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Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the worlds transition to clean energy with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve peoples quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoridesaltcooled hightemperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety affordable costs and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.
Job Summary
Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Operations Engineer with expertise in the commissioning and operations of complex plants. In this role you will be the lead operations support through continuous testing operations and salt production facility operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead successful commissioning testing and operations of the Engineering Test Unit (ETU) alongside other Lead Operators
- Develop procedures and training material for the Engineering Test Unit and Salt Production Facility plants
- Troubleshoot equipment electrical and instrumentation issues
- Lead and conducting PreJob briefs to various stakeholders within the organization
- Collaborate with Engineering Teams to understand the scope of test and hazards associated with the test
- Operate SCADA/HMI/Control Boards high temperature pilot systems pumps valves heaters blowers compressors
- Periodically makes rounds of the plant to visually check equipment to validate proper operation
- Follow standard operating and emergency procedures until issues are resolved
- Develop testing procedures
- Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or similar field
- Experience with commissioning and operations activities associated with complex plants
- Expertise in several NDT methods (e.g. ultrasonic testing included phasedarray methods radiography including computed tomography eddy current methods potential drop methods etc.
- 3 years or greater of experience working within an operations environment
- Proven team player with excellent verbal written communication/presentation and interpersonal skills
- Preferred experience with high temperature test systems including molten salt applications
- Experience with writing revising and executing procedures while utilizing formal procedure writing and performance methods
- Ability to work with highly collaborative team
- Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
- Ability to proactively collect manage and transfer knowledge
- Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems challenges and issues
Functional competencies:
- Ability to work with highly collaborative team
- Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
- Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others
- Ability to proactively collect manage and transfer knowledge
- Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems challenges and issues
Physical Conditions
- Ascending or descending ladders stairs scaffolding ramps scissor lifts articulated boom lifts and the like
- Setting up and transferring temporary structures (e.g. scaffolding ladders)
- Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces
- Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
- Adjusting moving transporting installing positioning or removing objects up to 50 pounds in all directions
- Communicating with others to exchange information
- Operating motor vehicles heavy equipment or machinery
- Use hand tools
Environmental Conditions
- General office environment
- Low temperatures
- High temperatures
- Outdoor environment or elements such as precipitation and wind
- Noisy environments
- Small and/or enclosed spaces
- Odors or fumes from chemicals or chemical reactions
- Elevated heights
- Assessing the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
- Highconcentration demanding and fastpaced
Safety and PPE
- Ensure compliance with Control of Hazardous Energy and LOTO programs
- Ability to wear Respiratory protection and Tyvek as minimum PPE requirements
- Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
- Manipulating cleaning and disposal of hazardous materials
- Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions
- Wearing proper PPE to include face mask face shields gloves safety shoes
- Handling of Beryllium (Be)
Travel
- Some travel may be required up to 10
Additional Requirements
- Occasionally requires working weekends
- Frequently requires schedule flexibility
- Occasionally requires nonstandard workweek hours
- Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines
- Occasionally requires working in an oncall capacity
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About our Benefits
We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here fulltime employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) and pretax health insurance dependent care and commuter benefits (FSA)
Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences abilities and perspectives.
Kairos Power participates in EVerify.
Candidates only no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energys general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply.
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