Engineering Integration Manager
About this role
Lead the onsite engineering support team for TerraPower's Natrium Demonstration Project, an advanced sodium-cooled fast reactor under construction in Wyoming. Oversee multidisciplinary staff, manage staffing plans, drive process improvements, and interface with construction, licensing, and regulatory stakeholders to ensure engineering compliance with design, safety, and project requirements.
Responsibilities
- —Lead coordination and oversight of a multidisciplinary support team, including project managers, admins, and data tracking personnel comprising TerraPower employees and subcontracted resources
- —Develop and recommend staffing plans based on project management input, team skillset analysis, construction schedule demands, and long-range forecasts
- —Proactively identify staffing needs, including replacements for attrition, adjustments for evolving requirements, new scope additions, and de-staffing as the project progresses through phases
- —Manage non-engineering tasks for the Site Design Engineering organization such as metrics, status reporting, staff travel coordination, training, and procedural revisions
- —Drive continuous improvement by tracking design change dispositioning times, reducing nonconformance generation, and prioritizing tasks for proper SDE workflow
- —Foster employee development by identifying and facilitating relevant training opportunities and assigning challenging, growth-oriented tasks
- —Support recruitment, onboarding, and indoctrination processes for new employees, ensuring alignment with project standards, nuclear quality programs, and site-specific safety and security protocols
- —Interface with key stakeholders including construction management, field engineering, licensing and regulatory affairs, quality assurance, utility owner/operator, procurement, suppliers, external regulators (NRC), and home office
- —Manage priority conflicts and resource allocation when competing demands emerge; partner with team leads to resolve working-level issues and escalate high-impact conflicts to senior leadership
Qualifications
- —Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear, or related discipline) from an accredited institution
- —Minimum 10–15 years of progressive related experience, with at least 5–7 years in a leadership or supervisory role managing multidisciplinary teams
- —Experience in nuclear facility design, construction support, or field engineering, preferably on large-scale nuclear new-build, demonstration, or advanced reactor projects
- —Proven track record of interfacing with construction, procurement, quality, licensing, and regulatory entities to resolve complex onsite technical issues while maintaining schedule and safety priorities
- —Strong understanding of nuclear design and licensing basis requirements, configuration management, and quality assurance programs in regulated nuclear environments (10 CFR 50, 10 CFR 52, NRC guidance)
- —Demonstrated ability to develop staffing plans, forecast resource needs, and manage team performance in dynamic, schedule-driven project settings
- —Excellent leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution skills, with experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams in high-stakes environments
- —Ability to obtain and maintain site access and any required security clearances for work at a nuclear construction site
- —Familiarization with codes used in nuclear construction (NQA-1, ASME Section III, VIII, B31.1, B31.3, ACI-349, 318, AISC N690, 360, IEEE 603)
Desired
Familiarity with sodium-cooled fast reactor technology, advanced nuclear systems, or DOE-funded demonstration projects
Location
Onsite at the Natrium Demonstration Project in Kemmerer, Wyoming; reports to Director of Site Engineering
Job details
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About the company
TerraPower →A nuclear innovation company founded by Bill Gates, building the Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor and advancing medical isotope production.
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