UPF Maintenance Manager

Career Opportunities: UPF Maintenance Manager (20281)

Requisition
20281
-Posted
09/23/2026

- Maintenance
- Level of Experience (1)
- No travel required
- Job Location Options (1)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: UPF Maintenance Manager
Career Level From: Manager
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Job Specialty: Infrastructure Maintenance Services

This role serves as the Manager for UPF Maintenance Execution, reporting directly to the UPF Asset Management Senior Manager. You will be responsible for the daily delivery of nuclear facility and production equipment maintenance, leading a complex, multi-disciplined line management team of exempt professionals, non-exempt professionals, and bargaining-unit craft.
The successful candidate must have demonstrated experience in strategic and tactical planning, customer service, disciplined operations, and continuous improvement. Experience with plant management systems is required, including safety, security, conduct of operations, nuclear criticality safety, nuclear safety analysis, and associated technical safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Daily Maintenance & Business Operations:
  Execute daily maintenance and business operations on nuclear processing equipment, systems, and components within the UPF, ensuring strict compliance with nuclear criticality safety bases and procedural compliance practices.
• Leadership & Team Management:
  Lead and provide personal interaction to promote a positive work environment. Assist in resolving personnel problems, employee complaints, and union issues/grievances where applicable.
• Project & Turnover Management:
  Partner with the UPF project team and project turnover manager on equipment and system technical requirements to ensure seamless operational turnover to the maintenance organization.
• Design & Document Review:
  Ensure detailed, documented reviews of processes, systems, and equipment designs via vendor submissions to maximize maintenance efficiency and long-term equipment maintainability.
• Supervision & Execution Control:
  Provide direct oversight of Execution Supervisors in the execution of maintenance work to support asset management strategies and field execution priorities, as required by DOE O 422.1 for Nuclear Facilities.
• Performance Monitoring:
  Monitor key performance indicators, safety incidents/statistics, and cost information to drive implementation of Integrated Safety Management (ISMS) principles, Conduct of Operations, and other plant programs.
• Stakeholder & Customer Interface:
  Serve as the primary point of contact to collaborate with maintenance coordinators, planning leads, and stakeholders across multiple organizations to support integrated scheduling and plan-of-the-day meetings. Ensure direct reports perform field walkdowns to accurately identify scopes and analyze hazards.
• Financial & Strategic Planning:
  Develop and maintain annual labor and non-labor operating budgets, and formulate strategic plans and corresponding risk analyses to drive understanding of risk and mission delivery.
• Technical Compliance:
  Maintain a thorough understanding of UPF technical specifications for processes, systems, and equipment along with operational and maintenance requirements defined in Project directives.

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Alternative:
  Applicants with a high school diploma may be considered on an exceptional basis if they have 15 or more years of relevant experience in lieu of the Bachelor's degree and 7 years of relevant experience.
• Nuclear Facility Standards:
  Applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2 (i.e., High School diploma and 3 years of nuclear experience, or a DOE O 426.2 alternative). Newly hired personnel in the interim will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities.

• Relevant experience associated with the management and operations of nuclear facilities, Nuclear Criticality Safety, Safety Basis management, and commensurate nuclear operations.
• Work experience with DOE and/or NNSA Orders and practices is highly preferred.

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