Deputy Manager, Intermediate Heat Transport

TerraPower•Bellevue, WA

About The Position

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. Deputy Manager, Intermediate Heat Transport TerraPower, LLC. Is seeking a highly motivated Deputy Manager for the Intermediate Heat Transport (IHT) system design team on TerraPower’s advanced nuclear reactor projects. In this role, you will support personnel and technical management of the IHT team, and report directly to the Manager of the Intermediate Heat Transport system. The IHT Deputy Manager is responsible for supporting a geographically diverse team focused on the design of reactor equipment and components supporting TerraPower’s Natrium project. The successful candidate will integrate and coordinate a team working on the reactor and it’s interfacing systems as part of a high-performing team of engineers and scientists.

Requirements

Minimum of 6+ years of related experience. A Bachelor's and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3+ years experience. Previous supervisory or mentoring experience is desirable, but not required.
Proven ability to lead and collaborate within highly multidisciplinary, matrixed engineering teams.
Experience supervising personnel performing complex technical or analytical tasks for nuclear power applications.
Strong independent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively with minimal direction.
Direct experience executing projects under NRC or DOE regulatory frameworks.
Ability to manage and deliver projects with competing objectives and complex design constraints, resolving conflicts across stakeholders.
Proficiency in project planning, scheduling, execution, and performance management.
Experience with collaboration and workflow tools, with preference for Atlassian Confluence/JIRA.
Familiarity with advanced project scheduling tools, such as Primavera P6.
Strong knowledge of nuclear-quality fabrication, construction, and lifecycle management processes, including inspection, surveillance, vibration, and equipment qualification programs.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to manage numerous competing priorities concurrently during a given work week and work with minimal direction to solve multi-disciplinary problems.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and oversee multidisciplinary engineering activities, ensuring project teams meet scope, technical performance, schedule, and budget expectations.
Develop, integrate, and analyze system-level schedules, including identifying acceleration opportunities and ensuring alignment with overall project schedules.
Coordinate technical interfaces and handoffs between TerraPower, partners, and interfacing project teams to enable cohesive design and fabrication strategies.
Plan, monitor, and manage task progress, including defining required scope, maximizing efficiency of individual contributors, and ensuring complete and accurate work execution.
Develop and maintain engineering staffing and resource plans, evaluating team skillsets and adjusting staffing to meet long-range needs and project priorities.
Support recruitment, onboarding, and integration of new engineering personnel, ensuring smooth assimilation into project processes and expectations.
Identify, communicate, and help resolve emerging technical issues and risks, ensuring Engineering and Project Management are consistently informed.
Maintain and align system-level risk registers with project-level risk registers, ensuring consistency and visibility of key risk items.
Maintain project documentation and records in accordance with corporate procedures and configuration management requirements.
Lead and support incorporation of plant information into licensing basis and regulatory submittals, contributing to compliance with Licensing Modernization Project requirements.