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Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable-unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. Joining Valar Atomics means becoming part of a company where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level.\nThe Team \nAs part of the Engineering organization, Instrumentations & Controls designs the systems that monitor, automate, and protect Valar's facilities and reactor technologies. The team develops reliable control architectures that enable safe and efficient operations\nThe Role \nValar Atomics is a young startup that turns ambitious engineering into working hardware. Before our third anniversary, we designed, built, commissioned, and operated a DOE-authorized research reactor outside the national laboratory system. That pace defines how we work: learn quickly, make sound decisions, and build systems that perform. Safe operation, disciplined testing, and regulatory rigor are non-negotiable. Analysis must lead to decisions and delivery, and we expect people to take ownership and see their work through. If you want hard problems, real responsibility, and the freedom to build with urgency, bring your judgment and drive to Valar. \nOwn the power-conversion program's daily OT work plan, team workload, and delivery commitments. Turn equipment, vendor, integration, and test dependencies into coordinated work, keeping the team effective when schedules change. Technical expertise is preferred, not required; people-management and decision authority develop through explicit delegation. \nOT Engineering delivers power and rack infrastructure, compute, networks, identity, security, operational data, and industrial software platforms. The FactoryTalk scope covers backend deployment, configuration, integration, and recovery. \nKey Responsibilities \nSequence OT work around equipment availability, vendor deliverables, integration needs, test windows, and site readiness.\nAssign work, set clear expectations, coach team members, give candid feedback, and address missed commitments within delegated authority.\nMaintain realistic staffing and work plans; resolve competing commitments and resource gaps early.\nCoordinate infrastructure implementation, commissioning support, maintenance, and turnover with equipment and program stakeholders.\nMaintain as built structured cabling drawings for site and power conversion network systems\nResolve execution obstacles, hold owners to agreed actions, and escalate constraints before they block dependent work.\nObtain engineering and acceptance decisions and track implementation, testing, and records through completion. \nYou Will Be Successful in This Role If \nHighly organized, with disciplined task tracking, accurate documentation, clear priorities, and reliable follow-through.\nCalm prioritization when equipment, vendor, or test schedules change. \nConsistent coaching, candid feedback, and fair accountability that keep the team effective. \nHighly proficient in contractor management and leading a team that is majority contractors for a time \nEarly recognition of dependencies and resource conflicts, followed by practical action to keep work moving. \nRespect for readiness and acceptance decisions when delivery pressure increases. \nBasic Qualifications \nDirect people-management or supervisory experience, including assignments, expectations, coaching, feedback, and accountability for completion.\nExperience coordinating concurrent technical or operational work involving specialists, vendors, resources, schedules, and dependencies. \nAbility to maintain clear priorities, realistic work plans, accurate status and issue records, and dependable follow-through under pressure. \nExperience removing delivery obstacles, escalating consequential issues, and coordinating handoffs against engineers' requirements and acceptance decisions within delegated authority. \nSequence equipment, vendor, integration, and testing dependencies with clear readiness and escalation decisions. \nTechnical specialization is preferred, not required. 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