Nuclear Power Plant Systems Engineering Manager

TerraPower; Kemmerer (WY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TerraPower seeks a Nuclear Power Plant Systems Engineering Manager at the Kemmerer Power Station. The SEM will own and govern the plant’s systems engineering programs, ensuring compliance with NRC, INPO, ANSI/ANS standards, and site policies while protecting workers and the environment.

The role requires leading governance, budgeting, staffing, and integration with operations, maintenance, and startup activities, and providing senior technical input to plant leadership on risk and decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical science, or a related technical field.
• Advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns and governs the nuclear power plant's systems engineering programs, including standards, policies, procedures, resources, staffing models, and regulatory compliance.
• Has approval authority for program standards, major policies, and procedures related to Systems Engineering; can stop or restrict work.
• Ensures full integration of systems engineering requirements into operations, maintenance, design engineering, work planning, and startup activities.
• Provides manager-level technical input to plant leadership on systems engineering in risk, conditions, and operational decisions; coordinates responses for events with preparedness and site response groups.
• Develops and manages budgets and long-range resource plans for systems engineering programs; owns performance monitoring and corrective action programs.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical science, or a related technical field

Advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline

Job description

Nuclear Power Plant Systems Engineering Manager

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

The Systems Engineering Manager (SEM) is a mid-level site leadership position responsible for the unified ownership, governance, and performance of the nuclear power plant's systems engineering programs for the Kemmerer Power Station (KPS)

This role is the single-point accountable owner for these programs, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, NRC requirements, INPO guidelines, ANSI/ANS standards, and site policies. The SEM governs standards, policies, resources, and performance necessary to protect workers, the public, the environment, and plant systems.

The SEM is accountable to site leadership and regulators for nuclear power plant program health, regulatory compliance, and long-term strategic capability in these disciplines.

Responsibilities

Program Ownership and Governance

• Owns and governs the nuclear power plant's Engineering systems programs, including standards, policies, procedures, resource allocation, staffing models, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure Systems Engineering activities are performed per regulatory requirements, quality assurance program requirements, and applicable procedures.

Systems Engineering Decision-Making and Authority

• Hasapproval authorityfor program standards, major policies, and procedures related to Systems Engineering.
• Has authority tostop or restrict workon the basis of engineering analysis or related concerns.
• Governs staffing models, qualification requirements, and training standards for the systems engineering organization.

Integration and Strategic Leadership

• Ensures full integration of systems engineering requirements into operations, maintenance, design engineering, work planning, and construction/startup activities.
• Provides manager-level technical and programmatic input to nuclear power plant leadership for systems engineering on plant risk, plant conditions, and operational decisions.
• Leads and coordinates responses of systems engineering support for plant events withemergency preparednessand site response organizations.

Operational and Resource Management

• Develop and managesbudgetsandlong-range resource plansfor systems engineering programs, including personnel, equipment, and facilities.
• Owns nuclear power plant performance monitoring, self-assessment, and corrective action programs for systems engineering functions.

Regulatory Compliance and Stakeholder Engagement

• Serves as theprimary site interfacewith regulatory agencies and oversight organizations on matters related to Systems Engineering.
• Leads and supports audits, inspections, readiness reviews, and management assessments affecting Systems Engineering programs

Minimum Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum5 years of experiencein systems engineering at a US commercial nuclear power plant
• Minimum3 years of experiencein management or supervisory leadership roles.

Preferred

• Advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• SRO license at a commercial nuclear power plant.
• Experience successfully working with diverse team in the completion of organizational objectives.
• Demonstrated track record of programmatic performance improvement and corrective action leadership.
• Experience withnew plant startups, first-of-a-kind, or major facility commissioning environments.

This position is subject to qualification requirements in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.1. Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required. Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gr