Senior Mechanical Engineer - Design Interfaces and Hazards
Rock Hill, SC · HybridJob$85–107K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed today
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The Senior Mechanical Engineer for Design Interfaces and Hazards supports design, fabrication, construction, and maintenance of large-scale nuclear and non-nuclear projects. The role focuses on plant hazard assessments and design interface control for advanced nuclear plant designs, including AP1000 and AP300. It is hybrid and may be based in Cranberry Woods, Pennsylvania, Rock Hill, South Carolina, or another U.S. Westinghouse location.
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Full job description
Are you interested in being part of a creative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset, and we want to recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the role:
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer for Design Interfaces and Hazards , you will support teams for design, fabrication, construction, and maintenance of large-scale nuclear and non-nuclear projects. The primary roles within this group include internal flooding assessments; pipe rupture hazards assessments (PRHA), other hazard protection (explosions, etc.) evaluations, design interface control, and other activities. This position provides diverse and broad-ranging opportunities for advanced nuclear plant designs (AP1000 and AP300) considering plant hazards and design interfaces of systems, equipment, structures, and physical site/plant arrangement.
You will report to the manager of Plant Engineering. You will work hybrid based in Cranberry Woods, PA at Westinghouse Global Headquarters in the Greater Pittsburgh Area or Rock Hill, SC. You may be able to work hybrid in other Westinghouse locations in the US.
Responsibilities:
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Support design, fabrication, construction, and maintenance of large-scale projects
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Technical coordination between business and technical teams
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Support customer and constructor communication and meetings associated with the site design interfaces
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Provide leadership to support offer development and responding to customer requests for information (RFIs)
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Lead the preparation of design criteria, specifications, drawings, and reports to satisfy applicable regulatory, code, and/or contract requirements related to plant hazards, design interfaces, and IAEA safeguards by design
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Author, review and verify engineering design documentations
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Prepare technical reports to satisfy regulatory, code, and contract requirements
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Interface w/ engineers in different departments and global work locations to support design, fabrication, and construction organizations responding requests for information (RFI's), identify design changes, and address deviations
Qualifications:
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4+ years' experience
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Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Structural, Architectural or Mechanical Engineering
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Engineer in Training preferred
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Experience with issue resolution
We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $85,200 to $106,500 per year.
#LI-Hybrid Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse offers great benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well- being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
• Great compensation package
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• Dental & Vision
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Family Leave
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We ensure our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
• Safety and Quality
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.
Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,741 open Mechanical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–107K/yr
- US median$115–187K/yr871 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $96K, is 36% below the US median midpoint ($149K) — in the lowest quarter of Mechanical Engineering salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Mechanical Engineering jobs in South Carolina and 1,741 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Carolina
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Mechanical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (976 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 777 of the 1,741 open Mechanical Engineering jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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