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Salary: USD 180,000 - 210,000 / annual
Oklo is developing Aurora, an advanced fission power plant at Idaho National Laboratory. The Plant Manager will lead day-to-day facility operations, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and ensure safe, reliable, and efficient execution of maintenance, work control, logistics, and administrative activities in a highly regulated nuclear environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate on-site facility operations in accordance with approved procedures, site requirements, and regulatory expectations
- Oversee facility support activities including maintenance coordination, work control, planning and scheduling, facility readiness, logistics, material handling, and site access
- 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 work, facility turnover, and 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 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
The role requires working closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Radiation Protection, Safety, Security, Emergency Preparedness, Quality, site services, contractors, program leadership, and Idaho National Laboratory organizations. This is a startup-oriented position within a venture-backed advanced nuclear energy company, requiring someone comfortable with fast-paced, iterative environments and willing to propose practical solutions to technical and operational challenges.
Travel: Required to travel to Santa Clara, CA headquarters twice quarterly for team meetings, off-sites, and company events. First two weeks of onboarding must be in-person at headquarters.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, Nuclear Engineering, or related technical discipline; equivalent operational experience may be considered
- Minimum 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 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 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 (Senior Reactor Operator)
- Former Shift Manager experience
- Multi-department leadership experience
