Director, Nuclear Components, Piping & CAD

ENERCON; Aiken (SC); Remote; USD 178,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

ENERCON is seeking a Director to lead the Components, Piping, and CAD organizations supporting Commercial Nuclear, New Nuclear, and Federal Nuclear business lines. You will set strategic direction, build high-performing teams, and ensure safe, high-quality engineering and design output across multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes workforce planning, CAD/3D modeling capability, and cross-functional collaboration with engineers, project managers, and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Nuclear, or related Engineering discipline.
• PE license preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering and/or design experience, preferably supporting nuclear, power generation, federal facilities, or other highly regulated industries.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience managing engineering, design, or multidisciplinary technical organizations.
• Demonstrated experience in component engineering, piping engineering, piping design, plant design/layout, CAD, or 3D modeling.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary projects through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design and/or modifications to operating facilities.
• Demonstrated experience with workforce planning, resource management, recruiting, talent development, and organizational leadership.
• Strong understanding of engineering design processes, design control, quality requirements, and disciplined engineering practices.
• Proven ability to lead geographically dispersed teams and collaborate across Engineering, Project Management, Operations, and business leadership.
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership & Strategy: Lead the Components, Piping, and CAD organizations and establish priorities and long-range capability plans aligned with the needs of our Commercial Nuclear, New Nuclear, and Federal Nuclear businesses.
• Team & Talent Development: Lead and develop the managers and technical leaders responsible for each organization. Build a strong talent pipeline through recruiting, training, mentoring, career development, succession planning, and knowledge transfer.
• Engineering & Design Performance: Drive consistent performance across the organization with a focus on safety, quality, schedule, budget, productivity, and accountability. Ensure effective execution of component engineering, piping engineering/design, and CAD activities.
• Workforce & Capacity Planning: Maintain a forward-looking view of demand across all three nuclear markets and develop staffing and capability plans to support current commitments, future projects, and anticipated growth.
• Design Capability & Technology: Ensure the organization has the standards, processes, tools, and skills necessary to efficiently deliver high-quality engineering and design products. Champion the advancement of 3D modeling, digital engineering, standardization, and integrated design practices.
• Business & Project Collaboration: Partner with Commercial Nuclear, New Nuclear, and Federal Nuclear business leaders, Engineering, Chief Engineers, Project Management, and Operations to align resources and capabilities with project priorities and promote consistent, efficient execution across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Strategic planning

Resource management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Nuclear, or related Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

Tools

CAD

3D modeling

Job description

ENERCON is seeking a Director to lead the Components, Piping, and CAD organizations supporting Commercial Nuclear, New Nuclear, and Federal Nuclear business lines. You will set strategic direction, build high-performing teams, and ensure safe, high-quality engineering and design output across multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes workforce planning, CAD/3D modeling capability, and cross-functional collaboration with engineers, project managers, and operations.