Director, Balance of Plant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for balance-of-plant systems, which include heat transport systems, high-temperature steam Rankine cycles, power generation systems, and auxiliary systems.

• Establish the technical direction and decision boundaries for the department that align with the company's strategy and designated technical authorities.

• Lead the engineering delivery process from conceptual sizing through to detailed design, vendor package review, and commissioning support.

• Take ownership of design reviews and technical risk management.

• Ensure that system and discipline leads comply with applicable requirements, codes, standards, safety functions, and program alignment.

• Guarantee that engineering deliverables fulfill technical, quality, and schedule requirements.

• Oversee the technical execution by suppliers, including selection, bid evaluations, equipment specifications, design reviews, technical evaluations, qualification programs, factory acceptance testing, and resolution of supplier issues.

• Assess BOP design and supplier changes for their effects on interfaces, plant performance, safety, and readiness for commissioning.

• Foster productive relationships with external organizations while maintaining accountability for technical requirements and engineering decisions.

• Translate company strategy into organizational priorities and decision-making principles.

• Manage scope, schedule, risk, and resource trade-offs effectively.

• Ensure strategic execution, implement corrective actions, and eliminate systemic barriers.

• Document and communicate technical and safety risks along with their mitigations.

• Engage in critical technical or organizational decisions, crises, external reviews, and deliverables.

• Build the organization and leadership pipeline through recruitment, staffing, and leadership development initiatives.

• Hold senior leaders and technical leads accountable for capability, succession, performance, engagement, and retention.

• Address systemic operational or compliance weaknesses and sustain improvements.

• Communicate directions and trade-offs to leadership, teams, and cross-functional partners.

• Establish alignment across teams, resolve conflicts, and escalate broader trade-offs when necessary.

• Reinforce accountability, integrity, psychological safety, and mission stewardship within the organization.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.

• Over 15 years of progressively responsible engineering experience in power generation, thermal-fluid systems, process systems, nuclear systems, or other complex industrial systems.

• More than 7 years of progressive engineering leadership experience managing teams across multiple engineering disciplines.

• Experience managing engineering managers or technical leads with accountability for outcomes across various teams and work sites.

• Proven experience collaborating with suppliers, OEMs, engineering contractors, or other external technical organizations.

• Experience in leading the technical development and qualification of major equipment through external suppliers or OEMs.

• Experience supporting the construction, commissioning, startup, or operation of complex power generation or industrial facilities.

• Familiarity with integrated power plant systems, including modern high-temperature steam Rankine cycles and the interactions among heat transport, power conversion, auxiliary systems, and plant infrastructure.

• Strong systems thinking abilities to resolve cross-functional technical issues.

• Capable of leading and supporting recruitment and staffing efforts.

• Proactive, organized, adaptable, and able to excel in fast-paced, multi-tasking environments.

• In-depth knowledge of integrated power plant architecture, thermal-fluid systems, power generation systems, auxiliary systems, major plant equipment, interfaces, and steam generator technologies.

• Expertise in equipment procurement, supplier engineering, manufacturing, testing, installation, commissioning, and lifecycle considerations.

• Skilled in leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering organizations.

• Proficient in translating program objectives into engineering strategies, priorities, resource plans, and measurable commitments.

• Skilled in technical decision-making, conducting trade studies, risk assessment, problem-solving, and cross-system issue resolution.

• Ability to establish accountability while empowering managers, technical leads, and engineers.

• Capable of operating effectively in a first-of-a-kind environment with technical uncertainty and evolving requirements.

• Proficient in communicating complex technical issues, uncertainties, risks, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to meet physical, environmental, PPE, travel, weekend, schedule-flexibility, and extended-hours requirements.

• Department of Energy authorization to access Part 810-controlled information or applicable export-control licensing eligibility.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their dependents.

• Paid vacation.

• 401(k) plan.

• Pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA).