Director of Health, Safety & Environmental; HSE

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.

We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.

We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values—
Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity
—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.

TNC Services
, the services division of The Nuclear Company, brings together field execution, specialized workforce solutions, and Professional Services expertise to support the nuclear industry across the full asset lifecycle. While The Nuclear Company advances the fleet‑scale deployment of new nuclear power, TNC Services supports the industry today through outage and maintenance execution delivered by TNC Field Services and TNC Field Works, alongside Professional Services spanning project delivery, engineering, licensing and regulatory, security, cybersecurity and compliance, and workforce development.

Together, our teams combine proven nuclear expertise, technology, and an AI‑enabled approach to help utilities operate safely and reliably today while building the capabilities needed for tomorrow’s nuclear fleet.

The Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) will build and own the enterprise Health, Safety, Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, and Human Performance function across The Nuclear Company and TNC Services. This leader will assess current and future needs, establish the HSE strategy and operating framework, and personally lead implementation across corporate operations, greenfield development and deployment projects, construction, and field services while the function and supporting team are being built.

This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring someone who can move between enterprise strategy and immediate operational execution. The Director will initially serve as the company’s primary HSE resource, supporting field operations, outage activities, projects, and incident response as needed while developing the organizational structure and capabilities required for longer‑term support.

The Director will establish the systems, metrics, governance, and reporting required to provide executive leadership, the Board, and other key stakeholders with clear visibility into HSE performance, enterprise risk, and organizational readiness as TNC continues to grow.

• Enterprise HSE Leadership: Build and own the enterprise HSE function across The Nuclear Company and TNC Services, including strategy, policies, programs, governance, and performance measures. Assess organizational needs and develop a phased roadmap and operating model supporting corporate operations, greenfield projects, construction, fleet deployment, field services, and outages.
• HSE Systems & Human Performance: Establish and continuously improve enterprise standards for safety leadership, Human Performance, job hazard analysis, pre‑job briefs, stop‑work…