Senior Configuration Management Specialist

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                   Senior Configuration Management Specialist                               

LOCATION:          Bellevue, WA, USA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Senior Configuration Management Specialist

TerraPower is looking for a Senior Configuration Management Specialist to support its Natrium Project through design, construction, and operations. The Sr. Configuration Management Specialist will report to the Manager of Engineering Processes for the Natrium Project. The Configuration Management Specialist is responsible for developing, maintaining, updating, and implementing configuration items, controlling configuration data, and conducting configuration related audits. The Configuration Management Specialist will also be responsible maintaining project information in compliance with TerraPower’s Configuration Management processes and procedures, as well as training the Project Team on those processes and procedures. 

Responsibilities   

• Managing the day-to-day activities related to Configuration Management information and processes within the Natrium project
• Tracking compliance to policies and procedures and resolving / escalating any compliance issues 
• Facilitates Configuration Management audits 
• Reviews Configuration Management issues, drives resolution, and works to implement any required changes to the process
• Facilitates communication and engages business, Digital Engineering, IT management, and other stakeholders to encourage configuration management efforts
• Engages business to ensure Configuration Management can deliver required Configuration Management Information System (CMIS) functionality within project timeframes 
• Works closely with the Digital Engineering team to ensure that the Digital Engineering platform supports the CMIS.
• Reviews and approves all changes to the CMIS infrastructure where applicable
• Reviews significant IT infrastructure changes to ensure impacts to configuration management data are properly addressed 
• Supports Design reviews and Change Control Board Meetings, and enacts changes as directed 
• Provides requirements, use cases, etc. in support of new or improving functionality of the CMIS

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field and at least 5 years of configuration management experience in a nuclear industry, or Master's and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Process improvement experience. Ability to identify needed changes to processes and activities and help to implement continuous improvement solutions.
• Experience with engineering strategies for new technologies and infrastructure processes.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Detailed understanding of Configur