Structural Cognizant System; WETF Engineer

What You Will Do

The Engineering Services (ES) Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions that enable the Laboratory’s scientific and national security mission. ES Groups are responsible for implementing the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program at Los Alamos National Laboratory in support of systems, structure and component modifications and new installations, as well as supporting existing systems, modifications and customers occupying the facilities.

This position is within the Engineering Services – Weapons Facilities Operations (ES-WFO) Group and supports the Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility (WETF) as a Structural Cognizant System Engineer to serve as owner of multiple accredited facility systems. As a part of the Cognizant System Engineering Team, systems you support will include tritium process systems, structural fire protection systems, and various other systems needed to operate a leading research and development Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility.

Note:

This position will be filled at either the Nuclear Facilities Engineer 3 or 4 level depending on the skills and/or experience of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

As a Nuclear Facilities Engineer with Engineering Services, you will function as a Cognizant System Engineer (CSE) assigned to Vital Safety Systems F is part of the portfolio of facilities located within LANL’s Weapons Facilities Operations (WFO). WFO works hand‑in‑hand with nuclear weapons R&D groups to develop and maintain the nation’s weapons stockpile. As a CSE you will serve as the best integrated source of expert knowledge for a given system or component in your assigned facilities and therefore are responsible for a wide range of support activities.

You will provide a technical interface to existing facility systems and components in the assigned facilities and control and maintain the technical baseline and master equipment list of the assigned systems. You will review and concur with design modification outputs as requested by the FDAR and evaluate, maintain, troubleshoot, and replace facility support equipment, as well as coordinate with multiple disciplines.

In this role you will support configuration management of assigned systems.

You will apply broad, in‑depth knowledge of DOE Orders, nuclear safety requirements, and national consensus codes—including ASCE, ACI, AISC, NFPA, and IBC—to develop engineering solutions that uphold the highest standards of safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance. Engineers at this level serve as technical authorities, lead portions of project and design work, guide system performance, and contribute to engineering strategies that ensure mission execution across complex, high‑consequence facilities.

The level 3 role serves as a Senior Engineer and includes the following job opportunities:

• Qualify as a Cognizant System Engineer (CSE) at one of our nation's top scientific laboratories
• Assess, maintain, and upgrade systems at WETF to support facility operations and programmatic needs
• As system owner's representative this position will support the following focus areas:
  Configuration Management, Technical Support to Operations and Maintenance, System Health Status and Performance, and Technical Support to Programs and Projects
• Lead in research, assembles, and/or evaluates information or data regarding nuclear facility practices or applicable regulatory changes affecting nuclear facility engineering policies or programs; recommend sound, practical solutions to moderately complex issues
• Recognized as a contributing figure for nuclear facility engineering issues, communicating with stakeholders across most areas of the project.
• Expected to lead significant portions of nuclear facility engineering projects or teams in support of meeting mission deliverables
• Represent Engineering Services Division as a leader in effective and efficient project execution
• Review…