Project Engineer – Deployment Engineering

TerraPower 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, TerraPower 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. TerraPower’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.”

TerraPower 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. TerraPower 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. 

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Job Overview: The Project Engineer - Deployment Engineering will play a key role in supporting the Site Design Engineering and Fabrication Engineering organizations by serving as the connective link between site engineering, fabrication engineering, and home office engineering activities. This position demands high organizational skills, effective communication, and the ability to facilitate collaboration across different teams to ensure information flows efficiently between site and home office and that issues are tracked to resolution.

Key Responsibilities:

• RFI Tracking and Management:
  • Manage and track Requests for Information (RFIs) originating from site engineering and fabrication engineering, ensuring timely routing, response, and closure.
  • Where site or fabrication teams are not resourced to manage RFIs directly, serve as a support organization by routing and integrating RFI tracking on their behalf.
  • Monitor RFI status and forecast adherence to response commitments to ensure timely resolution.
• Home Office Interface:
  • Coordinate with home office engineering to pull required information, data, and documentation needed to support site and fabrication activities.
  • Serve as the bridge between home office and site, helping site and fabrication teams make sense of home office activities and how they affect site work.
  • Coordinate with site and fabrication engineering teams to track metrics and correspondence between organizations.
• NCR Tracking and Management:
  • Track Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) relevant to site engineering, monitoring status and driving actions to closure.
  • Coordinate with responsible engineering and quality organizations to ensure NCR dispositions are documented and actioned.
• Facilitation and Mitigation:
  • Lead efforts to facilitate site/home office handoffs by resolving bottlenecks and addressing process gaps.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate risks to information flow and issue resolution by proposing corrective actions.
  • Set up structures for monitoring progress and tracking information flow and issue resolution across the site/home office boundary.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:
  • Work closely with site engineering, fabrication engineering, home office engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure all required data and documentation is accurate and complete.
  • Build relationships and establish trust across site, fabrication, and home office organizations to enable effective, ongoing collaboration.
  • Serve as a liaison between teams to streamline communication and resolve issues.
• Execution Support:
  • Contribute to the development of workflows to enhance efficiency and quality of information flow between site, fabrication, and home office.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Provide regular status updates and reports on RFI and NCR tracking, and on overall information-flow health between site and home office.
• Maintain accurate records of coordination processes to inform decision-making and future planning.
• Maintain outward-facing tracking via Jira and Power BI tools.
• Manage action tracking related to site/home office coordination - driving actions to closure across the organization.

Key Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in project engineering, project coordination, or a related role.
• Cross-organizational experience, with a demonstrated ability to operate effectively across multiple teams and organizational boundaries.
• Familiarity with TerraPower processes and procedures preferred.
• Proven ability to manage complex workflows and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills, with a demonstrated ability to establish trust across organizations.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Experience working within cross-functional teams.
• Not specific to nuclear industry experience; nuclear or related heavy industry experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Jira, Power BI, and Confluence.

This position is subject to qualification requirements in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.1. Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required. Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.  Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.  An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 10%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government.  TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements.  To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States.  Government export authorization approval times vary.  Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range: $124,114 - $161,187

Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. This range is specific to Washington State.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  • Medical
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

TerraPower Career and Benefits information:  https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/