Superintendent, Instrumentation & Electrical

The role

The IC&E Superintendent provides leadership and direction for the IC&E field organization. This person will develop and execute workforce and field strategy, supervise supervisors, and manage resources across projects and facilities.

What you will do

• Lead and oversee IC&E field operations, including supervisors, technicians, and apprentices.
• Plan manpower, staffing, equipment, materials, and resources.
• Recruit, interview, onboard, develop, and retain IC&E personnel.
• Establish expectations for safety, quality, productivity, accountability, and technical performance.
• Oversee installation, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, commissioning, startup, and system turnover.
• Coordinate field execution with Engineering, Operations, Construction, and Project Management.
• Identify manpower, scheduling, material, equipment, and technical risks and develop solutions.
• Support development of IC&E procedures, technical standards, work practices, training, apprenticeship, and qualification programs.
• Oversee calibration programs, test equipment, tooling, materials, documentation, and field readiness.
• Ensure work complies with safety, quality, engineering, company, and regulatory requirements.

Required qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Extensive hands-on experience with instrumentation, controls, electrical systems, industrial maintenance, construction, or commissioning.
• Proven experience supervising technical craft personnel and frontline supervisors.
• Strong knowledge of instrumentation, control systems, industrial electrical systems, and process equipment.
• Experience with installation, calibration, testing, commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, loop drawings, technical specifications, and work packages.
• Experience planning manpower, resources, schedules, and technical work across multiple priorities.
• Strong understanding of industrial safety, quality requirements, work controls, and field risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to build teams, develop employees, manage performance, and establish accountability.
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Engineering, Operations, Construction, Project Management, leadership, and field personnel.
• Willingness to work variable schedules and travel between project locations.

Nice to have

• Previous experience as an IC&E/I&E Superintendent, IC&E Manager, Electrical & Instrumentation Manager, General Foreman, or senior IC&E Supervisor.
• Experience in nuclear, power generation, utilities, advanced energy, chemical/petrochemical, oil & gas, manufacturing, EPC, or industrial/process facilities.
• Experience leading multiple supervisors and technical crews across concurrent projects or locations.
• Strong commissioning, startup, outage, construction, and system turnover experience.
• Experience building or expanding an IC&E/I&E workforce.
• Experience developing apprenticeship, training, qualification, or technical standards programs.
• Advanced knowledge of instrumentation, control loops, PLC/DCS systems, industrial electrical systems, and process equipment.
• Experience with manpower forecasting, resource planning, project planning, and departmental budgeting.
• Technical education or apprenticeship in instrumentation, controls, electrical, automation, engineering technology, construction management, or a related field.
• OSHA, NFPA 70E, electrical safety, supervisory/management, or related industrial certifications

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
• The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

About the company

Valar Atomics aims to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. Their first pilot plant will be in Orangeville, Utah.