Principal Fire Protection Design Engineer

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At Omega Technical Services, every role supports a mission that matters. Whether you're advancing national security, driving innovation in nuclear infrastructure, or supporting critical DOE and DoD operations, you're part of something bigger here.

Omega Technical Services is seeking a highly motivated Fire Protection Design Engineer to support ongoing operations in Aiken, SC. This position plays a vital role in advancing critical mission objectives within a highly regulated and technically demanding environment.

As a trusted partner to government agencies and national laboratories, Omega Technical Services supports some of the nation's most complex and high-impact programs. Through these strategic collaborations, Omega contributes directly to the strength, security, and sustainability of the U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise.

DUTIES:

Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems. Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results. Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
• Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems.
• Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
• Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.
• Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles.
• Evaluate the results of programs and prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
• Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
• Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology.
• Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management.
• Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
• Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
• Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management.
• Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
• Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies.
• Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.

• Provide design engineering staff augmentation support to SRNS. Primary

  responsibilities include engineering task analysis, walk-downs, design development

  and generation of design output documents including but not limited to:
  Location

  Plans, Connection Diagrams, Conduit / Block Diagrams, Logic Diagrams, Panel

  Detail Drawings, Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams, and Battery Loading

  Calculations in accordance with national consensus codes and standards. Provide

  technical support to site construction forces, start-up & testing, suppliers or

  subcontract personnel. Prepare Data Sheets, Statements of Work, Procurement

  Specifications, Design Build Specifications, and Purchase Requisition s.

• Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures.

  Programmatic guidance will be provided by SRNS.

• Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years' experience.
• MS with 8+ years' experience.
• BS with 10+ years' experience or more.

• Graduate of an ABET accredited Fire Protection Engineering program.

BS degree in an engineering discipline and at least one of the following:

• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Satisfactory results of a pre-employment screening, which includes a drug and breath alcohol test, along with a Motor Vehicle Record check.
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Security Clearance.

Candidate must demonstrate ten (10) years of recent design experience, four (4)

of which shall be in the following area of expertise:

• Fire Alarm, Detection and Signaling Design - General knowledge of

  electrical/control systems, connection…