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Infographic showing various Remote Nuclear Engineering job openings in Kentucky as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 97% Full Time, 1% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 100% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $91,712 per year, or $44.1 per hour.

Electrical Engineer (P.E.) (3944)

Navarro Inc.

Paducah, KY • Remote

Full-time

Posted 21 days ago

Job description

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting anElectrical Engineer (P.E.) (3944)in Paducah, KY.This is a remote position with travel to Paducah when needed.

Navarro is an award-winning provider of turnkey solutions, delivering comprehensive nuclear,environmentaland technical services to federal agencies, commercialenterprisesand private clients across the United States. Ourexpertisesupports organizations such as the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Department of Defense and NASA, while also extending to commercial industries and private sector partners facing complex engineering, technical and environmental challenges. Navarro specializes in nuclear operations, environmental remediation, D&D, waste management, advanced energy, facilities management, and technical and professional services. For more information, please visit Navarro-inc.com.

Position Summary

Navarro is seeking a Kentucky-licensed Professional Engineer (PE) - Electrical to support bid and task-based design engineering services forDepartmentof Energy (DOE) facility modification work in Paducah, Kentucky. This role supports electrical engineering design scope for existing DOE-owned facilities in industrial, chemical processing, nuclear processing, or similarly complex regulated environments.

The work consists of electrical engineering support for modifications to existing facilities, including design documentation, equipment and construction specifications, test planning, start-up support, troubleshooting, and field visits or project meetings at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant as required by individual task assignments.

Responsibilities

  • Provide electrical engineering support for DOE facility modification projects in industrial, chemical processing, nuclear processing, or other complex facility environments.
  • Develop and review electrical specifications, calculations, engineering evaluations, statements of work, design drawings, test plans, and technical design documentation.
  • Support electrical system design activities associated with modifications to existing facilities, obsolete equipment replacement, start-up operations support, and equipment troubleshooting.
  • Apply national electrical codes, standards, and safety requirements to assigned design tasks and facility modification scope.
  • Apply applicable design codes, standards, site procedures, engineering design control requirements, and assigned quality levels to task-based engineering work.
  • Coordinate with project managers, design engineering management, discipline leads, client representatives, and other technical staff to support task execution, reviews, schedules, and field visit needs.
  • Support work planning, technical input, milestone deliverables, engineering documentation, and design activities on an intermittent or task-specific basis as project requirements are defined.
  • Comply withsite access, safety, quality assurance, security, radiological control, and worker safety and health requirements applicable to DOE facility work.

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