Overview:

BGS is seeking a Glovebox Engineer to join our team in Oak Ridge, TN, which provides integral mission support on multiple projects.

This position is full-time on-site (not remote) in Oak Ridge, TN or Johnson City, TN.

Boston Government Services (BGS) is an engineering, technology, and security firm helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects. We support clients at every stage, from strategic planning and program management to the execution of engineering and technical activities. We work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. Our capabilities are based on our experience in complex, secure, and highly regulated environments. We leverage our experience and capabilities to provide mission-driven solutions tuned to our client's mission needs and strategic direction.

Responsibilities:

Glovebox Engineers will produce design and procurement documents of specialty and first of a kind equipment enclosures. Interfacing equipment examples include containment enclosures, furnaces, vacuum systems, gas transfer/analysis systems, process skids, piping, ductwork, machine tools, and conveyors.

To be successful in this position, applicants should have experience and future career interests in the following skills/subject areas:

Technical:

• Produce a variety of design output documents including but not limited to systems requirements documents, calculations, drawings, bills of materials, specifications, datasheets, inspection plans, assembly instructions, and test plans/procedures.
• Ensure design outputs are of sufficient detail for use by the end user/design requestor.
• Develop detailed glovebox performance specifications.
• Confirm supplier submittals are defined and in accordance with project verification and supplier quality submittal requirements.
• Manage project requirements, including extraction of requirements from higher level design criteria, the definition of applicable functional and operational requirements, flow-down to design documents & procurement specifications, and verification matrix activities prior to equipment startup.
• Possess knowledge in respective technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques of containment design and fabrication.
• Demonstrate competence in applying engineering and design fundamentals to the design and fabrication of interfacing components, piping, and process equipment.
• Possess general shop experience with metal cutting tools and sheet metal fabrication (e.g., mills, lathes, wire EDM, bending, water/laser cutting, etc.).
• Apply welding, non-destructive examination, and leak checking code references, symbols, and notes in accordance with AWS and/or ASME standards.
• Define and document the acceptance criteria, inspection plans, and testing required to qualify equipment and components.
• Perform technical evaluations to disposition non-conformances, respond to request for waivers/deviations, and manage engineering change packages.
• Conduct technical evaluations of custom and off-the-shelf components to identify attributes which are critical to performance.
• Support technical evaluations of structures, systems, and components to identify items relied on for safety (IROFS).
• Review P&IDs and process equipment datasheets for inclusion into glovebox design.

Group/Project Coordination:

• Create pre-project documents, including statements of work, cost estimates, and sequencing of design outputs for project scheduling.
• Support procurement activities by preparing and reviewing contract documents and coordinating with procurement officers.
• Integrate equipment into existing facilities, including interface control documents and coordinating tie-ins with facility engineering representatives.
• Coordinate design reviews and design document transmittals.
• Support the fabrication, installation, testing, readiness, and startup of custom designed equipment.
• Promote a professional code of conduct and ethical behavior.
• Provide technical direction and trouble-shooting skills.
• Perform peer-review of reference specifications and integrated design output documents.

Quality:

• Maintain configuration management of design outputs through project data management systems, to ensure revision control and change control activities/workflows.
• Perform design activities in accordance with documented design procedures, processes instructions, and forms (e.g.: Design Control, Design Reviews, Design Verification, Requirements Management, and Change Control Procedures).
• Perform verification matrices to ensure design criteria and requirements have assigned acceptance criteria, including documented inspection plans, vendor surveillance, and criteria for the disposition of non-conformances.

Required Qualifications:

• Glovebox design experience (3 year minimum).
  • American Glovebox Society standards of practice & guidelines experience.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience with design/specification of custom mechanical equipment.
• Must possess a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school.
• Local to (or willing to move to) Oak Ridge, TN or Johnson City, TN.
• Successful drug screening.
• Must be US citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Past experience in a Subcontract Technical Representative (STR) role, part of an external procurement of custom equipment.
• CREO Parametric, SolidWorks, or Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD experience.
• Design experience with custom industrial equipment and process skids on government projects.

Boston Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.