Job Description Summary

The Polish Licensing Technical Leader, Regulatory Affairs, will support the Licensing Manager by managing the work and provide technical leadership for a team of Licensing Engineers for the completion of various technical licensing work scopes assigned to support various projects, including new reactor licensing for BWRX-300 Advanced Nuclear Projects, operating fleet licensing support, customer plant support on GE Vernova Hitachi (GVH) / Global Nuclear Fuels (GNF) nuclear methods, and working with GVH / GNF Engineering and Regulatory Affairs teams on major projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Polish Licensing Technical Leader, Regulatory Affairs, will report to the Polish Licensing Manager, and manage the work and provide technical leadership for a team of Licensing Engineers for the following activities:

• Develop work plans and status schedules to ensure schedule adherence for all licensing deliverables while maintaining a high standard of quality.

• Review and approve customer and regulatory deliverables to ensure high quality standards and procedure adherence.

• Manage and mitigate licensing risks to deliverables and manage competing priorities on multiple projects.

• Adhere to and uphold all applicable procedures and project-specific work plans and instructions.

• Identify and originate Condition Reports to drive continuous improvements as necessary, and participate in Corrective Action Program requirements including completing actions and conducting Non-Conformance Assessments.

• Process and approve documents in the Product Lifecycle Management tool including uploading quality records and supporting documentation and creating change actions with assigned reviewers and approvals.

• Plan, prepare, coordinate, and deliver General Opinions in support of new reactor licensing, including preparation of responses to customer and regulator questions.

• Prepare licensing basis documentation in support of customer licensing applications for new reactor construction and operations, including but not limited to Preliminary Safety Analysis Reports (PSARs), Pre-Operational Safety Analysis Reports (POSARs), Final Safety Analysis Reports (FSARs), Technical Specifications, Technical Specification Bases, and Availability Controls Manuals.

• Prepare licensing basis documentation and reports supporting customer License Amendment Request (LAR) and Exemption applications, including Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) markups and revisions and Technical Specifications changes.

• Support customer requests for preparation or review of unreviewed safety question determinations, including preparation of Technical Safety Evaluation Reports and working with internal teams coordinating licensing status of various fuel design changes and fuel and reactor methods changes.

• Interface with customers and regulatory personnel on regulatory issues, and secure applicable permissions and approvals related to work scopes.

• Support engineering in assessing licensing impact and developing licensing strategies to mitigate licensing risks.

• Support the commercial team in the development of Licensing Proposals and responses to Requests for Information by prospective customers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a science or engineering discipline from an accredited university or college.

• Demonstrated experience supporting commercial operating nuclear power plants and/or new nuclear power plant development projects.

• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects independently and provide regulatory guidance to cross-functional stakeholders, including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Analysis teams.

• Strong understanding of nuclear industry regulations, licensing processes, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Ability to evaluate complex technical issues, develop recommendations, and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.  

• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a site security clearance, including any required regulatory background check.

• Position is remote with relocation optional and negotiable within the first year of employment, with ability and willingness to travel up to 25% as needed.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

GVH will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Poland for this opening.

Desired Characteristics:

• Technical knowledge in new nuclear plant design and/or licensing, including knowledge of PAA requirements.

• Experience managing teams involved in licensing activities for operating and new nuclear power plant design, construction, commissioning, and operations.

• Technical knowledge in one or more areas, such as nuclear fuel, operating plants, deterministic safety analyses, probabilistic safety assessments, etc.

• Working knowledge of advanced Small Modular Reactor (SMR) light water reactor systems, fuel, or operations.

• Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in working and communicating with regulatory and customer personnel.

• Experience working with industry groups (e.g., NEI and Owners Groups) on nuclear licensing matters.

• International licensing and/or technical nuclear power plant experience.

• Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to create technical reports suitable for a wide range of audiences.

  Effective interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills.

• Process skills related to coordinating and documenting complex technical documents.

• Externally focused: takes action to enhance the reputation of the company and represents the company professionally at all opportunities.

• Clear thinker: communicates messages clearly and concisely, makes decisions with speed and accuracy based on the best available information, and is able to sift through complex information while focusing on critical priorities.

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