Reliability Engineer (3611)

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting for a Reliability Engineer in Oak Ridge, TN. This position requires an active DOE Q level clearance, and only applicants with current, active clearances will be eligible for consideration.

Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the client’s success. Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Navarro has active programs in place across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.

Reliability Engineer (RE) provides a strategic support interface between Production, Engineering, Projects, and the Maintenance Organizations by providing recommendations and technical expertise to enhance equipment design, reliability, and maintainability. The RE has a critical role in optimizing asset management processes through utilization of proactive maintenance strategies to minimize downtime, failure rates and maximize equipment reliability. The RE is responsible for but not limited to:

• Defines and provides implementation support for recommendations that ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety/security systems

• Provides reliability based technical support to Production, Operations, Infrastructure Management and Craft personnel

• Gathers, reviews, and analyzes data concerning facility or equipment reliability, availability, maintainability, and inspectability (RAMI) specifications

• Review technical documents that depict or define reliability, accessibility, maintainability or inspectability features of systems, equipment and facilities including, technical basis documentation, manuals and data-sheets

• Lead role in integration of project and plant RAMI deliverables

• Development of proactive maintenance strategies for structures, systems and components

• Equipment Failure Mode Identification and Root Cause Failure Analysis

• Trend Analysis of structures, systems, and components

• Defines, develops, implements, revises, and monitors Asset Management Plan(s) for structures, systems and components

• Effective deployment of condition based, predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems before failure occurrence

• Completion and presentation of both RAMI and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses to internal and external engineering partners. Analysis to include labor distributions, critical spares identification, proactive asset management plans, failure rates MTBF, MTTR and life-cycle cost analysis.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Active DOE Q Clearance

• Bachelor's degree in engineering/physical science discipline from an ABET accredited program.

• The applicant must meet the requirements of the DOE O 426.2 which states a Baccalaureate in Engineering/Related Science, 2 years of job related experience and 1 year of nuclear experience or a DOE approved alternative is needed for this position. DOE 426.2 experience requirements can be satisfied following employment. In the interim, newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities. (Ref. DOE O 426.2).

Preferred Job Requirements:

• BS in engineering/physical science discipline with 5+ years of Reliability Engineering experience or Master’s degree in engineering/physical science discipline with 2+ years of Reliability Engineering experience

• Ability to work independently as well as work within a team environment and promote collaboration

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Interact with organizations across the Site

• Present information on clearly and effectively through the oral and written communication

• Ability to resolve complex issues, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to multi -task in a fast-paced work environment

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required.

Navarro is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status or any classification protected by applicable state or local law.

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; vacation/sick/holiday pay*.

*Based on eligibility rules