I&C Engineer

We are looking for an I&C Engineer to support the Barakah Nuclear Power station in the UAE. 

To Provide guidance and the highest level of component engineering skills and knowledge to  component engineering program activities and complex troubleshooting, engineering evaluations,  operability determinations, Operational Decision-Making Issues (ODMIs) and temporary modifications  through the planning, execution, and post close-out phases i.e., I & C for the Barakah Nuclear Power  Plant (BNPP) as per the regulatory requirements, operating policies and principles, nuclear standards  for nuclear safety, industrial safety, and environmental protection, to ensure overall business  performance objectives are achieved.

Key Responsibilities: 

• To Guide the execution of component engineering  activities to increase reliability and performance, reduce  operating and maintenance costs, and maintain  compliance with plant design basis and regulatory  requirements. 
• Provide high technical expertise and provide guidance  during the identification, investigation, and resolution of  off normal equipment conditions to ensure safe plant  operations and preserve equipment design margins. 
• Provide guidance to the monitoring, trending, and  assessment of component performance using predictive  maintenance technologies in improve equipment  reliability. 
• Participate in on-line work week meetings as required to  provide input to component maintenance requirements  and priorities. 
• Provide highly experienced technical support and  guidance during complex troubleshooting activities to  facilitate successful completion. 
• Control and guide support to long-term asset  management strategies, initiation of design changes review of failure analyses, and performance of causal  evaluations to improve plant operations. 
• Control and guide support in developing major  equipment maintenance windows to assist shutdown Management. 
• Manage the preventative maintenance basis for  components and optimize the program based on as found conditions to make best use of resources  and promote plant reliability. 
• Lead and guide the analysis to determine whether  components meet or exceed all regulatory  requirements and achieve/approach industry best  practices to enhance plant reliability. 
• Lead the response, or respond to management  inquiries, to key stakeholders, to audits, and to reviews  so that communication can be accurate and timely. 
• Provide appropriate prioritization to work backlog to  ensure optimization of maintenance resources in  component work and report results to the component  engineering management. 
• Assess, update and maintain component health plans to  drive component health and improvements effectively 
• Lead the implementation of, or implement, equipment  reliability initiatives including motivating the correct  behaviours to promote results-oriented equipment  reliability and to support plant shutdown. 
• Validate updates to the equipment master database  (creation/modification/deletion of equipment master  information) to ensure its accuracy and usefulness  including: 
• Review of documents prepared by the  maintenance team or the system engineering  team. 
• Register equipment master in Operating  Management System (OMS). 
• Provide notification to the maintenance team of  the results of equipment master changes. 
• Conduct periodic adequacy checks of station  equipment master and issue of notification of  improper operation for inadequate items. 
• Review of station equipment master and  changes in function location at least once every  quarter. 
• Control and provide guidance to the implementation of  final investment decision (FID) process to facilitate  obtaining new equipment, through: 
• Preparation of requests deciding functional  significance from the system engineering team.
• Revision of significance determination prepared  by system engineering. 
• Preparation and revision of submittals to Plant  Health Committee (PHC) for equipment which  received critical FID A/B testing phases in  significance after evaluation to gain approval. 
• Control and provide guidance to inspection and  evaluation of assigned components etc. during  shutdown to identify condition and issues. 
• Provide oversight on maintenance activities performed  by contractors, when necessary, to ensure proper use of  appropriate procedures. 
• Prepare for World Association of Nuclear Operators  (WANO) pre-start up peer reviews.to ensure effective  communication. 
• Provide input to procedure revisions to ensure accurate  and up-to-date instructions for operations, maintenance  and engineering personnel

Engineering Rapid Response (for positions in the Rapid  Response section)

• Lead complex troubleshooting requests from  Maintenance (MNT), Operations (OPS) or other  Engineering (ENG) departments to find and fix complex  problems with systems or components. 
• Lead engineering evaluations in support of OPS or MNT  requirements to provide information in a short time frame. 
• Conduct engineering evaluations, operability  determinations or ODMIs to ensure that requirements can be met in a timely and effective manner. 
• Lead the development of complex temporary  modifications to meet short-term needs and to enable the Design Department to focus on scheduled work.

Shutdown and Emergency Response Organization (ERO)  

• Support Support Shutdown and/or the emergency response  organization, as assigned, to ensure safe, reliable and continued operations; this may require shift work/off hours support. 

Staff Training and Qualification 

• Provide training feedback on program effectiveness with evaluation of operator performance to enhance training and qualification program quality.

Health and Safety and Security 

• Follow all relevant company’s Health and Safety policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure compliance in all aspects of work as per sound  management practices. 
• Apply these policies and  procedures to self and others to ensure reasonable care of the health and safety of the employee; the environment; and various individuals who may be affected by the employee’s acts or omissions at work. 
• Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security  compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others and Corporate assets. 
• Ensure compliance with corporate requirements for adherence to policies, procedures and instructions related to Crisis Management and Business Continuity  in order to continue mission critical activities.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills: 

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in I&C Engineering discipline or equivalent 

Minimum Experience: 08 years’ work experience in Nuclear/ Power Plant industries and a minimum  of 5 years, mainly in general maintenance of equipment, turnaround etc. 

Job-Specific Skills: 

• Able to understand a broad international standards understanding in order to be able to  undertake different maintenance programs jobs. 
• Broad experience in nuclear/ power plant activities • Knowledge in valve operations & heavy lift 
• Familiar with MS Project/Primavera • Ability to take complex technical decisions and lead teams. 
• Strong interpersonal & Communication skills 
• Capable to work pressure like breakdown maintenance & shutdown. 
• Coordination with inter departments and good relationship with all. 
• Man management skill 
• Thorough knowledge of Nuclear/ Power plant safety procedures & related practices 
• Should undergo approved Permit holder test • Age preferably, not more than 40 years 
• Should undergo and certification for basic safety courses such as confined entry & high  radiation exposure.  

Generic Skills:  

• Making Decisions and Solving Problems 
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work 
• Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others 
• Scheduling Work and Activities  
• Time Management

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