MCFR Plant Design Manager

Location:

Bellevue, Washington, United States

TITLE:

MCFR Plant Design Manager

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like‑minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well‑being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward‑thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

In addition, as a federal contractor, Terra Power has instituted an affirmative action plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Terra Power’s Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program is commercializing the technology to operate a fast spectrum, chloride salt cooled molten salt reactor. The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) is slated to be the first liquid‑fueled, fast spectrum reactor built and operated and will be constructed at Idaho National Laboratory.

MCFRPlant Design Manager

Terra Power is seeking a Plant Design Manager to support the MCFR program and MCRE project. This position reports to the MCFR Director of Engineering. The role centers on management and technical direction of plant design personnel, beginning with the team’s focus on MCRE and evolving toward the design of future advanced reactors. You’ll collaborate with Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other Discipline Managers in a high‑performing, multi‑disciplinary environment to integrate plant systems, structures, and analysis into executable designs.

This role is hybrid with 4 days onsite. PE license preferred.

Join us in this high impact role to help advance a first‑of‑a‑kind nuclear reactor towards commercial development.

• Provide technical leadership for the Plant Design (PD) discipline, serving as the primary point of contact and ensuring technical work, documentation, and deliverables meet Terra Power, contract, project, and industry standards and procedures
• Act as the discipline expert for Plant Design (Layout, Structures, Vessels, Equipment, Piping, Electrician I&C integration), establishing, maintaining, and enforcing discipline guidelines, design criteria, best practices, and work processes
• Lead selection, configuration management, and Verification & Validation (V&V) activities for PD software tools, including those supporting Plant3D models, piping, pressure equipment, and mechanical structure design and analyses
• Coordinate engineering inputs, functional requirements, and technical interfaces needed for the design of reactor plant equipment and components (e.g., vessels, pumps, heat exchangers, piping, supports)
• Oversee Design Verification and related quality assurance activities for discipline deliverables
• Develop and maintain unit rates for PD discipline deliverables to…