Senior Operations Leader - Plant Startup & Commissioning

Kairos Power; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation packages

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) and pre-tax health insurance

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.
• Experience coordinating or supporting system turnover and operational readiness activities.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, P&IDs, equipment documentation, and technical specifications.
• Experience providing technical guidance to operations or commissioning personnel.
• Experience reviewing engineering designs from an operational and field‑execution perspective.
• Experience developing or executing commissioning plans, startup plans, operating procedures, test packages, or system turnover documentation.
• Experience participating in equipment inspection, FAT, SAT, construction walkdowns, punch listing, system turnover, or acceptance activities.

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.
• Develop and coordinate Operations input to plant commissioning and startup plans and execution packages.
• Provide technical guidance and hands‑on field guidance during commissioning and startup activities.

Skills

Operations leadership

Troubleshooting

Field execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Plant operations

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