job-listing

Working alongside Nucleon’s engineering and operations specialists, you will:

• Identify opportunities for automation and remote handling that improve safety, reliability, maintainability and operating efficiency.
• Develop equipment concepts, functional requirements, operating sequences and interfaces with the wider facility.
• Design and integrate mechanical assemblies, actuators, sensors, end effectors, motion-control systems and robotic equipment.
• Evaluate robotic, fixed-automation, remotely operated and manually assisted approaches against the needs of each application.
• Work with process and safety specialists to address containment, material compatibility, contamination control, access and equipment recovery.
• Define safe operating states, fault detection, interlocks and recovery requirements with controls and safety specialists.
• Build or coordinate prototypes and test rigs to validate handling methods, equipment performance and reliability.
• Prepare technical specifications and evaluate equipment suppliers and system integrators.
• Support design reviews, risk assessments, factory and site acceptance testing, installation and commissioning.
• Develop clear documentation, including design rationale, test procedures, operating guidance and maintenance requirements.

We are looking for someone who enjoys solving difficult physical problems, testing ideas and building equipment that works reliably in the real world.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• A degree in mechatronics, mechanical, electrical, robotics or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Approximately five or more years of relevant experience developing industrial automation, robotic systems or complex electromechanical equipment. Candidates with particularly relevant hands-on experience are encouraged to apply.
• Demonstrated involvement in taking equipment from concept and detailed design through fabrication, testing, integration or commissioning.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and practical experience with actuators, sensors, motion systems and equipment interfaces.
• Experience with industrial controls, including PLC-based systems and integration with machinery or robotic controllers.
• Proficiency with engineering CAD tools and the ability to produce or review fabrication-ready designs.
• An understanding of machinery safety, failure modes, maintainability and disciplined testing.
• The ability to work across engineering disciplines and communicate effectively with suppliers, fabricators and operators.
• Professional engineering registration, or eligibility for registration, appropriate to the role.

Experience in the following areas would be especially valuable:

• Automation or remote handling in nuclear, chemical processing, mining, metallurgical, pharmaceutical or other demanding industrial environments.
• Handling powders, bulk solids, containers or materials requiring containment.
• Equipment designed for corrosive, abrasive, contaminated or otherwise hazardous service.
• Machine vision, force sensing, precision positioning or robotic manipulation.
• Functional safety, machinery risk assessment and safety-related control systems.
• Experience in a plant, pilot facility, equipment manufacturer or systems integrator.
• Developing inspection, maintenance and recovery methods for equipment with restricted human access.

Direct uranium-conversion experience is an asset, but is not essential. We value transferable industrial experience and the judgment to recognize where specialist input is required.

This is an opportunity to shape a new facility while its design is still taking form. You will work closely with a small, experienced team, take meaningful ownership of your scope and see how your engineering decisions influence the eventual plant.

Working alongside Nucleon’s engineering, environmental and development teams, you will:

• Support the development of the facility’s preliminary design.
• Provide industry operational experience (OpEx) guidance to the design team.
• Define off-design operating cases and maintenance requirements.
• Support the design of mechanical components within the facility.
• Contribute to plant layout and the optimization of the modular fabrication and construction strategy, incorporating operational, maintenance and safety requirements into the layout design.
• Participate in vendor selection.
• Participate in risk assessments as a core team member.
• Serve as a member of the owner’s engineering team for external engineering efforts.
• Plan for the establishment of the operating company and the commissioning and startup of the facility.

We’re looking for a mechanical/plant engineer or operations specialist with direct operational experience in uranium fuel conversion facilities.

The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of:

• Acid digestion
• Solvent extraction
• Uranium fluorination processes
• Anhydrous HF handling, safety systems and HF recovery systems
• Fluorine electrolyzer operations and safety systems
• Solids handling and containment
• Environmental controls and plant safety systems
• Building environment containment systems

This is an unusual opportunity to join a company at an important point in its development.

As Nucleon Fuel develops its new commercial-scale uranium conversion facility in Wyoming, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute your operational expertise during the early design stages and help shape the facility’s approach to operations, maintenance, commissioning and startup.

Support the design and integration of the fluorine-generation system, including:

• Electrolyzer cells and HF feed systems
• Electrical and rectifier systems
• Fluorine and hydrogen handling
• Materials selection
• Process controls
• Safety and abatement systems
• Equipment reliability

Working alongside the process engineering team and technology partners, you will also:

• Help establish the design basis and equipment specifications.
• Evaluate technologies and vendors.
• Participate in process safety and design reviews.
• Help develop the facility’s commissioning, operating and maintenance strategy.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in:

• Industrial fluorine generation or fluorochemical processing
• HF electrolysis and electrochemical cell design or operation
• Fluorine and anhydrous HF handling systems
• High-current DC power and rectifier systems
• Materials selection and corrosion in aggressive fluorine/HF service
• Process safety, HAZOP/PHA and hazardous gas containment and abatement
• Equipment commissioning, troubleshooting and plant operations

Experience in uranium conversion, nuclear fuel-cycle facilities, industrial gases, specialty chemicals or other highly regulated chemical-processing environments would be particularly valuable.

This is an unusual opportunity to join a company at an important point in its development.

As Nucleon Fuel develops its new commercial-scale uranium conversion facility in Wyoming, you’ll have the opportunity to join the specialized technical team being built to support the design, commissioning and operation of its fluorine-generation systems.