Snr Director Engineer - Chief Engineer - Nuclear Plant Buildout

CT19; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

CT19 is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering & Chief Engineer to lead the engineering efforts for a groundbreaking industrial facility in Wisconsin. This role demands a visionary leader who can navigate complex engineering challenges while ensuring successful execution across design, construction, and commissioning phases.

The ideal candidate will possess over 15 years of experience in high-tech engineering projects and a robust understanding of engineering principles across multiple disciplines. This position offers the opportunity to significantly impact the future of nuclear and chemical processing.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in complex industrial engineering projects.
• Strong experience in plant design, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution across various phases including design and commissioning.
• Translate project milestones into actionable engineering plans.
• Manage engineering activities across multiple technical disciplines.

Skills

Leadership in complex engineering projects

Systems integration

Technical authority

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear, Electrical Engineering

Job description

A cutting-edge advanced technology organisation operating within the nuclear and chemical processing sector is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering & Chief Engineer to lead engineering execution for a first-of-a-kind industrial facility.

This is a highly visible leadership role responsible for driving engineering delivery across complex, multidisciplinary systems while acting as the technical authority during plant buildout, integration, commissioning, and startup activities.

The successful individual will bridge R&D, engineering, construction, operations, and regulatory functions to ensure innovative technologies are translated into safe, reliable, and scalable industrial systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution across design, procurement support, construction support, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Translate major project milestones into executable engineering delivery plans, resource strategies, and discipline-level priorities.
• Manage multidisciplinary engineering activities across mechanical, process, systems, nuclear, I&C, structural, reliability, and safety engineering functions.
• Serve as the senior technical authority during plant buildout, system integration, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Lead resolution of complex technical challenges impacting integration, operability, reliability, and startup schedules.
• Drive engineering standards, design quality, documentation control, and change management processes.
• Support the integration of advanced hardware technologies into a regulated industrial processing environment.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Project teams to support safety analyses, design verification, commissioning protocols, and operational readiness.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause investigations during commissioning and early operations.
• Build and coordinate cross-functional technical teams to solve high-priority engineering and operational issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience delivering complex industrial, manufacturing, energy, nuclear, chemical processing, or high-tech engineering projects.
• Strong experience supporting plant design, facility buildout, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness activities.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and solve technically complex, first-of-a-kind engineering challenges.
• Strong understanding of systems integration, reliability engineering, failure analysis, and industrial operations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams within highly regulated environments.

Preferred Experience

• Nuclear, radiopharma, chemical processing, energy, semiconductor, aerospace, or other advanced industrial sectors.
• Previous experience as a Chief Engineer, Technical Authority, Systems Engineering Lead, or Engineering Director.
• Familiarity with hazard analysis methodologies such as HAZOP, FMEA, and safety review processes.

This is a rare opportunity to play a leading role in the delivery of groundbreaking industrial and nuclear technologies with significant long-term impact and growth potential.