Lead Engineer, Configuration Management

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 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.

Terra Power is looking for a Lead Engineer, Configuration Management to support its Projects through design, construction, and operations. The Lead Engineer, Configuration Management will report to the Vice President of Engineering, in the Project Engineering Organization. The Configuration Management Lead is responsible for developing, maintaining, updating, and implementing configuration items, controlling configuration baselines, and conducting configuration related audits. The Configuration Management Lead will also be responsible for developing and maintaining Terra Power’s Configuration Management processes and procedures, as well as mentoring and training the Project Teams on those processes and procedures.

• Managing the day-to-day activities of the Configuration Management process, including establishing priorities and work assignments
• Tracking compliance to policies and procedures and resolving / escalating any compliance issues
• Facilitates Configuration Management audits
• Reviews Configuration Management issues, drives resolution, and implements any required changes to the process
• Facilitates communication and engages business and IT management to encourage configuration management efforts
• Engages with projects to ensure Configuration Management can deliver required Configuration Management System (CMS) functionality within project time frames
• Works closely with the Digital Engineering team to ensure that the Digital Engineering platform supports the CMS.
• Reviews and approves all changes to the CMS infrastructure where applicable
• Reviews and approves significant IT infrastructure changes to ensure impacts to configuration management data are properly addressed
• Mentors and trains the organization on Configuration Management services, concepts, policies, and procedures
• Supports Design reviews and Change Control Board Meetings, and enacts changes as directed
  
  Provides and approves all requirements, use cases, etc. in support of new or improving functionality of the CMS
• Create, establish, and maintain configuration baselines (development, test, production, etc.) supporting developmental and operational systems.
• Support efficient and effective service management processes by providing accurate and timely configuration information that aids decision-making (e.g., to authorize change and release and resolve incidents and problems faster).

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field and at least 5 years of configuration management experience in a nuclear or other highly regulated industry, or Master's and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Process improvement experience. Ability to identify needed changes to processes and…