Plant Manager - Nuclear Facility Operations & Readiness

Oklo Inc; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity

Bonuses

401(k)

Health insurance

HSA

FSA

Wellness credits

Job summary

Oklo Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager to lead the Aurora powerhouse facility at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho.

This role oversees day-to-day on-site operations, maintenance coordination, and readiness with a strong emphasis on nuclear safety and regulatory compliance. The successful candidate will guide cross-functional teams in Operations, Engineering, Radiation Protection, Security, and Quality, ensuring safe, reliable performance and continuous improvement in a highly regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Nuclear Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent operational experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting nuclear facility operations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary operational and facility-support activities.
• Strong understanding of operational safety, work control, and procedural compliance.
• Experience coordinating contractors, site logistics, infrastructure work, or facility support services.
• Strong understanding of plant and site operations interfaces across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, Security, Quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day on-site facility operations per approved procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee maintenance coordination, work control, planning and scheduling, facility readiness, logistics and access.
• Coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance, issue resolution, prioritization, and restoration of systems.
• Implement and improve facility operations programs, procedures, and performance standards.
• Coordinate facility modifications, equipment installations, and contractor activities.
• Oversee contractors, vendors and cross-functional teams to ensure safe, timely, and effective on-site work.
• Support industrial and nuclear safety, radiation protection, security, environmental requirements, and emergency preparedness.
• Support readiness activities, assessments, action tracking, staffing, and transition to routine operations.
• Coordinate material receipt, storage, inventory, deliveries, and site logistics.
• Maintain records, logs, procedures, work-tracking systems, schedules and reporting.

Skills

Leadership & team coordination

Operational safety

Work control & planning

Nuclear facility operations

Contractor coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

10+ years of nuclear facility operations experience

Job description

Oklo Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager to lead the Aurora powerhouse facility at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho.

This role oversees day-to-day on-site operations, maintenance coordination, and readiness with a strong emphasis on nuclear safety and regulatory compliance. The successful candidate will guide cross-functional teams in Operations, Engineering, Radiation Protection, Security, and Quality, ensuring safe, reliable performance and continuous improvement in a highly regulated