Mechanical Engineering Manager — Lead Nuclear Project Delivery

SHINE Technologies; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SHINE Technologies is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead the mechanical engineering organization for the Chrysalis Project, a first-of-a-kind facility to expand access to critical medical isotopes used in the diagnosis of serious disease.

This is a highly visible engineering leadership role with the opportunity to shape a major nuclear technology program from design through construction, startup, and operational readiness.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including management of engineers or technical contributors.
• Experience leading engineering work in a quality-controlled or configuration-controlled environment.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical quality, safety, schedule commitments, and organizational priorities.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of approximately 6 mechanical engineers; provide technical oversight of ~6 engineering contractors.
• Set engineering priorities, staffing plans, resource needs, and performance expectations for the team.
• Ensure technical quality and timely delivery of mechanical engineering products, including design, calculations, specifications, and procurement packages.
• Support licensing, regulatory, quality, and configuration management expectations across all engineering deliverables.
• Coordinate engineering execution with Operations, Construction, Procurement, Project Controls, Safety Analysis, Licensing, Quality, and other disciplines.
• Support construction, startup, and operational readiness activities, including field issue resolution.
• Drive engineering process improvement initiatives that strengthen governance and repeatable execution.
• Represent Mechanical Engineering in project and executive-level reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Quality/regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license (preferred)

Job description

SHINE Technologies is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead the mechanical engineering organization for the Chrysalis Project, a first-of-a-kind facility to expand access to critical medical isotopes used in the diagnosis of serious disease.

This is a highly visible engineering leadership role with the opportunity to shape a major nuclear technology program from design through construction, startup, and operational readiness.