Site Design Engineering Manager

Site Design Engineering Manager

Kemmerer, WY, USA

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 seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.

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.

The Site Design Engineering Manager will lead and oversee the onsite engineering design team for the Natrium Demonstration Project, Terra Power's groundbreaking advanced sodium‑cooled fast reactor plant under construction near Kemmerer, Wyoming. This role is critical in ensuring that engineering support aligns with construction, testing, startup, and turnover activities while maintaining compliance with the design and licensing basis, nuclear safety standards, and project requirements.

This position is based onsite at the Natrium Demonstration Project in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and reports to the Director of Site Engineering.

• Lead coordination and oversight of a diverse multidisciplinary onsite engineering team, including civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers. The team comprises Terra Power employees and subcontracted resources.
• Develop and recommend engineering staffing plans based on project management input, current team skillset analysis, construction schedule demands, and long‑range forecasts. Proactively identify staffing needs, including replacements for attrition, adjustments for evolving requirements, new scope additions, and de‑staffing as the project progresses through phases.
• Oversee execution of design follow‑on and field engineering activities in direct support of construction, testing, system startup, commissioning, and turnover to operations. This includes technical review, approval, and issuance of drawing and design deliverables to ensure they conform to the approved design basis, licensing commitments, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the primary onsite engineering interface with key stakeholders, including construction management, field engineering teams, licensing and regulatory affairs, quality assurance, the utility owner/operator, procurement, suppliers, and external regulators (e.g., NRC). Resolve technical and engineering issues arising in the field efficiently and collaboratively.
• Manage priority conflicts and resource allocation when competing demands emerge across engineering tasks. Partner with team leads to resolve issues at the working level; expedite unresolved or high‑impact conflicts to senior leadership for timely decisions.
• Foster employee development by mentoring engineers, identifying and facilitating relevant training opportunities, and assigning challenging, growth‑oriented tasks within the Natrium program…