Nuclear Innovation , Technical Leader I

Nuclear Innovation, Technical Leader I

The Nuclear Innovation, Technical Leader I will help define the next generation of nuclear power. This individual will lead collaborative R&D projects to take emerging technologies into deployable solutions by utilizing advanced power uprates, digital modernization, AI-enabled operations, and innovative plant technologies with utilities, vendors, national labs, and regulators. If you enjoy solving hard technical problems with industry-wide impact, EPRI wants to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
The candidate should have experience working with nuclear power plants, ideally in engineering, either as a direct utility employee or contractor. Experience with power uprates and digital innovation is a plus.

• Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
• Conducts technical searches and analyzes information in support of the project team.
• Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
• Applies technical expertise, and has full knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Develops technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.

Additional Requirements:

• Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area.
• Provides assistance to the EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International.
• Communicates strategies and results, written and verbal, to program members, potential members and external stakeholders through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.
• Continues to communicate work across EPRI programs to make sure parallel work is informed.
• May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
• Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.
• Supports the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports.
• Manages small or medium (less complex) projects including budgets and resources.
• Begin interfacing with national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations).
• Supports proposal efforts and new promotional work.
• Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI's mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply.
• Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.

Location:

Charlotte, NC or remote options are possible.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required. The salary range for this position is $118,000 USD to $130,000 USD annually. This role is eligible to participate in EPRI's annual incentive program. This role is eligible to participate in EPRI's standard employee benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, vision, 401k, STD/LTD and paid family leave, life and accident insurance, paid time off (flexible vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay).