About the Role
Build an exciting, rewarding career with Duke Energy, helping to make a difference for millions of people every day. This role is responsible for all phases of licensing projects to ensure project success, including overall regulatory strategy, application/submittal scope, schedule and quality, NRC review efficiency, and NRC engagement plans. The Manager provides leadership for a team of licensing engineers and other internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership and direction for the new nuclear regulatory team in support of siting, licensing, and development activities for Duke Energy’s new nuclear efforts.
- Establishes priorities, aligns resources, and ensures licensing activities are integrated with overall project objectives.
- Leads and manages the company’s interface with the NRC for all new nuclear licensing projects, ensuring consistent, effective communication with agency staff.
- Ensures regulatory correspondence, licensing submittals, and other communications to the NRC and applicable regulatory agencies are complete, accurate, timely, and of high quality.
- Provides review and oversight to confirm materials support the approved licensing strategy and project schedule.
- Develops, manages, and provides oversight of licensing scope, schedules, budgets, and work products associated with 10 CFR Part 50, Part 52, and potentially Part 53 activities.
- Monitors progress, identifies risks, and drives resolution of issues that could affect licensing outcomes.
- Works closely with industry organizations and participates in NEI working groups to support industry learning, consistency, and standardization.
- Monitors emerging regulatory developments and incorporates applicable lessons learned into Duke Energy’s new nuclear licensing approach.
- Develops and maintains licensing strategies for new nuclear development efforts, including identification of regulatory pathways, key milestones, stakeholder engagement needs, and actions necessary to support successful siting, application development, NRC review, and project execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other related degree
- 10 years’ experience in licensing/regulatory affairs interfacing with NRC
- Working knowledge of 10 CFR Part 50 and Part 52, and of NRC processes
- Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or state registration as a Professional Engineer.
- A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B. S. engineering degree.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain composure and clarity of thought and purpose when confronted with highly stressful situations
- Demonstrated effective analytical, problem identification, negotiation and resolution skills
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multiple functional areas in an organization, coordinating resources to meet expectations
- Experience in new nuclear licensing projects
- Must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.
Skills
- Excellent communication skills -- technical, verbal, written and presentation
Location
- McGuire Nuclear Station
- any Duke Energy Nuclear facility
Work Type
- Onsite
- Office environment with occasional (~20%) travel to job sites, conferences and NRC offices
Experience Level
- 10 years’ experience in licensing/regulatory affairs interfacing with NRC
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or other related degree
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
- state registration as a Professional Engineer
- Master's degree in engineering
Benefits
- opportunities for growth and development
- recognition for your work
- competitive pay and benefits
- Relocation Assistance Provided
About the Company
- Build an exciting, rewarding career with Duke Energy, helping to make a difference for millions of people every day.
- Duke Energy operates the largest regulated nuclear fleet in the U.S., producing 10,819 megawatts of safe, reliable, and clean energy from 11 reactors at six sites in the Carolinas.
- Duke Energy has operated its nuclear fleet safely and with excellence for more than 50 years, generating reliable and clean energy 24 hours a day while providing high-wage jobs and millions of dollars in local property and other taxes, and creating many economic benefits for communities in the Carolinas.
- Duke Energy is dedicated to the continued long-term operation of the existing nuclear fleet by extending the licensed life of the existing units, producing more energy from the units through power uprate projects and reducing the number of refueling outages through 24-month fuel cycle projects.
- Beyond the existing fleet, Duke Energy has been actively evaluating the next generation of advanced reactors to provide clean, reliable baseload generation that will be needed to meet growing demand.
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