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Human Factors Engineer (HFE) Technical Leader

The Human Factors Engineer (HFE) Technical Leader will implement, plan, manage and/or establish HFE processes in compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements to provide high quality human-centric functions in nuclear plants. This position will lead the development of a suite of Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing Procedures. Additional duties may include oversight of the design or modification of tasks, work environment, and plant interfaces based on human characteristics, capabilities, and limitations resulting in human error prevention and mitigation, as well as human performance optimization to perform operations, maintenance, inspection and test activities for existing nuclear plants and next-generation reactors. Be part of the future of nuclear energy with a company that highly values the importance of human factors engineering!

Essential Responsibilities:

• Articulate the work plan team will use to address the technical work scope requested.
• Work with project managers to develop and maintain good project schedules
• Work Engineering leadership and personnel to assure compliance to procedures, standards and regulatory criteria.
• Establish best practices and or leverage best practices within the team.
• Communicate effectively the status of engineering and project priorities to the team, stakeholders and management.
• Meet customer commitments and drive continuous improvement.
• Apply in-depth specialized knowledge in HFE to technical strategy, resourcing, and planning to develop quality and timely human-centric products.
• Develop, mentor and conduct the overall HFE program plan to include system and plant operational functional requirements analysis, functional allocation, task analyses for displays, controls, and other job support aids as well as the spectrum of testing and validation required for developing effective normal, abnormal, emergency operating procedures, alarm response procedures, surveillance procedures and operator training programs.
• Well represent HFE concerns and principles with a team of internal and external customers, suppliers, partners, licensing, and regulatory authorities on technical issues.
• Provide expert consideration of system reliability, availability, and maintainability.
• Ensure the delivery of on-time, quality engineering documentation from a broad team in accordance with contract requirements, business procedures, and regulatory agency guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to use high level judgment to analyze problems, develop solutions, and make decisions on complex tasks and challenges.
• Strong, professional oral and written communication skills to ask pertinent questions of stakeholders, persuasively convey programmatic priorities and concerns, and share difficult, complicated concepts clearly.
• Be a valuable member or leader of cross-functional teams with high degrees of technical and programmatic complexity and aggressive schedules.
• Honest and straightforward with a high level of personal integrity.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree of Science in Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent 4-year degree in a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the Nuclear Industry, with demonstrated experience in maintenance, inspection and test planning and execution.

Desired Characteristics:

• M.S. or PhD Degree in Human Factors, Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• Registered Professional Engineer in the United States or Canada.
• Experience in the nuclear industry to include nuclear plant emergency procedure, operator training guidelines, and regulatory site implementation and reviews is highly desirable.
• Experience with nuclear operations as a licensed/certified reactor operator is highly desirable.
• M.S. or PhD Degree in Human Factors Engineering or related Discipline or equivalent.
• Registered Professional Engineer in the United States.
• Experience in computer-based procedure writing and procedure validation.
• Experience with outage planning, execution, and support.
• Experience with NRC and INPO Operator Training Guidelines.
• Experience with NRC Regulatory Guide 0711 or 0711 site implementation and reviews.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; communicates messages clearly and concisely.
• Solid technical writing skills with focus on requirements, design, and description documents.
• Clear and demonstrated understanding of nuclear industry.
• PPA Procedure Writer's Certification

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).