Senior Configuration & Design Control Manager (Nuclear)

SHINE Technologies, LLC.; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SHINE Technologies, LLC. is seeking a Configuration Control Engineering Manager to own the configuration management program for the design and construction of a first‑of‑a‑kind nuclear medical isotope production facility.

This role ensures the design basis remains internally consistent and aligned with the licensing basis, with changes flowing through disciplined processes from engineering through procurement and construction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field from an accredited institution.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in environments with formal configuration management and design control (nuclear, aerospace, or comparable).
• 3+ years of leadership or management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously: identifying what needs to be done, building the plan, and executing without day‑to‑day direction.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and make timely decisions considering effects across facility design and operation.
• Outstanding communication, conflict management, and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Owns the configuration management program, ensuring the design basis remains internally consistent and traceable to the licensing basis.
• Owns the design change control process, ensuring changes are evaluated for impact on the design and licensing bases and routed to licensing evaluation when required.
• Owns engineering procedures, including development, revision, and alignment with quality assurance program requirements, supported by a dedicated technical writer.
• Owns configuration control tools (master equipment list, cable and raceway database, hold database) and directs development of new tools to support efficient processes.
• Assembles final design packages for facility systems, ensuring completeness, internal consistency, and traceability to the design and licensing bases.
• Hires and directs the EPC coordinator; manages the interface between engineering, procurement, and construction, including vendor document review, submittal workflows, and technical hold disposition.
• Oversees tracking, disposition, and trending of nonconformance reports (NCRs), requests for information (RFIs), and field changes; identifies systemic issues and drives resolution.
• Directs as‑built reconciliation to ensure the installed configuration matches the design basis.
• Owns system turnover from Engineering to Operations, including turnover package development, as‑built record completion, and closure of open items (NCRs, holds, punch list) prior to handoff.
• Independently plans, prioritizes, and executes the program of work; selects, develops, evaluates, and leads the engineers and program owners who execute it.
• Develops and maintains the group budget and schedule, monitoring for early warning signs of slips and reallocating resources to protect milestones.
• Balances department needs against Company objectives.

Skills

Autonomy

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Prioritization

Budget planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

Job description

SHINE Technologies, LLC. is seeking a Configuration Control Engineering Manager to own the configuration management program for the design and construction of a first‑of‑a‑kind nuclear medical isotope production facility.

This role ensures the design basis remains internally consistent and aligned with the licensing basis, with changes flowing through disciplined processes from engineering through procurement and construction.