Mechanical Manager - FieldWorks (Nuclear)

Location: Remote, with a combination of office, customer-site, and field environments; travel of 50% or more is required, including extended assignments during outages and project execution.

Estimated starting salary: $150,000–$173,000 annually, paid bi-weekly. Required travel may be compensated at the equivalent hourly rate with overtime and per diem for qualifying hours.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-first nuclear and energy startup developing a fleet-scale approach to deploying safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear reactors.

What you will do

• Lead planning, coordination, and oversight of mechanical maintenance, inspection, repair, installation, troubleshooting, commissioning, outage, and specialty project work.
• Provide mechanical technical leadership and ensure work complies with customer requirements, plant procedures, OEM recommendations, applicable codes, safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Define project scopes, technical requirements, staffing needs, schedules, estimates, bids, and execution strategies with customers and internal teams.
• Build, assess, mobilize, and continuously improve high-performing union mechanical crews.
• Develop technical training, qualification, workforce development, and leadership pipelines for craft professionals and specialists.
• Build relationships with utility customers, plant leadership, union halls, labor partners, field personnel, and internal Operations, Training, Recruiting, Sales, and Project Management teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Power Plant Technology, Industrial Technology, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent education and relevant experience.
• 7+ years of experience in mechanical maintenance, outage execution, or specialty field services within nuclear, power generation, energy, or heavy industrial environments.
• Experience leading union craft workforces and building or mobilizing crews for maintenance, outage, construction, or field-service work.
• Strong mechanical expertise, customer-facing communication, workforce planning, scheduling, resource allocation, estimating, and execution-planning skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, P&IDs, OEM specifications, work packages, and technical documentation.
• Valid driver’s license; ability to travel 50% or more, work extended hours or shifts, provide on-call support, obtain unescorted access authorization for commercial nuclear plants, and work safely in industrial environments.

Nice to have

• Commercial nuclear power plant and scheduled outage experience.
• Established relationships with union halls, craft organizations, or labor partners.
• Experience with technical training, qualification, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs.
• Familiarity with ASME, EPRI, INPO, OEM guidance, and nuclear or mechanical industry standards.
• Experience developing long-term customer relationships and supporting new business opportunities.

Culture & Benefits

• AI-first operating model using AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System to improve work quality, speed, and impact.
• Culture centered on transparency, responsibility, unity, scrappiness, tenacity, trust, safety, accountability, and continuous learning.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous vacation policy and holidays.