Nuclear Fuel Specialist

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Westlakes MENA are currently recruiting for a Nuclear Fuel Specialist with a background in Nuclear and other highly regulated sectors to be engaged in KSA.

The Nuclear Fuel Specialist will support the customer in vendors' offer evaluation process by reviewing the offers part dedicated to Fuel management, Fuel degradation and Fuel Economic.

The Nuclear Fuel Specialist will be part of the customer offer review Task Force and will work according to the Customer Bid Review procedure; they will be involved in initial bid review and clarification exchanges between customers and vendors.

Responsibilities:

Issue review reports on Vendors' offer part related to fuel management
Issue clarification questions to vendors related to fuel management
In charge of closing clarifications with the vendors for their scope of work
Report to the bid review team management for their scope of workExperience and Qualifications

Minimum a Bachelor in materials science or a complementary technical discipline (e.g. applied physics, engineering, chemistry)
Minimum 9 to 15 years experience as Fuel Engineer or Fuel specialist.
Performed PWR Fuel Performance assessments, including data analysis, statistical interpretation, and graphical presentations. Provided advice and judgement on the performance of PWR nuclear fuel in both normal and abnormal situations.For more information on this role or to register your interest for future job updates, please visit

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