Required qualifications
- B.S. or M.S degree in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 20+ years of engineering experience supporting nuclear power generation, nuclear design, analysis, licensing, construction, or plant operations.
- 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including managing large, multidisciplinary engineering organizations, typically comprising 100 or more employees.
- Prior experience serving as a Chief Engineer, Design Authority, Engineering Director or comparable senior technical leadership capacity.
- Demonstrated expertise in one or more core engineering disciplines including Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Nuclear, or other disciplines relevant to nuclear power plant design, with working knowledge across major nuclear engineering disciplines/workstreams.
- Demonstrated experience applying design control, configuration management, and technical baseline management principles within a complex nuclear or similarly regulated engineering environment.
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and how they interact with design and operations, quality assurance programs, design control processes.
- Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering projects through multiple stages of design maturity and making consequential technical decisions.
About this role
The Senior Director of Power Plant Engineering is the senior technical and organizational leader accountable for the technical adequacy, maturity, integration, and execution of the designs produced by the Power Plant Engineering organization. Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering Design, this position holds final design decision authority for the Power Plant Engineering organization.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Plant Engineering department which includes Reactor Systems, Pebble Handling and Storage Systems, Reactor Coolant Auxiliary Systems, Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Systems, Nuclear Design and Methods and the Balance of Plant Systems.
- Establish technical direction, maintain engineering standards, and ensure consistent execution of high-quality engineering products in accordance with the Design Control Program and systems engineering practices established by Design Assurance.
- Ensure that system and discipline designs satisfy applicable requirements, codes and standards, safety functions, and are aligned with program objectives.
- Ensure that design assumptions, margins, uncertainties, limitations, and technical risks are identified, documented, communicated, and appropriately managed.
- Make or approve technical decisions and accept technical risk within delegated authority.
- Hold senior technical leaders accountable for the technical quality, maturity, timeliness, and completeness of their organizations’ work.
- Resolve technical disagreements that cross system or discipline boundaries.
- Ensure that Power Plant Engineering provides technically complete and timely inputs to plant layout, process design, plant design, design analysis, licensing, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and operations activities.
- Maintain visibility of significant technical risks, decisions, assumptions, margins, interfaces, and unresolved issues across the organization and ensure they are communicated to affected stakeholders.
- Ensure the integrity and controlled evolution of the plant design and technical baseline, including appropriate incorporation of approved technical decisions and design changes.
Similar roles
Related jobs
Chemical and Materials Engineering Internship - Summer 2027
Kairos Power · Alameda, CA, Albuquerque, NM or Oak Ridge, TN
Civil Engineering Internship - Summer 2027
Kairos Power · Alameda, CA, Albuquerque, NM or Oak Ridge TN
Electrical Engineering Internship - Summer 2027
Kairos Power · Alameda, CA, Albuquerque, NM or Oak Ridge, TN
Electrochemical Engineer
Kairos Power · Alameda, CA
Senior Director, Power Plant Engineering
Kairos Power