Senior Design Engineer - Thermalhydraulics

Thermal Hydraulics Engineer

Work environment 

Within the ‘Safety and Nuclear Engineering’ department of the Global Business Area NUC of Tractebel Engineering, the CFD & Accident studies Group is in charge, among others, of the following disciplines:
 

• Licensing Studies (SGTR, FWLB,…); 
• PWR Plant Operation Support;
• Computational Fluid Dynamics;
• Analysis of plant behaviour (e.g. Natural Circulation, …);
• Severe Accidents Studies;
• PSA Level 2 

 Mission 

• You are in charge of performing Licensing Studies;
• You perform complex thermalhydraulic engineering analysis in the domain of nuclear reactor systems using industry-standard methods and simulation tools (e.g. RELAP5/Mod2, CATHARE or any equivalent recognized software);
• You defend your work to the Customer and the Safety Authorities;
• You write technical reports about the studies performed;
• You work in a team of about 10 engineers, in close interaction with your colleagues.

Qualifications - Internal

Profile 

• You obtained a Master in Nuclear Engineering or a Master in Physics;
• You have around 3 years in analysing Design Base Accidents (Class III and Class IV) and you are being familiar with international codes and standards;
• You have knowledge of the nuclear domain;
• You are able to communicate (write/speak) in English and French or Dutch;
• You are interested to become a high-level expert in this topic;
• Knowledge of task automation through scripts (eg: Python) is an asset

Tractebel welcomes candidates from all backgrounds, and actively promotes Diversity in the workforce.