Production Quality Supervisor

The role

You will lead day-to-day quality execution on the production floor supporting HTGR reactor component and fuel-related manufacturing activities. This role involves supervising Production Quality Technicians and Inspectors to ensure disciplined, traceable, and technically defensible manufacturing execution.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day floor execution activities for the production quality organization
• Supervise Production Quality Technicians and Inspectors
• Coordinate inspection activities, hold points, in-process verification, and controlled workflows
• Provide quality oversight of material handling, fabrication, assembly, testing, and final inspection
• Ensure build records, material traceability, and inspection documentation remain accurate and audit-ready
• Support investigation and resolution of nonconformances and procedural deviations
• Work with manufacturing leadership and engineers to ensure executable quality solutions
• Identify emerging execution risks, traceability gaps, and process performance concerns
• Mentor and develop floor quality personnel
• Support Operator Verification Certification (OVC) implementation

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 7+ years of experience supporting quality execution within manufacturing, production, nuclear, aerospace, semiconductor, defense, or similarly demanding technical environments
• 3+ years of experience leading production quality personnel, inspection teams, or manufacturing quality execution activities
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, work instructions, travelers, and controlled documentation
• Familiarity with production verification activities, inspection methods, material traceability systems, and regulated quality systems
• Comfortable working within active manufacturing environments including exposure to industrial noise and fabrication-related fumes

Nice to have

• Technical degree or engineering-related education
• Prior experience supporting nuclear manufacturing, NQA-1 environments, DOE projects, or ASME-related fabrication activities
• Manufacturing quality experience spanning machining, welding, assembly, fabrication, and industrial production activities
• Experience coordinating quality execution across multiple work centers, shifts, or production cells
• Familiarity with nonconformance systems, CAPA tracking, traceability systems, controlled work execution, and field verification methodologies
• Experience supporting root cause investigations, corrective actions, and operational quality problem solving
• Working familiarity with dimensional inspection methods, gauges, and technical verification workflows
• Experience supporting or implementing Operator Verification Certification (OVC) or similar delegated-verification programs
• Strong operational judgment and ability to make technically defensible decisions under ambiguity and schedule pressure

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
• Generous PPE stipend

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 is a company working to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. Their first pilot plant will be in Orangeville, Utah.