Plant Manager

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Schedule: Full-Time

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and safe operation of Standard Nuclear’s Oak Ridge nuclear fuel fabrication facility. This role provides strategic and day‑to‑day leadership across plant operations, ensuring the facility achieves its production, safety, quality, regulatory, financial, and operational objectives while fostering a strong nuclear safety culture.

As the senior operations leader for the facility, the Plant Manager is accountable for manufacturing execution, workforce performance, operational discipline, equipment reliability, continuous improvement, and cross‑functional coordination. This role oversees production operations while partnering closely with Engineering, Quality, Nuclear Safety, Criticality Safety, Radiological Controls, EH&S, Maintenance, Facilities, Supply Chain, Planning, Security, and other support organizations to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient plant operations.

The Plant Manager is responsible for building and developing a high‑performing operations organization as the facility accelerates manufacturing. This includes establishing operational excellence, driving continuous improvement, developing frontline leaders, and ensuring all work is performed safely, consistently, and in full compliance with applicable quality, radiological, regulatory, and nuclear safety requirements.

This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring a strong presence on the manufacturing floor and the ability to balance operational execution with long‑term organizational growth.

• Lead the safe, secure, and efficient operation of Standard Nuclear’s Oak Ridge nuclear fuel fabrication facility
• Own plant performance across production, safety, quality, regulatory compliance, schedule, and cost
• Foster a strong nuclear safety culture focused on compliance, accountability, operational discipline, and continuous improvement
• Establish clear performance expectations and ensure operations are conducted in accordance with company policies, approved procedures, and regulatory requirements
• Provide visible leadership on the manufacturing floor and reinforce expectations for safe, disciplined, and reliable operations

• Execute the facility production plan, ensuring manufacturing commitments are achieved safely, on schedule, and within quality standards
• Monitor and improve key operational metrics, including throughput, yield, labor productivity, equipment availability, schedule adherence, downtime, and manufacturing cost
• Work with Engineering to identify production constraints and support corrective actions to improve reliability, efficiency, and production capacity
• Optimize utilization of personnel, equipment, and facility resources while supporting the introduction of new manufacturing capabilities and processes
• Drive production performance as the facility accelerates manufacturing and scales operations

• Ensure compliance with applicable DOE, NRC, NQA-1, environmental, radiological, criticality safety, security, and company requirements
• Promote safe work practices, contamination control, material accountability, and disciplined operational execution
• Partner with Quality, Nuclear Safety, Radiological Controls, Criticality Safety, EH&S, and Security to support audits, inspections, readiness reviews, and regulatory assessments
• Ensure timely and effective implementation of corrective actions and maintain operational readiness
• Reinforce a culture where safety, quality, compliance, and production performance are integrated into daily operations

• Lead and mentor production supervisors, technicians, operators, and other plant personnel while promoting accountability and professional development
• Ensure personnel are properly trained, qualified, and prepared to support current and…