Senior Nuclear Operations Lead - Startup & Commissioning

Kairos; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental and vision

Paid Vacation

401(k) and pre‑tax benefits

Job summary

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Senior Operations Specialist to serve as a senior technical resource within the Operations organization supporting plant design, construction, commissioning, startup, and transition to routine operations.

The Senior Operations Specialist will provide experienced operational judgment throughout the project lifecycle, helping ensure plant systems and equipment can be safely, reliably, and effectively operated, commissioned, isolated, maintained, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevantexperience in operations, commissioning, startup, maintenance, or technical support of complex industrial process facilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Operations group’s technical specialist for plant design, construction, commissioning, and startup, providing experienced operational judgment from engineering design through turnover to routine plant operations.
• Review engineering designs for operability and commissioning readiness, including Utility system, Piping and valve arrangements, Equipment layouts and accessibility, Isolation strategies, and Control strategies and system interfaces.
• Identify plant designs that may be difficult or unsafe to operate, commission, isolate, or maintain, and work collaboratively with Engineering to develop practical alternatives.
• Recommend improvements to equipment arrangement, routing, valving, accessibility, and other design features that affect safe and reliable plant operation.
• Represent Operations during equipment fabrication, construction, installation, testing, and acceptance activities.
• Participate in field verification and validation of operating and commissioning procedures, system configurations, and design assumptions before turnover to Operations.
• Capture and incorporate commissioning, startup, and operating lessons learned into procedures, design improvements, and future project activities.
• Support verification that required operating procedures, technical documentation, drawings, and system information are available and suitable for turnover to Operations.
• Participate in and support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), equipment receipt planning, Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and field inspections.
• Independently identify, document, communicate, and drive resolution of construction and installation deficiencies that could affect safe or reliable operation, and work with appropriate stakeholders to support their resolution, including Flange integrity and torquing, Bolting and mounting, Fixed-equipment installation, Equipment accessibility, Piping, valve, and component configuration.

Skills

Operational leadership

Troubleshooting

Engineering interpretation

Field experience

Job description

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Senior Operations Specialist to serve as a senior technical resource within the Operations organization supporting plant design, construction, commissioning, startup, and transition to routine operations.

The Senior Operations Specialist will provide experienced operational judgment throughout the project lifecycle, helping ensure plant systems and equipment can be safely, reliably, and effectively operated, commissioned, isolated, maintained, and