Engineer - Multiple Levels - Department of Energy (DOE)

Job Summary:

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS), is actively seeking candidates to support personnel as part of our staff augmentation team supporting the Department of Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Successful candidates will be employees of AIS, a premier government contractor charged with employing highly motivated and well-qualified personnel who can advance customer's core mission Though employed by AIS, the employee will take day-to-day direction and assignments from customer staff and procedures. Pay, benefits, Human Resources, and Employment Management functions are provided by AIS.

Qualified applicants must be a US citizen, at least 18 years of age, and able to meet pre-employment requirements including any required physicals, drug screen, and/or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy.

Job Responsibilities :

• Completes engineering assignments of moderate to advanced complexity.

• Has an advanced level of understanding within a specific discipline.

• Fully understands and assists with the preparation of project scope within a specific discipline.

• Fully understands business development concepts and methods and provides support to proposals.

• Fully understands codes, permits and company cornerstone applications.

• Fully versed with and can check the work sequence, general content and the methods used to generate specifications for the purchase of material, equipment, systems, services or construction within a specific discipline.

• Fully versed with the process of preparing and checking of calculations within a specific Able to learn and use basic CAD sketching tools.

• Can read and understand construction drawings.

• Fully versed in the collection and/or evaluation of data and information regarding technical and economic factors including physical, chemical, environmental, maintenance, operational, regulatory, constructability, and/or schedulefactors relating to a specific subject within a discipline.

• Has a basic understanding of external factors that impact specific engineering problems.

• Fully understands the use of requisitions and the role of materials management.

• Reviews and advises on purchase orders and subcontracts.

• Fully understands and reviews interdisciplinary vendor documents.

• Assists with the development of manpower, man-hour, and labor cost requirements for a project and can monitor them to aid in evaluating budget limitations.

• Takes the lead on estimating tasks and performs material take-offs for a specific discipline.

• Has an advanced level of knowledge of discipline’s material costs and of cost and forecasting.

• Understands the planning and scheduling of engineering tasks within a specific discipline.

• Understands the project change control process and can identify a potential change.

• Has an advanced level of knowledge of discipline’s equipment and material lists.

• Can integrate all project functional requirements into a complete project plan.

• May provide technical guidance to less experienced engineering staff.

• Maintains positive working relationship with peer leaders.

• Builds productive relationships with organizations in and external to Engineering.

Minimum Qualifications:

Level 2:

• Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline or the sciences from a four -year accredited college or university

• Experience: Entry level position for college graduate.

Level 3:

• Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline or the sciences from a four -year accredited college or university

• Experience: 2 years of experience required. FE (EIT) certificate preferred.

Level 4:

• Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline or the sciences from a four -year accredited college or university

• Experience: 4 years of experience required. FE (EIT) certificate preferred.

Level 5:

• Education: Bachelor of Science in an appropriate engineering discipline or the sciences from a four -year accredited college or university

• Experience: 7 years of experience required. Professional Engineer License preferred.

Level 6:

• Education: Bachelor of Science Degree (or equivalent education) in an appropriate engineering discipline or the sciences from a four-year accredited college or university

• Experience: 10 years of experience required. Professional Engineer License preferred.