Director of Maritime Infrastructure

Ocean Atomics

2d•$220,000 - $276,000

About The Position

The ocean is the largest undeveloped frontier on earth — and the next chapter of abundant energy will be written at sea. We're building the infrastructure to power it. About Ocean Atomics (OA) Ocean Atomics is an American company designing, licensing, and assembling a standardized nuclear electric power plant and the surrounding support systems for maritime applications. We will install these plants on any vessel built to our nuclear-ready standards, and will provide end-to-end sustainment in our planned nuclear lifecycle dockyard. We will help develop the licensed operators to unlock this new capability for your energy intensive application at sea. To move fast and to lead the creation of this new market, we are leveraging the compact, proven systems enabled by water-cooled reactors. Our mission Scale nuclear energy. Power generations. Our vision A maritime commons thriving with abundant, economical, modern, and safe nuclear-powered activity — built, serviced, and staffed by re-industrialized American shipyards and people. Role Summary The Director of Maritime Infrastructure leads Ocean Atomics' industrial footprint: the deep-water dockyards, heavy fabrication hubs, graving docks, and upland staging areas where our nuclear electric plant is built and sustained. The role carries a dual mandate — identifying and securing the strategic deep-water assets that establish a definitive U.S. manufacturing foundation, then standing up and running operations once those facilities are under Ocean Atomics' control. Your remit spans site selection through active operation: capital improvement, civil and mechanical integrity, heavy-lift logistics, and the regulatory and physical-security posture that advanced energy manufacturing demands. You'll work across Maritime Technical, Workforce, and Commercial to align yard configurations with plant build and integration requirements and to sequence capital deployment against program milestones. This is the industrial engine that lets nuclear energy scale at sea. The ideal candidate treats massive physical assets and tight capital discipline as two sides of the same problem, stays composed when industrial timelines collide with program urgency, and reads regulatory review as engineering rather than paperwork.

Requirements

Advanced degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related heavy-industrial discipline.
Track record of taking complex industrial facilities from site selection through active operation. Typically built over 15+ years directing heavy industrial operations, large-scale shipyard management, or major marine infrastructure builds. Depth of experience, project scale, and successful delivery of large industrial programs is valued above years of experience.
Direct experience navigating the U.S. industrial and marine regulatory landscape — facility permitting, environmental controls, and physical security for high-consequence sites.
Demonstrated ownership of capital planning and operating budgets across multiple large-scale sites, balancing asset acquisition against operating discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience siting or operating nuclear, defense, or other high-security industrial facilities.
Background in graving dock, dry dock, or heavy-lift shipyard operations.
Experience standing up an industrial footprint from a standing start (first-of-a-kind or greenfield build).

Responsibilities

Identify, evaluate, and present the deep-water dockyards, heavy fabrication hubs, and industrial waterfront assets that fit Ocean Atomics' manufacturing model, building toward a durable U.S. foundation.
Lead operations and maintenance across controlled yards, graving docks, and upland staging areas — civil integrity, mechanical uptime, and site readiness for active build.
Direct facility lifecycle work as manufacturing scales from prototype toward assembly-line throughput: capital improvement projects, industrial upgrades, and heavy-lift logistics infrastructure.
Establish the physical-security and regulatory posture each site requires, aligning marine facility security (USCG, etc.), federal environmental controls, and nuclear manufacturing security requirements.
Partner with Maritime Technical to match yard configurations to plant build and integration requirements, and with Workforce to align site staffing with build tempo.
Coordinate with Commercial and Finance to sequence and de-risk capital deployment across the U.S. footprint.