MCFR Deputy Discipline Manager; Nuclear Design

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                MCFR Deputy Discipline Manager; Nuclear Design

LOCATION:        Bellevue, Washington, 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.

Nuclear Design Deputy Discipline Manager, MCFR

TerraPower is seeking a Deputy Discipline Manager to support the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program. This position reports to the Nuclear Design Discipline Manager. This position centers on the oversight of nuclear design related technology development for MCFR commercial technology including the neutronics- and shielding design of the MCFR commercial plant, nuclear design methods development, nuclear data evaluation, and radiation transport model validation and evolving toward design and licensing of a demonstration MCFR reactor. You’ll collaborate with the Nuclear Design Discipline Manager, project managers, project engineers, nuclear design engineers, in a high-performing, multi-disciplinary environment to develop the MCFR nuclear design technology to design and license a commercial MCFR power plant. This role is hybrid with on-site at least four days per week. The ability to be physically present at our Bellevue, WA headquarters is a requirement.

Responsibilities:

•    Serve as a primary point of contact for MCFR Nuclear Design

•    Inform the MCFR Nuclear Design Manager of activities within Nuclear Design discipline

•    Approve technical documents when delegated by the MCFR Nuclear Design Manager

•    Provide oversight of technical tasks within discipline areas or responsibility

•    Lead discipline group meetings when needed

•    Assign tasks to individuals within Nuclear Design to support project objectives

•    Interface with project stakeholders to ensure tasks are prioritized appropriately and promote communication across the discipline

•    Assist in the development, maintenance, and use of discipline guidelines (e.g., design criteria, design guides, desktop instructions, design notes).

•    Assist with the engineering staffing plan, hiring process, and onboarding within the discipline

•    Provide management guidance, mentorship, training, 1:1s and Company performance reviews for individuals within MCFR Nuclear Design as required

•    Coach less experienced engineers and dedicate time and efforts toward growing talents

•    Ensure technical capabilities (training) and professional development of individuals within MCFR Nuclear Design align with project needs as required

•    Recognize the need and recommend obtaining external subject matter experts

•    Approve weekly timecard submissions for individuals within MCFR Nuclear Design as required

Key Qualifications and Skil