Plant Operations Director (Nuclear Operations)

Location: On-site in Idaho Falls, Idaho; candidates must be based in the United States and must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons.

Company

hirify.global Atomics develops factory-fabricated microreactors for affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power.

What you will do

• Lead facility operations, commissioning and startup execution, operational readiness, conduct of operations, work control, maintenance interfaces, operator qualification, and procedure implementation across CTR, hirify.global-0, and hirify.global-X.
• Build and staff the hirify.global-X operating organization, including Shift Managers, Senior Reactor Operators, operators, and operations-support personnel.
• Establish standards for procedure adherence, command and control, equipment status, tagging and clearance, logkeeping, turnover, briefings, reactivity management, and conservative decision-making.
• Integrate construction completion, system turnover, acceptance testing, startup testing, open-item management, and configuration status into a single readiness process.
• Provide readiness recommendations, risk and resource updates, recovery plans, and operating status to nuclear operations and executive leadership.
• Exercise stop-work authority when safety, authorization, configuration, qualification, or readiness is inadequate.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressively responsible nuclear operations experience, including substantial leadership in a commercial nuclear power plant.
• 5+ years leading plant operations, startup and commissioning, operational readiness, or a comparably broad nuclear facility organization at manager or director level.
• Current or previous NRC Senior Reactor Operator license, or equivalent DOE SRO certification combined with significant commercial nuclear plant leadership experience.
• Experience with conduct of operations, operator training and qualification, work control, maintenance integration, configuration control, corrective action, readiness, and safety culture.
• Working knowledge of DOE nuclear safety and authorization processes, including safety basis, USQ, readiness review, quality assurance, contractor assurance, and graded authorization.
• Must be based in the United States, work on-site in Idaho Falls, and satisfy site-access, fitness-for-duty, emergency-response, and U.S. person requirements under 10 CFR Part 810.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and intellectually challenging nuclear careers.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Corporate gym membership.
• Competitive salary and compensation.