Principal Design Engineer – Nuclear Power Plant

About the role

Lead the design of major baseline modifications and configuration control for the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, ensuring compliance with regulatory, safety and environmental standards while improving plant reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of permanent design modifications for plant systems, components and structures to enhance reliability and safety.
• Manage configuration control of design output documents, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, nuclear safety standards and environmental protection.
• Coordinate with the design change committee, functional location database and equipment master data to prioritize and communicate modifications.
• Support unit start‑up testing, Power Ascension Test and outage activities, providing technical expertise to resolve engineering issues.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related scientific discipline (or equivalent diploma).
• Minimum 8 years of relevant engineering experience, including at least 1 year in a nuclear power plant environment.
• Professional certification such as APPU‑ENG‑IT‑QC2001‑SE is desirable.
• Experience with APR‑1400 or OPR‑1000 maintenance and engineering is preferred.

Required skills

• Design engineering and modification analysis.
• Configuration management of engineering documents.
• Seismic qualification review and specification development.
• Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) impact assessment.
• Software configuration management for nuclear plant applications.