Director, Balance of Plant

The role

This leader provides strategic and technical leadership for multidisciplinary engineering teams. They oversee the design and deployment of structures, systems, and components that convert thermal energy to electricity and support plant operation.

What you will do

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for the development and integration of balance-of-plant systems.
• Establish department technical direction and decision boundaries.
• Lead engineering delivery from conceptual sizing through detailed design and commissioning support.
• Ensure system and discipline leads satisfy applicable requirements, codes, and standards.
• Ensure engineering deliverables are technically sound and meet quality and schedule requirements.
• Oversee supplier technical execution including selection, design reviews, and testing.
• Oversee evaluation of BOP design and supplier changes for impacts on system interfaces and safety.
• Build productive relationships with external organizations.
• Translate company strategy into measurable organizational priorities.
• Build the organization and leadership pipeline through recruitment and development.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent
• 15+ years of progressively responsible engineering experience involving power generation, thermal-fluid systems, process systems, nuclear systems, or other complex industrial systems
• 7+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience managing engineering teams with multiple engineering disciplines
• Experience managing engineering managers or technical leads with accountability for outcomes across multiple teams and work sites
• Experience working with suppliers, OEMs, engineering contractors, or other external technical organizations
• Experience leading technical development and qualification of major equipment through external suppliers or OEMs
• Experience supporting construction, commissioning, startup, or operation of complex power generation or industrial facilities
• Experience with integrated power plant systems
• Strong systems thinking
• Ability to lead and support recruitment and staffing requirements of group
• Proactive, organized, adaptable, and able to thrive in fast-paced, multi-tasked environments

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Before you apply

• Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please
• Must be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information

About the company

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company. Its mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy through the commercialization of fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology.