Site Lead
About The Position
Radiant is seeking a Site Lead to own site readiness, transport, installation, and startup coordination for microreactor deliveries. The Site Lead ensures the site, customer, and delivery team are aligned so each unit arrives at a prepared site and starts up successfully. The role works closely with Engineering, Program Management, Regulatory, and Production, and reports to the Director of Mission Success. The position requires hands-on field experience, comfort with logistics and heavy transport, and the ability to work with customers at their sites, including Department of Defense installations. The position is based at Radiant’s El Segundo headquarters when not traveling. Travel is 40% or more of the year, with most travel consolidated around reactor delivery and testing. Extended hours and weekend work may be necessary to accomplish the mission.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of field, construction, or operations management experience.
- Experience with logistics and heavy transport.
- Knowledge of site safety and permitting requirements.
- Experience coordinating with customers on their sites.
- Strong field problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
- Willingness to travel 40% or more of total weeks in the year.
- Must work onsite at El Segundo headquarters whenever not traveling.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing a complex construction project from start to finish.
- Experience working on Department of Defense installations.
- Experience in nuclear or other regulated industries.
Responsibilities
- Develop and own the site readiness plan and report its status to required teams.
- Gather site requirements and design interfaces from Engineering and confirm they are met on site.
- Coordinate site access and constraints with the customer.
- Plan and coordinate transport, installation, and setup of the reactor system at the customer site.
- Ensure site activities meet programmatic conditions set by applicable regulations.
- Coordinate site timing with Production’s completion dates.
- Provide site milestones to the scheduling team and flag schedule slips early.
- Coordinate startup, commissioning, and customer acceptance.
- Ensure site work meets safety and permitting requirements.
- Provide site milestones for the integrated schedule.
- Complete transport, installation, and startup at each customer site.
- Document site-level risks and share them for the non-technical Risk Register.
Benefits
- Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
- Medical coverage up to the base silver-level plan for employees and 50% of dependent coverage; plans up to Platinum are available.
- Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents.
- 100% coverage for the top-tier vision plan for employees and 50% for dependents.
- 100% coverage for the top-tier dental plan for employees; orthodontia is extra, and dependents receive 50% coverage.
- Voluntary life, accident, hospital, and critical illness coverage, plus commuter benefits and FSA/HSA, offered as employee-contributed benefits.
- Eight weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, plus additional paid pregnancy leave for California employees.
- Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program with Penn State University, fully covered for eligible employees.
- Daily catered lunch, free snacks, and drinks.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Remote workday allocation.
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours, and in-person camaraderie.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
