Plant Thermal-Hydraulics

Accountable to the Engineering Director for the Technical Discipline quality, integrity, capability, competency and performance of his/her Unit.
Accountable to the Engineering Director for the Technical Contents of all deliverables within the scope of his/her Unit.
Accountable for the management of the Plant Thermal-Hydraulics Unit’s delivery team.

Main responsibilities

• To be accountable and responsible for the thermal-hydraulic studies in support of:
• the assessment with appropriate methodologies and tools of the thermal-hydraulic performance of the newcleo LFR systems, with focus on the primary system and the fuel route, in normal and accidental condition
• the improvement of the modelling capabilities of the unit to keep up with the data requires by other units for design purposes
• the contribution to the V&V efforts made in collaboration with other designated disciplinary areas
• the support to other Units and Functions for advice

• To ensure the performance of engineering activities related to the Unit technical discipline(s) in accordance with the best industry practice:

• Responsible for unit resources, management, development and training.
• Responsible for the quality of technical work with adherence to relevant standards and legislation, regulatory and contractual requirements.
• To ensure the final quality of the set of deliverables in accordance with the efficiency objectives established for each project, the business area and company.
• To provide guidance of procedures and standards which are the most applicable for the development of the development and substantiation of the design.
• Responsible for the checking and approval of the scope readiness for process stages.
• Responsible for the acceptance and approval of the engineered solution, matching the functional and safety functional requirements, and chair of compliance reviews.
• To escalate issues and seek advice from the Engineering Director when encountering complex problems.
• To support team members in technical discussion with External Entities.
• To identify the possible need for the acquisition of new knowledge/updates and of technical Know-How development for his/her unit.
• To be capable of properly identifying requirements, scope of works and costs relevant to his/her disciplines for contract execution.
• Responsible for all schedules of delivery within his/her unit's tasks / assignments.
• Able to lead continuous improvement initiatives on a day-by-day basis relevant to the technical discipline(s) of the Unit.
• To apply the company procedures for Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Systems and Organizational Models.
• Responsible for technical contents of deliverables within the Unit in terms of D4M/D4P (design for manufacturing/design for purchase).
• Line management of allocated staff and embedded contractors.

Experience required

Education:

• Relevant Science/ Engineering Degree Qualified (or Equivalent).

Languages:

• For all locations: Working knowledge of English is a must.
• For location in Italy: Fluent Italian, French is a plus.
• For location in France: Fluent French, Italian is a plus.
• For location in UK: Italian or French is a plus.

• Demonstrable skills in similar unit management role:

• Significant relevant technical experience, particularly in the fields of nuclear reactor deterministic safety assessment by thermal-hydraulic computer codes (preferably including metal cooled systems), preferably under regulatory frameworks.
• Leadership and management of thermal-hydraulics delivery teams.
• Specialism in one or more of the following areas:
• Water-cooled nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics
• Metal-cooled nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics
• Deterministic safety assessment of nuclear reactors by means of computer code simulations of operational and accidental transients
• Use of system best-estimate thermal-hydraulics computer codes and application of uncertainty evaluation methodologies
• Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes for nuclear reactor design and safety related applications
• Verification, Validation, Qualification of system TH and/or CFD computer codes
• Design and operation of integral and/or separate-effect test facilities for experimental investigation on nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics.
• Comprehensive engineering/technical knowledge.
• Maintains an understanding of the latest technologies and innovations relating to nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics and deterministic safety assessment.