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Nuclear Head of Instrumentation – I&C

Nuclear Head of Instrumentation – I&C (J092018) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Activity:
I&C Maintenance
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Oversee all I&C maintenance job tasks are performed in a timely manner and with quality to achieve operational readiness and to operate with the highest level of safety and reliability:
o Monitor the containment I&C area, specifically the reactor protection system, engineered safety future actuation system, radiation monitoring system, seismic monitoring system, and the control, monitor, and protection instruments for all containment related systems.
o Monitor the Balance of Plant (BOP) I&C area, specifically the turbine building open/close cooling water system, plant water treatment system, instrument air system, plant H2, CO2, & N2 gas treatment system, auxiliary steam system, etc.
• Provide proper oversight of Long-Term Maintenance Agreement (LTMA) contractors performing tasks noted above to ensure alignment of I&C maintenance activities.
• Provide oversight of all maintenance activities on I&C systems to ensure operational readiness.
• Provide oversight of periodic and surveillance tests on I&C systems to ensure operational readiness.
• Monitor Pre-core Hot Functional Testing (HFT), Post-core HFT, and Start-up Power Ascension Testing (PAT) to ensure plant operational readiness of I&C systems.
• Monitor plant performance tests to ensure plant operational readiness.
• Monitor short term outage and prepare outage activity list to ensure plant downtime is minimized.
• Prepare and plan procurement requests for equipment spare parts and special tools to ensure I&C maintenance activities are properly resourced.
• Develop documents related to installation and service contracts to retain information relevant to those contracts.
• Conduct periodic and surveillance tests to observe plant I&C system performance.
• Provide technical support for other station groups to diffuse technical knowledge throughout the organization.
• Provide updates to equipment and material master data to ensure accountability of equipment and materials.
• Prepare for World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) pre-start up peer reviews to ensure alignment with industrial best practices.
• Lead the troubleshooting process on the control systems to ensure issues are resolved correctly and in a timely manner..
Activity:
Staff Training and Qualification
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Develop management expectations and communicate with department to ensure high level of safety and reliability of plant systems.
• Monitor and consult to improve staff performance.
• Critically evaluate performance of individual staff to develop necessary training.
• Verify training programs provide necessary technical knowledge and skills to ensure staff are properly trained and qualified to conduct assigned responsibilities.
• Provide training feedback on program effectiveness with evaluation of performance to ensure quality of training and qualification program.
Activity:
Outage and Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Support
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Support outage and/or the emergency response organization, as assigned, to ensure safe, reliable and continued operations; this may require shift work/off hours support.
Activity:
Operational Planning
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Provide input into the development of the Department’s systems and processes, as well develop and implement the Section’s procedures, identifying opportunities for the continuous improvement of practices to increase productivity and operational efficiency.
• Monitor, control and report Operational and financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to the Section, to track performance and recommend corrective or mitigating actions.
• Ensure that all relative reports are prepared timely and accurately, to meet the Section’s requirements and standards.

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