Maintenance Manager

U.S. Fusion Energy; Shine (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SHINE Technologies in Janesville, WI seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead preventive and corrective maintenance for a first‑of‑its‑kind isotope production facility. You will build a capable team and develop maintenance strategies to assure reliability and safety in a nuclear environment.

Reporting to leadership, you will coordinate with operations, engineering and vendors, manage budgets, and drive calibration, testing and validation activities while ensuring compliance with NRC/ DOE standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory or management role.
• Minimum 8 years in Navy Nuclear or nuclear facility engineering, operations, maintenance, or NRC/DOE environment.
• Technical understanding of nuclear facility technology and operation.
• Outstanding communication, conflict management and change management skills.
• Ability to work safely within an industrial and radiation environment.
• Non-standard work hours including nights and weekends may be required.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe work environment and robust safety culture.
• Develop and implement maintenance department policies, programs and procedures.
• Provide equipment maintainability expertise for facility design and construction.
• Plan, execute and document preventive and corrective maintenance for isotope production equipment.
• Support warehousing, construction and testing with resources and scoped work.
• Coordinate with construction, testing, commissioning and operations teams.
• Interface with operations, engineering and vendors to resolve technical issues.
• Ensure calibration and validation activities meet quality requirements.
• Determine staffing needs and hire/train maintenance staff.
• Provide leadership and development to maintenance personnel.
• Develop and manage the maintenance department budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Conflict management

Change management

Safety in radiation environments

Nuclear facility operations knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Job Type

Full-time

Location

Janesville, WI

SHINE Technologies is seeking a Maintenance Manager who will be responsible for all preventive and corrective maintenance, including testing, repairs, and calibrations in the new isotope production facility, currently under construction. In this key role, the Maintenance Manager will work with facility technical staff to develop, coordinate, and implement maintenance strategies and detailed plans to ensure the reliability of this first‑of‑a‑kind facility.

The Maintenance Manger will be responsible for building and developing a team of dedicated technical personnel capable of rapidly and effectively responding to facility and custom process equipment issues to ensure the safe, efficient operation of the nuclear facility.

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $140,000 per year plus a comprehensive compensation package. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

Duties And Responsibilities Of The Maintenance Manager

• Promote a safe work environment and a robust safety culture.
• Develop, establish, and implement maintenance department policies, programs, and procedures, including the development and management of a nuclear facility work control and work management process.
• Provide equipment maintainability expertise in support of the design and construction of the facility, such as: system descriptions, training materials, maintenance procedures, and system walk‑downs.
• Coordinate and ensure the proper planning, execution, and documentation of preventive and corrective maintenance for isotope production facility equipment in accordance with established processes.
• Support warehousing, construction, and testing personnel and activities as needed by providing resources and coordinating specific scopes of work.
• Interface with construction personnel to ensure a seamless transition between construction, testing, commissioning, and operations.
• Coordinate with operations, engineering and equipment vendor personnel to identify and expediently resolve technical issues discovered during testing and operations.
• Work with quality department personnel to ensure validation and ongoing maintenance and calibration activities are completed accurately and in accordance with quality requirements.
• Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire, and train new employees, or support those personnel processes.
• Provide direction, development, and leadership to maintenance staff.
• Develop and manage the maintenance department budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering or related technical field, or equivalency based on relevant job experience.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a supervisory or management role.
• A minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in Navy Nuclear or nuclear facility engineering, operations, maintenance, or equivalent in an NRC or DOE regulated environment.
• Technical understanding of nuclear facility technology, principles, and operation.
• Outstanding communication, conflict management, and change management skills.
• Ability to work safety within an industrial and radiation environment.
• The position may require non‑standard work hours and shift work, including nights and weekends, on a periodic or occasional basis.

Working Conditions And Physical Effort

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily. If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job, absent undue hardship.

Eligibility for employment is conditioned on the applicant’s ability to qualify for access to information subject to U.S. Export Controls. Additionally, applicant’s eligibility may be conditioned based upon meeting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements for access to Safeguards Information, which typically requires a pre‑employment drug screen, fingerprinting and criminal background check.

SHINE values diversity in all its forms as a critical component of innovation, which is fundamental to our success. Every member of the SHINE community benefits from the talents and experiences of our peers, from the mutual respect we exercise, and from the responsibility we take for our actions.

SHINE Technologies, LLC maintains affirmative action plans for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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