Chief Isotopes Logistics & Supply Chain

Oklo; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Oklo Isotopes is hiring a Head of Isotopes Supply Chain to own end-to-end logistics for radioactive products, including packaging, classification, documentation, tendering, carrier management, delivery confirmation, and returns.

This role will build the Class 7 network, develop packaging programs, and qualify carriers and routes, with a focus on backup plans and rapid recovery for time-critical shipments. The position requires travel to facilities and customers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in logistics or transportation of dangerous goods, with direct experience shipping Class 7 radioactive material by road and air.
• Working knowledge of DOT, IATA, and NRC transport requirements, package types, and shipper responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience building or running a time-critical shipping operation, ideally for perishable or short-shelf-life products.
• Experience qualifying and managing carriers, couriers, and freight partners in a thin-capacity network.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing communication under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end logistics for radioactive products: packaging, classification, documentation, tendering, carrier management, delivery confirmation, and returns.
• Build and qualify the Class 7 network: Type A and Type B packaging programs, carrier and route qualification, specialized couriers and air-cargo partners, and station-level acceptance.
• Design redundancy: backup routes, backup carriers, and recovery playbooks for missed pickups, refused tenders, and in-transit failures on time-critical shipments.
• Own trained hazmat shipping personnel, procedures, and compliance across our sites.
• Carry logistics requirements into facility siting, production scheduling, and customer commitments, so that transit time and route risk are priced into every decision.
• Build relationships with the small set of carriers, brokers, and handlers that accept radioactive material, and make Oklo their favorite customer.
• Measure and publish delivery performance, and drive it toward industry-leading on-time, in-full delivery.

Skills

Logistics management

Hazmat shipping

Carrier management

Regulatory knowledge

Time-critical shipping

Communication skills

Job description

Oklo Isotopes is hiring a Head of Isotopes Supply Chain to own end-to-end logistics for radioactive products, including packaging, classification, documentation, tendering, carrier management, delivery confirmation, and returns.

This role will build the Class 7 network, develop packaging programs, and qualify carriers and routes, with a focus on backup plans and rapid recovery for time-critical shipments. The position requires travel to facilities and customers.