Aalo-X Shift Manager

Aalo Atomics; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Aalo Atomics is seeking a senior on‑shift manager to oversee Aalo‑X operations in Idaho Falls. The role directs the control room and field crew during startups, testing, power operation, shutdowns, and emergencies to protect the reactor, personnel, and public.

You will lead a professional team, ensure adherence to operating limits, and apply conservative decision‑making under uncertain conditions, while driving safety and performance standards across shifts.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• NRC Senior Reactor Operator license or DOE SRO certification.
• Minimum 3 years of supervisory or command experience directing licensed operators.
• Experience with reactor startup/shutdown, reactivity control, abnormal and emergency procedures.

Responsibilities

• Exercise command and control of all on‑shift operations and coordinate work affecting plant status.
• Maintain a high level of Nuclear Safety Culture on your shift.
• Direct startups, reactivity management, and emergency response activities.
• Lead shift turnover, briefings, and risk assessments for operations and maintenance.
• Ensure training, qualification, and fitness-for-duty of assigned personnel.
• Stop work or shutdown when prerequisites or risk controls are inadequate.

Skills

Nuclear operations

Shift leadership

Safety culture

Emergency response

Education

NRC Senior Reactor Operator license

DOE SRO certification

Job description

About this position

About Aalo Atomics

Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting‑edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

About the role

The Aalo-X Shift Manager is the senior on-shift operating authority for Aalo-X. The Shift Manager directs the control room and field operating crew during startup, testing, power operation, shutdown, abnormal events, and emergencies. This role protects the reactor, personnel, and public by maintaining the plant within its authorization basis and approved operating limits and by applying conservative decision‑making whenever conditions are uncertain. Expectations are lead by example, set the standard, grow your team, and most importantly, value your team.

What you’ll do

• Exercise command and control of all on‑shift Aalo‑X operations and coordinate work affecting plant status, reactivity, equipment availability, or nuclear safety.
• Set and maintain the clear understanding and performance of a highly capable and professional Nuclear Safety Culture on your shift.
• Coordinate and release maintenance work packages, authorize LOTO’s, direct RO/SRO’s in oversight and support of maintenance, calibration, and testing of systems during commissioning.
• Direct startups, criticality approach, heatup, power ascension, testing, steady‑state operation, shutdown, cooldown, and response to abnormal or emergency conditions.
• Conduct shift turnover, status briefings, crew assignments, pre‑job briefs, reactivity‑management briefs, and operating‑risk reviews.
• Participate in design reviews and provide input to inform design as the end user.
• Maintain accurate knowledge of plant status, operating limits, out‑of‑service equipment, work in progress, temporary configurations, impairments, and compensatory measures.
• Enforce procedure use and adherence, three‑way communication, place‑keeping, peer checks, independent verification, component identification, and formal turnover practices.
• Verify assigned personnel are trained, qualified, fit for duty, and authorized for the work performed.
• Stop work, delay startup, reject an evolution, reduce power, or direct shutdown when prerequisites, staffing, configuration, procedures, or risk controls are inadequate.
• Ensure deficiencies, unexpected results, procedure problems, and human‑performance events are entered into the corrective action program and receive appropriate immediate action.
• Lead initial facility response during abnormal and emergency conditions and fulfill assigned emergency‑response duties.
• Coach and evaluate crew members and develop future Shift Managers and Senior Reactor Operators.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible nuclear power operations experience, including at least five years in a commercial nuclear power plant control room or licensed operator organization.
• Current or previously held NRC Senior Reactor Operator license, or documented DOE SRO certification with comparable rigor and substantial commercial control‑room experience.
• At least three years of supervisory or command experience directing licensed operators or an equivalent nuclear operating crew.
• Demonstrated experience with reactor startup and shutdown, reactivity control, abnormal and emergency procedures, work control, tagging/clearance, configuration control, and corrective action.
• Ability to complete Aalo-X facility‑specific Shift Manager qualification, including written, oral, simulator, and in‑plant evaluations.
• Startup, commissioning, power ascension, sodium‑cooled reactor, advanced reactor, or first‑of‑a‑kind experience preferred.

Requirements

• Based in the United States
• Willing to work on‑site in Idaho Falls, Idaho
• Willing to work rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, outages, and emergent call‑ins
• Able to obtain and maintain required access authorization, medical/fitness‑for‑duty status, and company qualifications

What We Offer

• Paid Time Off

Additional Information

Aalo Atomics provides a collaborative and supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, intellectually challenging careers, and competitive compensation. Aalo Atomics is an equal opportunity employer and considers all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non‑compliant foreign citizenships.