, in accordance with the requirements and guidance.
• Performs the functional analysis of the Tritium Plant sub-systems to check that the design fulfils the requirements of full plant lifecycle including testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance and decommissioning.
• Prepares and maintains design documents, in addition to communicating them with relevant interfaces and technical units.
• Follows-up and reviews the design, manufacturing, testing, installation and commissioning activities of Tritium Plant sub-systems components and systems, including those performed by contractors.
• Identifies and manages interfaces related to the Tritium Plant sub-systems with Responsible Officers and stakeholders of other systems.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Supports commissioning and plant performance testing/troubleshooting including preparation of documentation for testing and commissioning whilst considering client requirements as well as availability of suppliers.
• Applies relevant Quality Assurance (QA) & Quality Control (QC) requirements and standards for tools, components and systems.
• Produces Process Flow Diagrams, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, Input to Layout Drawings, and Specifications, Equipment Process Data Sheets, Instrument Process Data Sheets, Control Descriptions, Cause and Effect Diagrams and takes part in HAZOPs.

Experience & Competencies

Essential:

• Proven experience in supporting engineering design, integration and installation of plant systems in the field of nuclear or hazardous environments.
• Process Engineering, Chemical: Applying chemical engineering principles to the specification, design, testing, installation and maintenance of plant systems and interfaces in hazardous environments.
• Manufacturing, testing, qualification and commissioning of plant systems in a nuclear environment.
• Design (create technical designs based on project requirements): Component design development, including process and/or high category nuclear safety systems, design engineering and analysis.
• Project Management and Procurement within an engineering context, including procurement and contracts (writing technical specifications, planning, measuring progress of project work, deliverables, managing risks/costs and reporting on progress).
• Technical Documentation: Producing technical requirements specifications, performing consistency checking and general management of documents.
• Managing Complexity and Problem Solving: Ability to analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to understand/define problems accurately before moving to proposals.
• Continuous Improvement: proposing changes to processes and systems to enhance efficiency, quality, and productivity over time.
• Quality Management Systems (QMS): apply the applicable procedures related to your field of activity.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of safe handling of tritium, hydrogen or high purity gas treatment processing technologies.
• Software: Process simulation software (e.g. ASPEN or similar).
• Organizational Savvy: maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people related organizational dynamics.
• Optimizes Work Processes: knowing or identifying the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in nuclear, chemistry, chemical engineering or other relevant discipline.
• The required education degree(s) may be substituted by extensive professional experience involving similar work responsibilities and/or additional training certificates in relevant domains.