Engineering Manager - Thermal-Mechanical Design for Nuclear Power applications

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Job DescriptionEngineering Manager – Thermal-Mechanical Design

The engineering manager and people leader for the thermal-mechanical design team will work within the Fuel & Methods Development organization and under the broader Fuel & Technology Engineering division. The role involves aligning a team of technical leaders and engineers in developing models and methods for thermal-mechanical analysis of existing and new BWR fuel products and reactors to achieve business objectives.

This team contributes to company objectives in the fields of thermal-mechanical analysis and methods. It integrates and develops thermal-mechanical software, application methodologies, and supporting processes that are subsequently used to meet business needs across the organization. Specifically, this includes new product development and reload engineering work, the development and qualification of computational software, code benchmarking to post-irradiation measurements, licensing activities, and developing interfaces with other engineering organizations.

Essential:

• Ensure team is aligned with functional, business, and broad company objectives.
• Establish team expectations and individual engineer priorities.
• Define team mission/vision in concert with team.
• Develop employees, including providing regular coaching feedback, supporting Individual Development Plans (IDPs), and conducting annual employee performance evaluations.
• Create opportunities for leadership development within your team.
• Design, implement, and execute knowledge transfer initiatives within your team.
• Define and foster a collaborative, open team culture based on teamwork, integrity, candor, transparency, and execution to commitments.
• Manage team headcount, including resource projections relative to demand and employee hiring as needed.
• Team succession planning.
• Identify and mitigate both project and programmatic risks.
• Maintain financial accountability to project targets.
• Provide support to the Fuel & Methods Development organization senior manager, maintaining team alignment with broader organizational goals.
• Establish and maintain relationships with teams and commercial leaders within the broader Engineering organization to understand upcoming work demands and provide inputs on team capability and availability.
• Perform manager review and approval of engineering technical deliverables for GNF/GVH customers.
• Ensure work is performed with high quality in accordance with licensing regulations, customer requirements, and business quality assurance standards.
• Honest and straightforward with a high level of personal integrity.
• Detail oriented and accountable for results.