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Lyon, Fr

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Management of 15 to 20 engineers in Process & Safety division BU DTI (Direction Technique & Ingénierie)In charge of:- SMR development: NSSS design & safety studies - Fault studies standardisation to improve efficiency and ensure competitiveness - Advanced methodologies, algorithms and automatisation for safety margins improvement and plant operability - Thermal hydraulic, neutronics studies for various projects in support of the division

Ville De Paris, Île-De-France, France

Integration in UK EPR project Technical Direction for EPR Hinkley Point C Configuration Management Transverse technical and contractual scope:- Nuclear Heat Production System- Equipment and valves supplies- Safety I&C- Core components & Fuel Services equipment From design, to manufacturing, installation and commissioning on site Main missions:- Direct operational management of 4 experienced engineers - Change process definition, Safety… Show more Integration in UK EPR project Technical Direction for EPR Hinkley Point C Configuration Management Transverse technical and contractual scope:- Nuclear Heat Production System- Equipment and valves supplies- Safety I&C- Core components & Fuel Services equipment From design, to manufacturing, installation and commissioning on site Main missions:- Direct operational management of 4 experienced engineers - Change process definition, Safety categorization- Management of the Technical & Budgetary changes (design change, design evolution, additional activities) - Management of the configuration integration supported by the System Engineering team - Management of the list of applicable documents (contractually and internally)- Requirements tracking management and exemption to contractual requirements- Chairing in the Change Control Board with the project Technical Director - Weekly reporting to the Project Director (KPI, main challenges) - Definition of the HPC configuration strategy in line with the client - Leading the Configuration Management tools developments (Information management system, Power BI, Access) - Interface with the Commercial and Contract teams to manage offer and contract variation - Transverse HPC top management configuration reviews - Sizewell C EPR project configuration management: support to SZC offer and specific process definition Show less

Montrouge

Integration in Nuclear Island UK project department on EPR Hinkley Point CDeputy for Sequence 2, Nuclear Safety & Environment Coordination for EPR HPC projectIn charge of a wide technical and contractual scope:Probabilistic & deterministic safety, qualification, process & safety, hazard, human factors, installation security, structural integrity, environment, decommissioning, safety analysis report, normal operation, core studies etc.

Paris Area, France

Integration in EDVANCE (EDF group) as technical leader for new EPR project safety studies• EPR NM/EPR2 technical leader managing safety studies and input data (process TG2 scope) • Managing core and systems hermal-hydraulic codes update for EPR NM/EPR2 projects• Program sheet, cost estimation and quotation for Preliminary Safety Analysis ReportFor Framatome :• Working in the frame of the Pre-Engineering-Agreement with NPCIL for EPR India in order to demonstrate the… Show more Integration in EDVANCE (EDF group) as technical leader for new EPR project safety studies• EPR NM/EPR2 technical leader managing safety studies and input data (process TG2 scope) • Managing core and systems hermal-hydraulic codes update for EPR NM/EPR2 projects• Program sheet, cost estimation and quotation for Preliminary Safety Analysis ReportFor Framatome :• Working in the frame of the Pre-Engineering-Agreement with NPCIL for EPR India in order to demonstrate the respect of the safety criteria in accordance with Indian safety Authority.• Support to Taishan Process & Safety and commissioning teams on-site during hot functional tests Show less

Taishan, Guangdong, China

• Follow up of all I&C (Instrumentation & Control) subjects from the cold functional tests to the hot functional tests (first EPR plant commissioning phases)• Update of functional requirements for I&C• Resolution of technical open points• Technical meeting with EPR Taishan project and site top management for modification approval (documentary and on-site)• Support to the commissioning team• Support to system and I&C engineers• Instructor participating in the six weeks… Show more • Follow up of all I&C (Instrumentation & Control) subjects from the cold functional tests to the hot functional tests (first EPR plant commissioning phases)• Update of functional requirements for I&C• Resolution of technical open points• Technical meeting with EPR Taishan project and site top management for modification approval (documentary and on-site)• Support to the commissioning team• Support to system and I&C engineers• Instructor participating in the six weeks training of the commissioning team responsible of the first EPR cold and hot functional tests. Courses given on EPR design, safeguard systems, safety rules, I&C requirements, accident mitigation and practical courses on the EPR Taishan engineering simulator for normal and accidental operation Show less

Région De Paris, France

• New methodology development for residual decay heat term calculation• Application of the System Engineering (SE) concept to a pilot case of system functional requirements for EPR NM project• Definition of study rules for safety studies in the frame of EPR NM project (Design Extension Condition)

Taishan, Guangdong, China

• Technical correspondent for transverse studies • Thermal-hydraulic calculations for High Energy Piping Break study• Support to I&C safety analyses• Support to design open points

Paris Area, France

• Technical correspondent for the follow-up of the Taishan configuration (Modification impact analysis)• Solid knowledge on CATHARE and MANTA system thermal-hydraulic code modelling and transients calculations• Solid knowledge on mass energy releases studies• Solid knowledge on Safety Analysis Report (DBC & DEC-A) studies• Solid knowledge on I&C functional requirements and system functional requirements• Long-term study with worldwide participants to improve EPR design… Show more • Technical correspondent for the follow-up of the Taishan configuration (Modification impact analysis)• Solid knowledge on CATHARE and MANTA system thermal-hydraulic code modelling and transients calculations• Solid knowledge on mass energy releases studies• Solid knowledge on Safety Analysis Report (DBC & DEC-A) studies• Solid knowledge on I&C functional requirements and system functional requirements• Long-term study with worldwide participants to improve EPR design following Fukushima events• Long-term study to improve methodology for Rod drop time calculations with earthquake• Cost analysis and activity follow-up as technical correspondant for thermal-hydraulics studies and design functional requirements• Technical supervision / tutoring for junior engineers• Multiple interfaces with external clients (EDF, MHI, CGN, NPCIL) and Safety Authorities as well as inside AREVA (neutronic, system, I&C, mechanical, commissioning team) Show less

Saclay, France

Final internship in CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission) – Complex modelling of a new generation of boiling water reactor based on a coupling between neutron transport code and core thermal-hydraulic code. Optimization of the core geometry and fuel configuration to reach a breeding ratio above one keeping a negative void effect.

Sherbrooke, Canada

Modelling of an active structural acoustic control of the main transmission of a Bell 407 helicopter using MATLAB and LABVIEW.

Master'S Degree - French Engineering And Research Graduate School (Grande Ecole)

A leading science & technology Grande École in France with an international reputation in education and research, Arts et Métiers is one.

National Institute For Nuclear Science And Technology, Master'S Degree - French Engineering And Research Graduate School

L'Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires (INSTN), is a public higher education institution administered by the CEA.