Senior Operations Specialist (Nuclear Energy)

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States; onsite at a salt production facility. The role includes field work, occasional travel of up to 20%, weekends, flexible and non-standard hours, second- and third-shift work, and extended hours during critical project milestones.

Company

hirify.global develops fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology intended to support the transition to clean energy.

What you will do

• Provide senior Operations expertise across plant design, construction, commissioning, startup, equipment acceptance, system turnover, and routine operations.
• Review utilities, piping and valve arrangements, equipment layouts, isolation strategies, controls, and system interfaces for operability, maintainability, accessibility, and commissioning readiness.
• Represent Operations during fabrication, construction, installation, testing, FAT, SAT, field inspections, walkdowns, and acceptance activities.
• Develop and coordinate commissioning and startup plans, schedules, test packages, operating procedures, system turnover documentation, and operational readiness activities.
• Provide hands-on field guidance, troubleshoot plant and equipment issues, identify construction deficiencies, and drive practical resolutions with Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, vendors, and Operations.
• Support PSSR, plant readiness assessments, alarm rationalization, Management of Change, design modifications, operator training, and safe transition to operations.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in operations, commissioning, startup, maintenance, or technical support for complex industrial process facilities.
• Experience supporting newly constructed or significantly modified facilities, system turnover, operational readiness, commissioning plans, startup plans, operating procedures, or test packages.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, P&IDs, equipment documentation, and technical specifications.
• Strong knowledge of industrial piping, valves, rotating and fixed equipment, utility systems, instrumentation, process control, troubleshooting, and plant operations.
• Ability to identify operability, maintainability, accessibility, isolation, commissioning, startup, safety, and reliability concerns and develop practical field solutions.
• Work authorization must satisfy Department of Energy Part 810 export-control requirements for access to controlled information; certain foreign nationals may require an export-control license.

Nice to have

• Experience with hazardous materials, complex chemical processes, high-temperature systems, or comparable industrial hazards.
• Experience with PSSR, PHA/HAZOP, MOC, operational readiness, or comparable process-safety activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents.
• Paid vacation.
• 401(k), pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits through FSA programs.
• Work in office, laboratory, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and industrial environments with required PPE and exposure to hazardous materials, elevated heights, confined spaces, and temperature extremes.
• Equal-opportunity workplace focused on a diverse workforce.