Manager, Nuclear Design

NuScale Power is a company focused on nuclear energy solutions, and they are seeking a Manager for their Nuclear Design team. The role involves leading technical delivery for fuel design, overseeing engineering staff, and ensuring compliance with design and licensing standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction and day-to-day management for engineering staff performing core design, neutronics analysis, fuel design, CRA and NSA design, fuel thermal-mechanical analysis, and start-up physics testing activities
• Maintain and enforce design basis discipline across all group work products, ensuring analyses and design outputs are consistent with the licensed design basis, applicable design criteria, and NRC-approved methods
• Manage ongoing maintenance and configuration control of the core design basis, fuel design specifications, and associated licensing commitments across the product line; support the internal review and approval process for design basis changes; identify changes with potential licensing significance and coordinate with licensing staff on appropriate handling strategies
• Provide technical oversight of supplier relationships within area of responsibility, such as with the fuel fabricator and software vendors. Develop technical statements of work
• Oversee integration of fuel and related components with interfacing design artifacts; maintain updated design and requirement documentation and communicate and coordinate cross-functionally to ensure design basis consistency
• Develop and maintain group-level schedules and resource plans, coordinate with the Senior Manager, peer group managers, and program engineers to align capacity against program priorities and identify constraints or gaps
• Provide technical interface with external parties including fuel fabricators, regulators, and customers
• Leads peer reviews and technical audits to ensure conformance to requirements
• Review and approve engineering specifications, calculations, reports and other documentation that communicate the design and technical aspects of the fuel product
• Provides technical and advisory assistance to other projects and offices
• Participates in developing and updating company technical standards and practices
• Interface and coordinate with internal and external clients as required for successful project execution. Prepare estimates, schedules, man-hour, manpower, and material forecasts
• Understand and apply sound approaches and standards for solving technical problems in applicable discipline and lead cross‐functional projects within areas of responsibility
• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving timecards, enforcing rules, and making decisions about the purchase of materials or services
• Evaluate performance, administer coaching, and conduct periodic performance reviews. Develop team capabilities supporting individual career goals and team objectives. Develop training material in areas of expertise
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• A minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical or Nuclear Engineering
• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible engineering experience in primary area of responsibility is required
• Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810
• An advanced degree preferred
• At least 5 of those years having been in a lead and/or supervisory experience preferred
• Experience with employee conflict resolution, disciplinary protocols, performance reviews, prioritizing work of others is preferred
• Proven track record of managing staff from multiple disciplines and coordinating design interfaces to provide design solutions in a timely manner is preferred