Senior Manager of Capital Cost Management
Nuclear industryUS only
About this role
Senior Manager of Capital Cost Management at Oklo, a nuclear innovation company developing advanced reactor technology. Design and scale Oklo's capital project budgeting and cost architecture across nuclear power plants, fuel fabrication facilities, recycling complexes, and supporting infrastructure. Establish foundational cost structures and systems enabling cost transparency and sustained cost curve decline from first-of-a-kind (FOAK) to fleet projects.
Responsibilities
- —Design, implement, and scale standardized cost breakdown structures (CBS), work breakdown structures (WBS), and portfolio-wide capital cost taxonomies across all capital projects and business units
- —Establish and enforce consistent application of budgeting standards across projects; ensure actuals, forecasts, and reporting align with defined cost structures and methodologies
- —Develop and institutionalize Oklo's cost improvement framework; capture cost learnings across projects and build internal and external benchmarking systems
- —Define methodology, cost- and work breakdown structures, and governance frameworks for detailed project budgets
- —Drive development of detailed project budgets ensuring alignment with cost estimates, scope, resources, and timelines
- —Assess and strengthen owner-side cost control maturity to enable strategic evolution in vendor contracting structures
- —Define and implement requirements, processes, and standards for integrations of project financial planning and reporting systems with project management and ERP systems
- —Establish cost data governance standards to ensure traceability of budgets, commitments, change orders, and actuals
- —Collaborate across Engineering, Product, Construction, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Finance, and Business Development to align cost architecture with scope, procurement strategy, and capital deployment
- —Analyze large datasets to identify cost drivers and structural improvement opportunities
Qualifications
- —7+ years of experience in capital project budgeting, cost architecture, or project controls leadership within large-scale power, energy, infrastructure, industrial, or nuclear sectors
- —Demonstrated experience designing cost breakdown structures and capital cost taxonomies for large capital portfolios including projects of $100M+
- —Strong knowledge of project cost systems, job costing methodologies, ERP integration, and capital governance frameworks
- —Experience supporting large-scale EPC or construction projects with strong understanding of owner-side cost control maturity
- —Demonstrated experience in portfolio cost optimization, benchmarking, and structured cost learning systems
- —Experience analyzing large datasets to identify cost drivers and structural improvement opportunities
- —Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, construction, procurement, finance, and executive leadership
- —Excellent communication skills, including executive and Board-level reporting
Desired
- —Experience with nuclear or other FOAK (first-of-a-kind) energy infrastructure projects
- —Familiarity with DOE, NRC, EPA, and OSHA regulatory environments
- —Experience structuring cost systems to support IRA ITC (Inflation Reduction Act Investment Tax Credit) eligibility and compliance tracking
- —Startup or high-growth company experience
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Job details
FieldAdministrative
LocationSanta Clara, CA or Remote
IndustryNuclear energy
PostedJun 2026
About the company
Oklo →An advanced fission company developing the Aurora powerhouse, a fast-reactor microreactor designed to deliver clean baseload power.
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