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Relevant experience may include nuclear engineering, fuel handling, reactor engineering, spent fuel pool operations, dry cask storage, licensing, plant systems engineering, radiation protection support, or nuclear safety analysis.\nKnowledge of commercial nuclear plant operations, regulatory requirements, licensing basis documents, technical specifications, engineering procedures, and corrective action processes.\nExperience preparing or reviewing engineering calculations, technical evaluations, procedures, design documents, regulatory inputs, or vendor technical documents.\nAbility to support field activities, refueling outages, dry cask loading campaigns, readiness reviews, inspections, and emergent station issues as needed.\nKey Metrics:\nTeamwork and collaboration skills across organizational boundaries.\nAble to communicate complex spent fuel, engineering, operational, and regulatory issues effectively through written and verbal communication.\nAble to influence by establishing effective working relationships across organizational boundaries, including station departments, fleet organizations, vendors, and external organizations.\nIn-depth understanding of nuclear power plant equipment, fuel handling systems, spent fuel storage systems, dry cask storage equipment, and system interrelationships.\nAble to evaluate technical alternatives in light of nuclear safety, regulatory compliance, operational risk, schedule impact, and economic contribution to the business.\nAble to apply systematic problem-solving processes to address complex spent fuel engineering and storage issues.\nDemonstrates strong ownership of nuclear safety, technical quality, regulatory compliance, procedure adherence, and conservative engineering judgment.\nSupports reliable execution of spent fuel pool management, dry cask storage campaigns, inspections, corrective actions, and long-term spent fuel program objectives.\n** Final pay grade will be based on applicant's experience and qualifications **\nJob Family\nEngineering ServicesCompany\nVistra Nuclear Operations CompanyLocations\nCleveland, OhioOhioWe are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. 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