Senior Director, Operating Facilities Engineering - Nuclear Division - Hybrid, Multiple Locations Available

Enercon Services, Inc.; Kennesaw (GA); Remote; USD 178,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Enercon Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Director, Operating Facilities Engineering to lead the design organization for the commercial nuclear operating fleet.

You will set strategic direction, oversee Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, and I&C Design Engineering, and mentor Directors across disciplines to ensure performance and long-term capability. You will shape priorities, manage safety, quality, schedule, and budget, and collaborate with business leadership to align resources with client

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil/Structural, Nuclear, or related Engineering discipline.
• PE license required.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering experience with nuclear facilities.
• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience.
• Experience leading dispersed teams and multidisciplinary engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, and I&C Design Engineering groups.
• Develop and mentor Engineering Directors across disciplines.
• Drive safety, quality, schedule, budget, productivity, and accountability across the organization.
• Plan workforce and capacity to support projects, outages, and growth.
• Align engineering resources with client priorities and business growth.
• Foster engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Decision making

Relationship management

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Civil/Structural/Nuclear Engineering

Job description

Overview

ENERCON is seeking a Senior Director, Operating Facilities Engineering to lead our engineering design organization supporting the commercial nuclear operating fleet. This senior leadership role will provide strategic direction and organizational oversight for our Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, and Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Design Engineering groups.

The Senior Director will lead and develop the Engineering Directors responsible for these disciplines and will be accountable for the overall performance, capacity, and long-term capability of the Operating Facilities Engineering organization. This leader will ensure our teams have the people, processes, and capabilities necessary to consistently support our commercial nuclear clients.

This role can be located in one of the following locations:

• Birmingham, AL
• Phoenix, AZ
• San Luis Obispo, CA
• Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Kennesaw, GA
• Naperville, IL
• Overland Park, KS
• Baton Rouge, LA
• Chattanooga, TN
• Fort Worth, TX
• Kennewick, WA
• Aiken, SC

Key Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership & Strategy: Lead the Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, and I&C Design Engineering organizations supporting our commercial nuclear business. Establish priorities and long-range plans aligned with client needs and business objectives.
• Director & Talent Development: Lead and develop the Engineering Directors responsible for each discipline. Build a strong leadership and talent pipeline through recruiting, mentoring, career development, succession planning, and knowledge transfer.
• Engineering Performance: Drive consistent performance across the organization with a focus on safety, quality, schedule, budget, productivity, and accountability. Establish and monitor key performance indicators and lead improvements where needed.
• Workforce & Capacity Planning: Maintain a forward-looking view of engineering demand and develop workforce and capability plans to support project commitments, outage schedules, emergent client needs, and anticipated growth.
• Business & Client Alignment: Partner with commercial nuclear business leadership, Operations, and Project Management to align engineering resources and capabilities with client priorities, project needs, and business growth.
• Engineering Excellence & Collaboration: Partner with Chief Engineers and other technical leaders to promote engineering excellence, consistent practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil/Structural, Nuclear, or related Engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering experience, with significant experience supporting commercial nuclear power facilities.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including experience leading engineering managers and/or directors within multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated experience supporting engineering design and plant modifications for operating commercial nuclear facilities.
• Strong understanding of nuclear design engineering processes, design control, quality requirements, and disciplined engineering practices.
• Demonstrated experience with workforce planning, resource management, talent development, and organizational leadership.
• Proven ability to lead geographically dispersed organizations and collaborate across Engineering, Project Management, Operations, and business leadership.
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to travel overnight as required to support employees, projects, offices, and clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple engineering managers or directors within a large multidisciplinary engineering organization.
• Experience supporting major plant modifications and capital projects at operating nuclear facilities.
• Experience with long-range workforce planning, proposal development, resource forecasting, and project execution planning.
• Demonstrated success developing engineering leaders and driving improvements in quality, productivity, and execution performance.

Compensation Range

USD $178,400.00 - USD $267,600.00 /Yr.

Additional Information

ENERCON Services, Inc. (ENERCON) is powered by people who make a difference. We offer rewarding careers in a culture built on excellence, innovation, and growth.

The compensation range listed is a good-faith estimate of the compensation expected for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, geographic location, and internal equity.

Some positions may be performed remotely in one or more U.S. states. Compensation is aligned with applicable pay transparency requirements and reflects expected compensation at the time of posting.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship. We ask all candidates this question to better understand work authorization and any potential sponsorship needs. Employment is contingent upon passing pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings, background checks, and annual motor vehicle record reviews per company and client policies.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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