# Engineering Director

Alva Energy is developing a large nuclear power uprate projects. We are hiring an Engineering Director to report to the CTO and lead engineering from early-stage screening through design maturity and field execution, owning multi-discipline integration, EPC performance, major equipment technical direction, and stakeholder coordination. This role blends power plant systems leadership with project engineering/program leadership. You’ll manage both the internal Alva engineering team and external engineering contractors/EPC partners, and you’ll interface directly with site owners and key OEMs/suppliers. Key Responsibilities: Lead multi-discipline engineering delivery: coordinate mechanical, electrical/I&C, civil/structural engineering. Own plant power integration: lead system design for modifications and tie-ins to the existing plant. Manage EPCs and engineering contractors: define scopes, interfaces, and deliverables; run design/progress reviews; oversee technical performance, RFIs, design changes, and issue resolution. Drive stage-gated engineering maturity: lead engineering maturity from FEL-1 through FEL-3 (or 30/60/90%), setting deliverables, quality criteria, and gate reviews.

- **Id**: 748873
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alvaenergy-engineering-director>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cambridge, United States, Philadelphia, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-11T18:28:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-06-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T15:27:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 149
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2956
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Nuclear Energy

## Company

- **Id**: 669625
- **Name**: Alva Energy
- **Domain**: alvaenergy.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/alvaenergy>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 204000
- **Max usd**: 383000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 2716

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 149

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T15:06:41Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 10
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.367
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 149
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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