Plant Manager, Engineering Operations

Plant Manager, Engineering Operations

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world's transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people's quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Plant Manager, Engineering Operations with expertise in new construction and operation experience managing a complex chemical plant, including hazardous material management. You will be integrated with the design and construction process, implement standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality check protocols, production schedules, lead investigations and troubleshoot day to day problems as it may arise. During process design and construction phase, you will provide input to ensure upcoming operational success. Once construction is complete, you will be responsible for a fully operating plant and all functions including personnel and plant management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor construction progress ensuring that the project is implemented per the approved designs
• Identify and help resolve any potential operating issues identified during the construction
• Responsible for developing the teams to conduct the punch listing of the plant equipment as being installed
• Participate in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) reviews
• Develop hiring plan / need for production engineers and operators including hiring and managing production engineers and operators, operator training and assist in training
• Develop operating procedures and QA / QC to meet the frozen design basis
• Develop Management of Change procedures for plant, maintain records of changes and compliance with HAZOP / PHA and (if applicable) PSM
• Responsible for development of the system definitions and system handover packages for implementation
• Lead process commissioning efforts for the handover systems
• Responsible for final acceptable of the handover systems for release to operations
• Develop the commissioning schedule, unit start-up schedule, and plant start up plans
• Responsible for procurement of the materials required for start-up including initial inventories of consumables, safety equipment, and personnel equipment

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Physical Conditions

Environmental Conditions

Safety and PPE

Travel

Certification

Additional Requirements

About Our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below :

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

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Note : You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy's general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https : / / www.law.cornell.edu / cfr / text / 10 / appendix-A_to_part-810