Startup and Commissioning Support Consultant

ProSidian is seeking a Startup and Commissioning Support Consultant to support Startup and Commissioning activities on behalf The Department of Energy (DOE), Hanford Site, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Project (WTP) Commissioning, Maintenance and Operations Division (COD).

The COD Division Director will provide direction for this work. The successful contractor will have responsibility for execution of the itemized work scope below. For information, COD is responsible for the following functional areas for DOE-WTP: commissioning, startup testing, readiness, operations, and maintenance.

1. Be an expert in the field of Startup Engineering with demonstrated experience in Mechanical Systems.
2. Provide oversight of contractor efforts to startup and commission the Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste project and supporting systems to ensure compliance with established criteria, sound engineering principles, and professional practices through assessments, surveillances, design reviews and other oversight functions consistent with DOE-PRO-CIPE-50085, Integrated Oversight.

• Identify and report contractor performance.
• Provide options for resolution of issues, if discovered.
• Conduct critical assessments to identify the cause of technical problems encountered in the startup and commissioning of the direct feed low activity waste project. This work requires comprehensive, professional knowledge of several disciplines of engineering including, but not limited to:

• Software and Instrumentation and Controls
• Engineering including electrical, mechanical, and chemical.
• Support systems including water and HVAC.

· Facilitate timely decision-making.

· Identify compliance, omissions, discrepancies, inadequacies, and nonconformance against approved criteria, procedures, or regulations.

· Coordinate oversight with multiple organizations and disciplines to ensure operability, quality, and safety of systems and components.

· Consult with engineers or technical staff in other organization units, industry, DOE Headquarters, regulatory agencies, and stakeholder groups to assist in issue resolution.

· Communicate status of startup and commissioning activities to ORP.

· Provide technical advice and consultation to a multidisciplinary group of professional and technical personnel engaged in carrying out the WTP project.

· Validate the implementation of program requirements for startup testing and commissioning of DFLAW.

· Identify and assist in the mitigation of risks associated with testing and commissioning of DFLAW including LAW and supporting facilities.

· Consults with Engineering, Construction, External DOE Startup entities, and other various entities to recommend corrective actions. Identify opportunities to reduce risks associated with startup of DFLAW and supporting facilities.

· Follow-up on issues, adverse conditions, and other areas of concern to ensure corrective actions are implemented correctly.

· Review Start-Up and Commissioning technical products including:

• Component and System Requirements.
• Safety, Risk Reduction, and Reliability Designs.
• Startup Test Indices (STIs).
• Contractor work execution in the field.
• Process and procedure compliance.
• Technical requirements implementation.
• Participate in staff meetings.