Heat Exchanger Engineer

Heat Exchanger Engineer

This full-time role is about making an impact on people's lives and the future of clean energy. You will leverage your skills and experience to be part of an innovative team and make a difference for our customers. As a Heat Exchanger Engineer in Lynchburg, VA, you will be part of the proven team in the Installed Base Business Unit. Your work will include:

• Modify existing and develop new repair products for power plant heat exchangers.
• Performing repair qualifications for utility conditions and material and lead maintenance crews on-site to implement repair contract scopes during nuclear plant outages.
• Work as part of the site crews that deploy on outages and perform technician work to gain experience in the Balance of Plant (BOP) heat exchanger field.
• Perform a variety of complex engineering assignments typically in areas of design, development, analysis, evaluation, testing, preparation of specifications, execution of field tasks and resolution of field opportunities.
• Independently evaluate, select and apply a variety of technical techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgement in making more complex adaptations and modifications for tasks not previously performed.
• Develop new or adapted existing services/products, methods, systems or models to provide added value solutions to customers.
• Ensures compliance with government regulations, organization, industry and customer engineering standards.
• Travel to site as a technical or overall project lead for heat exchanger work, whether a tube repair or maintenance job. Interact with site engineering, project managers, and outage control center, as needed, while on-site to resolve issues as they arise.
• Prepare qualification documentation (technical requirements documents, test plans, calculations) and perform qualification testing as needed for new heat exchanger repair products (sleeves, tube expansion, retubing, etc.).
• Prepare final reports for repairs performed on-site after returning to the office.
• Interact with customer counterparts either at conferences, at power plants, or during conference calls to determine their issues and advise them on Framatome's solutions.
• Prepare presentation and marketing materials for heat exchanger conferences and customer presentations. Work with the sales group to prepare proposals. This will involve scheduling, cost estimates, and proposal technical wording.

This position requires up to 25% travel. Together we will enable clean, safe, and economical low-carbon energy to meet the global ambition for a better tomorrow.

Framatome is an international leader in nuclear energy recognized for its innovative solutions and value-added technologies for the global nuclear fleet. More than 2,000 dedicated U.S. Framatome employees work every day to supply ever cleaner, safer, and more economical low-carbon energy for our communities and world. As well as supporting new nuclear builds, advancing new technology and advancing nuclear energy in the U.S. and abroad. Like you, we want a brighter future.

Framatome's Installed Base (IB) Business Unit is responsible for all types of services and maintenance activities for commercial nuclear operating plants. The IB NDE Solutions Business Group (IBN-A) manages specialty NDE inspections, steam generator services, chemistry & chemical application services, and Balance of Plant (BOP) repair services and sales activity for primarily the US nuclear market.

Framatome supports a safety conscious work environment and nuclear safety culture by aggressively promoting the identification and correction of safety issues and fostering a conservative decision-making environment that drives nuclear and industrial safety.

The range of base salary for the position is between $97,000 - $131,000, and may also include annual incentives, performance bonuses and benefits. Framatome offers a broad employee benefits portfolio as a key component of your total rewards. This includes multiple medical plans; dental and vision plans; Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment; long- and short-term disability; optional plans including dependent life, accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance; retirement savings plans (401k) with employer match; paid time off including up to 3 weeks of vacation, 8 days of sick leave, and 13 paid holidays; education reimbursement; adoption assistance; employee assistance programs; opportunities for professional development.

Framatome is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.