Nuclear Licensing Project Manager (Equity)

Blackwing; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity ownership

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

Free daily lunch onsite

PPE stipend

Job summary

Valar Atomics in the United States seeks a Licensing Project Manager to oversee scope, schedule, budget, and execution of licensing projects. You will coordinate licensing engineers, program owners, engineering, and operations to keep deliverables on track.

You will manage document packages, track comments, and report risks to the Project Licensing Lead and Director, ensuring regulated, compliant progress in a fast-growing energy startup environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field.
• Seven (7) or more years of project experience in engineering, licensing, construction, or operations, including five (5) years in the nuclear field.
• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Licensing or safety basis project management experience.
• Experience coordinating regulator submittals and comment resolution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the licensing project schedule, including document gestation periods, review-cycle counts, and regulator review durations; integrate with the overall project schedule.
• Run the project workflow: single-point assignment of incoming items, action tracking with automated reminders, and active (not passive) review and approval steps.
• Maintain the comment resolution and commitment trackers; ensure no comment source escapes consolidated tracking.
• Coordinate inputs across engineering, operations, and program owners; communicate exactly what is needed from each contributor and by when.
• Assemble and control submittal packages; verify completeness and consistency before transmittal.
• Report progress, risks, and compensatory actions to the Project Licensing Lead and Director of Licensing.
• Maintain the project's reference library and chapter care packages so contributors start from controlled, current baselines.

Skills

PMP Certification

Licensing Projects

Regulatory Coordination

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field

Job description

Valar Atomics in the United States seeks a Licensing Project Manager to oversee scope, schedule, budget, and execution of licensing projects. You will coordinate licensing engineers, program owners, engineering, and operations to keep deliverables on track.

You will manage document packages, track comments, and report risks to the Project Licensing Lead and Director, ensuring regulated, compliant progress in a fast-growing energy startup environment.