Lead OT Engineer - Fuel

Valar Atomics•Orangeville, UT

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Valar Atomics is hiring a Lead OT Engineer to own the fuel program’s daily operational technology work plan, team workload, and delivery commitments at its Orangeville site. The role keeps local installation, testing, and maintenance aligned with manufacturing needs and coordinates dependable handoffs with the Torrance team. Technical specialization is preferred but not required; qualified nontechnical people managers are eligible, and hands-on engineering execution is not required. People-management responsibilities and decision authority develop through explicit delegation. OT Engineering delivers power and rack infrastructure, compute, networks, identity, security, operational data, and industrial software platforms. FactoryTalk work includes backend deployment, configuration, integration, and recovery. The successful candidate will set practical priorities, coordinate staff, contractors, vendors, and specialists, maintain records and documentation, resolve obstacles, and carry work through testing and operational turnover. The role calls for organized, accountable leadership and sound judgment in a fast-moving, safety- and delivery-focused startup environment.

Requirements

Direct people-management or supervisory experience, including assigning work, setting expectations, coaching, giving feedback, and holding people accountable for completion.
Experience coordinating concurrent technical or operational work involving specialists, vendors, resources, schedules, and dependencies.
Ability to maintain clear priorities, realistic work plans, accurate status and issue records, and dependable follow-through under pressure.
Experience removing delivery obstacles, escalating consequential issues, and coordinating handoffs against engineers’ requirements and acceptance decisions within delegated authority.
Technical specialization is preferred but not required; qualified nontechnical people managers are eligible, and hands-on engineering execution is not required.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing infrastructure or technical services in manufacturing or other production environments.
Experience planning installation or maintenance work in a quality-controlled operating environment.
Familiarity with industrial OT infrastructure or coordinating local teams with remote specialists.
Technical expertise or specialization.

Responsibilities

Set local priorities and maintain a realistic work plan around manufacturing needs, maintenance demands, site resources, and delivery commitments.
Assign work, set expectations, coach team members, provide candid feedback, and address missed commitments within delegated authority.
Coordinate installation, testing, maintenance, and vendor activities with production and engineering stakeholders.
Arrange specialist support across Orangeville and Torrance, establishing task ownership, prerequisites, and handoffs.
Maintain as-built structured cabling drawings for site and fuel network systems.
Maintain accurate status, issue records, and completion evidence; resolve obstacles and promptly escalate site constraints.
Obtain required engineering and acceptance decisions, then carry work through testing, documentation, and operational turnover.
Coordinate local installation, maintenance, testing, and documentation with production-facing and cross-site handoffs.

Benefits

Competitive base salary
Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
Comprehensive medical benefits
Unlimited PTO
Free daily lunch
Generous PPE stipend
High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders
Opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up