Technical Planning Basis (TPB) Engineering Specialist - 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:

• May complete engineering assignments of limited complexity.

• Applies a beginning level of understanding within a specific discipline.

• Understands project scope as presented within a specific discipline.

• Provides support for client’s engineering deliverables.

• Introduced to business development concepts and is able to support proposals.

• Limited familiarity with codes, permits and software applications related to the discipline.

• Introduced to the work sequence, general content, and methods used to generate specifications for purchase of material, equipment, systems, services, or construction within engineer’s discipline.

• Introduced to the process of preparing calculations within a specific discipline.

• Able to learn and use modeling and mapping tools.

• Assists in the collection of data and information regarding technical and economic factors relating to a specific subject within a specific discipline.

• Has basic knowledge of the use of requisitions and the role of materials management.

• Introduced to concepts of manpower loading for the discipline.

• Performs material take-offs for the discipline.

• Basic knowledge of planning and scheduling of engineering tasks.

• Introduced to project change control process.

• Introduced to discipline’s equipment and material lists.

• Introduced to constructability as an integral part of the way engineering conducts its business.

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 discipline experience in the area of expertise.

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 discipline experience in the area of expertise.