Lead OT Engineer - Fuel

Valar Atomics • Orangeville, UT

1d • 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, Utah site. The role keeps local installation, testing, and maintenance aligned with manufacturing needs and supports dependable handoffs with the Torrance team. Technical expertise is preferred but 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. The FactoryTalk scope covers backend deployment, configuration, integration, and recovery. The position requires disciplined task tracking, sound prioritization, reliable documentation and follow-through, and practical direction as production, maintenance, and site priorities change. The role also involves managing contractors, coordinating local and cross-site work, and carrying tasks through testing, documentation, and operational turnover, while obtaining required engineering and acceptance decisions.

Valar Atomics describes itself as a startup focused on scalable clean, high-temperature nuclear power. Its first pilot plant is in Orangeville, Utah. The company offers competitive base salary, equity, medical benefits, unlimited PTO, free daily lunch, a PPE stipend, and opportunities for ownership and career growth. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Requirements

• Direct people-management or supervisory experience, including assignments, expectations, coaching, feedback, and accountability 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.
• Ability to coordinate local installation, maintenance, testing, and documentation with dependable production-facing and cross-site handoffs.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

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 coordination of local teams with remote specialists.
• Technical specialization; hands-on engineering execution is not required.

Responsibilities

• Set local priorities and maintain a realistic work plan around manufacturing needs, maintenance demands, site resources, and delivery commitments.
• Assign work, set clear expectations, coach team members, give 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, with clear 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 escalate site constraints promptly.
• Obtain required engineering and acceptance decisions, then carry work through testing, documentation, and operational turnover.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed