Licensing Compliance Engineer

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Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature 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 Regulatory Compliance Engineer III with a background in nuclear operations. In this role, you will collaborate with engineering operations, site integration, design, safety analysis, and licensing teams to develop facility operating solutions that align with Kairos Power’s mission and comply with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations, license conditions and licensing commitments. Additionally, you will be a key interface for communications between Kairos Power facility operations and the NRC staff providing oversight of the facility.

This role will be in Albuquerque, NM, initially, with relocation to Oak Ridge, TN.

Responsibilities

• Provide regulatory guidance and support to the operations team to develop facility operation strategies and implement programs and procedures to ensure compliance with NRC regulations, license conditions and commitments.
• Serve as the point of contact for NRC personnel performing oversight of facility operations.
• Lead preparation for, performance of, and responses to NRC inspections of facility operations.
• Maintain facility Technical Specifications, FSAR and other licensing basis documents.
• Support 10 CFR 50.59 and 10 CFR Part 21 screenings and evaluations.
• Identify potential regulatory risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Perform event reportability determinations and develop NRC event notifications in accordance with regulatory requirements and license conditions.
• Prepare correspondence with the NRC including periodic reports, responses to inspection findings, requests for information, licensee event reports, and operator licensing applications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in nuclear facility operations, with NRC-licensed operator (SRO or RO license) experience preferred.
• Regulatory compliance experience is not required – training is provided; experience interacting directly with the NRC is preferred.
• Experience developing compliance-based programs and procedures;
  Procedure Professionals Association (PPA) certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of NRC regulations (10 CFR Part 50, 10 CFR Part 21, etc.) and regulatory guidance (regulatory guides, inspection procedures, etc.).
• Demonstrated technical writing ability.
• Knowledge of operational protocols and implementation of operating procedures.
• Demonstrated coordination skills for advisory, relationship and stakeholder management in a small/start-up environment.
• Ability to earn the trust of team members and management.
• Eager to learn and develop skills in nuclear compliance with a proactive and growth-oriented mindset.
• Entrepreneurial, adaptable and collaborative, committed to Kairos Power’s mission.
• Strong team player with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills at all organizational levels.
• Proactive and accountable, driven to meet milestones while embracing challenges with respect and determination.
• Ability to work with a highly collaborative team.
• Ability to problem solve 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.
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of oneself and others.

Physical Demands

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, scissor lifts, articulated boom lifts and the like.
• Setting up and transferring temporary structures (e.g. scaffolding,…