The role
What you'll do
- Lead and coordinate day-to-day on-site facility operations in accordance with approved procedures, site requirements, and applicable regulatory expectations.
- Oversee facility support activities, including maintenance coordination, work control, planning and scheduling, facility readiness, logistics, material handling, and site access needs.
- Coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment issue resolution, work prioritization, and restoration of facility systems and infrastructure.
- Implement and improve facility operations programs, work-control practices, operational procedures, and performance standards.
- Coordinate facility modifications, equipment installations, infrastructure improvements, utility and support-system work, facility turnover, and related contractor activities.
- Oversee contractors, vendors, and cross-functional work teams to support safe, timely, and effective execution of on-site work.
- Support industrial and nuclear safety, radiation protection, security and access control, environmental requirements, emergency preparedness, and response to abnormal or emergent facility conditions.
- Support facility and organizational readiness activities, including assessments, action tracking, procedure implementation, staffing coordination, and transition to routine operations.
- Coordinate material receipt, storage, inventory accountability, equipment staging, deliveries, and other site logistics activities.
- Maintain facility records, logs, procedures, work-tracking systems, schedules, performance measures, and programmatic reporting.
- Support inspections, assessments, audits, corrective actions, and follow-up activities related to facility operations and site commitments.
- Coordinate with Idaho National Laboratory site services and applicable oversight interfaces to communicate facility needs, resolve issues, and track required actions.
- Promote operational discipline, procedural compliance, safety culture, accountability, and continuous improvement across facility activities.
- Minimum Qualifications:
The bar
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, Nuclear Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent operational experience may be considered.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting nuclear facility operations.
- Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary operational and facility-support activities.
- Demonstrated understanding of operational safety, facility maintenance coordination, work control, planning and scheduling, and procedural compliance.
- Experience coordinating contractors, site logistics, infrastructure work, or facility support services.
- Strong understanding of plant and site operations and the interfaces among Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, Security, Quality, and support organizations.
- Experience working with operational procedures, work-control systems, facility records, and action-tracking processes.
- Strong organizational, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in an on-site operational environment.
- Bonus Qualifications:
- Previous experience supporting nuclear energy facilities, U.S. Department of Energy sites, power-generation facilities, advanced reactor projects, or other high-hazard regulated environments.
- Experience with facility turnover, startup preparation, readiness assessments, or transition to routine operations.
- Experience overseeing facility upgrades, contractor execution, infrastructure improvements, or site-services coordination.
- Experience with industrial or nuclear safety programs, radiation protection, security, emergency preparedness, environmental compliance, or quality assurance.
- Experience with computerized maintenance management, work-control, scheduling, or facility performance systems.
- Project management or facility-operations leadership experience.
- Former NRC licensed SRO.
- Former Shift Manager.
- Multi-department leadership experience.
- Competencies
- We are looking for a Plant Manager who is:
- Passionate about clean energy and making advanced fission a reality.
- Committed to operational excellence, industrial safety, nuclear safety, and a strong safety culture.
- Willing and able to learn quickly.
- Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment.
Additional notes
Other
Thank you for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Plant Manager to join our team.
This position will be on-site at the Aurora facility at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho.
Position Description
Oklo is developing its Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory. The Plant Manager will coordinate the people, infrastructure, work processes, and site interfaces needed to support safe and effective facility readiness and operations.
The Plant Manager is responsible for day-to-day facility operations and the safe, reliable, and efficient execution of maintenance, work control, logistics, and administrative activities. The manager coordinates with accountable program owners for industrial and nuclear safety, radiation protection, security, environmental requirements, and emergency preparedness. This role provides leadership across multidisciplinary teams working in a highly regulated environment.
The Plant Manager will oversee facility readiness, site infrastructure, maintenance coordination, contractor activities, logistics, and facility support functions. The role will establish practical processes, resolve site issues, support readiness, and improve facility performance as the Aurora program advances.
The Plant Manager will work closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Radiation Protection, Safety, Security, Emergency Preparedness, Quality, site services, contractors, program leadership, and Idaho National Laboratory organizations.
Specific responsibilities may include:
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