Senior Director, Plant Services
Nuscale Power
Lead service strategy and delivery for NuScale's nuclear plant fleet
2 days ago ago
$206,199 - $322,517
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
Hybrid
Company Size
300 Employees
Service Specialisms
Licensing
Construction
Commissioning
Operations & Maintenance
Design Engineering
Program Management
Procurement
Refueling Outages
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Nuclear
Utilities
Industrial
Government
Data Centers
Desalination
Hydrogen Production
Role
What you would be doing
ai implementation
project deployment
operational efficiency
budget management
performance metrics
regulatory compliance
- Develop and lead services to improve project deployment and plant operational efficiency, reliability and safety.
- Develop and manage departmental budgets with direct impact on profit and loss, including labor, materials, and overhead
- Provide executive-level reporting on department and service line performance,
- Establish metrics to evaluate department and service line performance
- Foster collaboration across departments and customers to ensure alignment and shared best practices
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers, ensuring that services meet or exceed customer expectations
- Frequently is required to sit and stand, walk, bend, use hands to operate office equipment, and reach with hands and arms.
- Identify opportunities to standardize and streamline deployment and operations of NuScale plants.
- Define and implement a catalogue of services that support a fleet-wide strategy for nuclear plants, aligning with organizational goals and regulatory standards
- Lead a cultural change from a primarily R&D focus to a Deliveries focus.
- Ensure adherence to all regulatory requirements and safety standards
- Collaborate with stakeholders to address customer needs and challenges
- Grow and oversee a high-performing team responsible for nuclear plant services
- Implement cutting-edge technology and methods, such as AI, to enhance deployment and operation of the plants employing NuScale reactors and technology
What you bring
senior reactor
engineering bs
15 years
project management
quality assurance
leadership
- Ability to travel locally and nationally using common forms of transportation.
- Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers.
- Management: Must have experience building and developing new teams based on future project needs. Must be able to demonstrate a capability of managing and motivating personnel assigned to designated control account work and coordinating multiple technical discipline interfaces to provide solutions in a timely manner.
- Oral/written communication: Strong communication skills, externally and internally. Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Edits work for accuracy and clarity, is able to create, read and interpret complex written information.
- Experience: A minimum of fifteen years of full-time working experience for a nuclear reactor technology development company, with at least five of those years leading a services delivery organization, is required. Senior Reactor Operator certification at an operating nuclear generating facility, nuclear-related construction and startup experience, or nuclear technology or services business development experience desired. Strong technical writing, communication and leadership skills. Basic understanding of project management principles and related information technology tools.
- Dependability: Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations.
- Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment.
- Team Building: Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks and trust within the organization, setting expectations and requirements and achieving accountability of any supervised personnel. Leads consensus as appropriate by involving all stakeholders as appropriate, facilitating their understanding of differences, agreeing on requirements and constraints, and developing the best solution. Ability to clearly delineate roles and responsibilities, identify the decision maker, and get results within a healthy and constructive intra and inter-departmental work environment.
- Business Acumen: A strategic thinker with good business perspective and an understanding of the company’s business. Able to function comfortably with employees and leaders at all levels within both the customer’s and the company’s organization, from executives to front line contributors. Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks at all levels within the company’s and the customer’s organization.
- Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture policy and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards. Demonstrates by word and behavior the ability to support a healthy Safety Conscious Working Environment.
- Education: A minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering, engineering technology, or science is required. MBA desired.
- Quality Assurance: Commits to the understanding or ability to understand the quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1.
- Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
- Planning/organizing: Capable leader able to establish a vision and align an organization around the vision. Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines, tracks project timelines and deadlines, and uses time efficiently.
- Industry Requirements: Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810. With appropriate training, able to work on an active NuScale power plant construction project site in connection with the NuScale Service delivery organization’s delivery of pre-commercial operation services
- Problem solving: Decisive with good judgment. Identifies and resolves problems in an efficient and effective manner. Gathers and reviews information appropriately. Uses own judgment and acts independently; seeks input from peer executives and other team members as appropriate for complex or sensitive situations.
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Company
Overview
- Unnamed entity founded to revolutionize nuclear energy with small modular reactors (SMRs)
- Focus on making nuclear power safer, more affordable, and more sustainable
- Developed the world's first SMR design certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Collaborates with utilities, governments, and other key players to build cleaner energy solutions
- Key projects include providing reliable energy to communities, industries, and military bases
- Leverages advanced technology to offer a cleaner, more flexible energy source compared to traditional nuclear plants
- SMRs designed to operate in diverse environments, including remote and off-grid locations
- Reactors capable of scaling energy production to meet varying demand, reducing costs and risks
- SAFETY: We will build and sustain a safety conscious workforce in order to ensure the safety of the products we produce, as well as the safety of our employees and our partners.
- EXCELLENCE: We will earn the respect of our stakeholders by delivering on our promises and demanding excellence of ourselves in the work we produce.
- INTEGRITY: We are committed to earning the trust of our stakeholders and teammates through transparency, openness, respect, and honesty in our relationships.
- TEAMWORK: We treat all people with dignity, respect each other's perspective and work collaboratively to achieve excellence, and deliver value to our customers, partners, and stakeholders.
- INNOVATION: We solve complex problems and seek creative new ways to deliver solutions that will dramatically improve access to clean, safe, affordable nuclear energy.
3M tons/year
COâ‚‚ Emissions Reduction
Estimates a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, contributing to global decarbonization efforts.
80% waste reduction
Compared to Conventional Plants
Achieves 80% waste reduction through innovative nuclear plant technology.
5-150 L/MWh
Water Consumption
Developed air-cooled and hybrid SMR options reducing water usage drastically.
- Joined the UN 24/7 Carbon‑Free Energy Compact to accelerate decarbonization of global electricity systems.
- VOYGR™ plant technology provides reliable, high‑capacity, carbon‑free energy supporting integration of intermittent renewables.
- Pledged support for global net-zero goals, aligns with net-zero by 2050 objective.
- Participates in global sustainability initiatives (e.g., IAEA goals)
- No publicly disclosed DEI strategy or gender‑related outcomes available on official website or LinkedIn.
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