Senior Manager, HALEU Fuel Fabrication

TerraPower; Bellevue (WA); Presencial; USD 184 000 - 246 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive compensation

Salary, eligible for discretionary短‑/‑

Medical and wellness benefits

Parental leave

401k plan

PTO 21 days annually

10 paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Professional and educational support

Resumo da oferta

TerraPower in Bellevue, WA, seeks a Fuel Fabrication Senior Manager to lead the Natrium Fuel Manufacturing team. You will oversee HALEU metallization, fuel-component manufacture, and final fuel-assembly fabrication, ensuring safety and quality in a high-stakes nuclear program.

You will direct multidisciplinary engineering teams, partner with Quality, Licensing, Supply Chain, and external partners, and drive manufacturing maturity from lab scale to qualified production within schedule constraints.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering, materials science and engineering, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• At least 10 years in nuclear fuel, nuclear materials, or nuclear manufacturing. A relevant master’s degree may be credited for up to two years of experience, and a doctorate may be credited for up to four years.
• Demonstrated management experience in the nuclear industry.
• Experience leading and developing teams of engineers or other technical professionals.
• Experience in nuclear fuel qualification, manufacturing-process development, or production.
• Experience developing or scaling manufacturing processes from laboratory or pilot scale to qualified production.
• Experience managing or technically directing vendors and contractors performing nuclear-grade component fabrication.
• Experience with supplier qualification, source surveillance or inspection, nonconformance disposition, corrective action, and technical acceptance.
• Working knowledge of engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, material specifications, and controlled procurement documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate complex technical work across engineering, Quality, Licensing, Operations, Supply Chain, and project-delivery organizations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical and programmatic issues to senior leadership, regulators, partners, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and lead resolution of complex problems under schedule constraints.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the development and execution of the integrated strategy for HALEU metallization, fuel-component manufacturing, and final fuel assembly fabrication.
• Provide Fuel Manufacturing technical leadership for the design, construction, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness of metallization and fuel fabrication facilities.
• Serve as the engineering owner for fuel products and manufacturing processes from metal feedstock through completed fuel assemblies, including technical oversight of requirements, specifications, drawings, process changes, and technical acceptance.
• Lead the development, demonstration, scale-up, and qualification of manufacturing processes required to achieve production-rate, quality, safety, and reliability objectives.
• Collaborate with Quality to ensure fabrication activities, suppliers, records, and deliverables comply with applicable quality-assurance and fuel acceptance requirements.
• Interface with reactor design, neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, materials, and safety-analysis teams to ensure fuel material properties, manufacturing tolerances, and process variability are appropriately represented in design and safety analyses.
• Collaborate with testing and operations teams to use laboratory and pilot-scale activities to advance manufacturing maturity.
• Provide technical direction and oversight to fuel fabrication partners, vendors, and contractors, including supplier qualification, source surveillance, technical issue resolution, nonconformance disposition, and corrective action.
• Maintain visibility into manufacturing and supplier performance using appropriate schedule, quality, readiness, and production metrics.
• Identify and proactively mitigate technical, schedule, quality, capacity, and supply-chain risks. Develop and execute recovery plans when performance deviates from program objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team, with accountability for performance management, goal setting, technical capability, and career development.
• Develop and execute staffing, organizational-development, and succession plans that support program scale-up and long-term operational continuity.
• Promote a strong nuclear safety culture, disciplined decision-making, continuous learning, and application of nuclear-industry and advanced-manufacturing best practices.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, quality, manufacturability, process capability, schedule performance, and cost.

Conhecimentos

Nuclear manufacturing leadership

Team leadership

Nuclear fuel qualification

Manufacturing-process development

Vendor/contractor management

Supplier qualification / surveillance

Engineering drawing & tolerancing

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication skills

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering or related field

Descrição da oferta de emprego

TerraPower in Bellevue, WA, seeks a Fuel Fabrication Senior Manager to lead the Natrium Fuel Manufacturing team. You will oversee HALEU metallization, fuel-component manufacture, and final fuel-assembly fabrication, ensuring safety and quality in a high-stakes nuclear program.

You will direct multidisciplinary engineering teams, partner with Quality, Licensing, Supply Chain, and external partners, and drive manufacturing maturity from lab scale to qualified production within schedule constraints.