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GENERAL SUMMARY

Provide strategic and tactical technical and design leadership for the Vice President, Energy Services and Development and General Manager, Nuclear Development in new nuclear project development and technical support provided to advanced nuclear technologies. Oversee the development and implementation of strategic and tactical plans to ensure excellence in design and equipment reliability, supporting successful licensing and new nuclear project deployments. Develop and implement communication plans and strategies for alignment of Energy Northwest management and personnel in all technical aspects of achieving our strategic goal to expand the EN portfolio and nuclear professional services in anticipation of expected regional load growth.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Managing – Manages a cross-functional team of engineers, designers and drafters, including management responsibilities for contract (A/E) resources. Hires direct and contract employees. Determines personnel performance expectations, ratings, promotions, salary changes, transfers, and terminations. Performs all manager level functions such as salary administration, personally reviewing deliverables produced, staffing changes, and disciplinary actions when required. Continuously removes work process obstacles such that department staff can effectively complete assigned responsibilities in a timely manner.

Leading - Provides engineering direction and technical counseling to staff at all levels as well as other organizations regarding analysis techniques, technical requirements, and acceptable conclusions to engineering related problems. Assists staff in successfully completing responsibilities and assignments by establishing clear, achievable expectations, facilitating teamwork, and monitoring performance to agreed standards. Maintains contact with industry groups to ensure operating experiences, technological advances, and regulatory changes are considered in all department activities.

Developing - Ensures that appropriate management controls are established and implemented to allow engineering activities to be conducted professionally in compliance with NRC and industry regulations, policies, procedures, instructions and standards, ensuring appropriate control, monitoring, accountability, and completion. Develops all levels of staff by providing needed training, diverse assignments, depth in staff capability, and increasing staff responsibility on a continuing basis. Prepares schedules, detailed plans, priorities, staffing requirements, and subsequent monitoring to ensure success of the department.

Planning - Establishes policies, plans, schedules, and goals for the staff based on interaction with other managers and staff, ensuring that priorities and resources are utilized to the maximum benefit of the company, consistent with corporate direction.

Scheduling – Assures resource are maintained at a sufficient level. Assures proper progress and focus through frequent interface with direct reports. Communicates scheduling challenges and works with peer managers to establish recovery to ensure station initiatives are met with high quality and technical rigor.

Reviewing - Supports the Projects and external clients by maintaining accurate, complete, and up-to-date drawings, preparing specifications for procurement of plant components, technical approval of design packages, and preparing technical reports to regulatory agencies and to management.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Requires a bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or related science field from an accredited college or university and fifteen or more years of experience in the nuclear industry and must include at least two years in the management or supervision of significant engineering, operational and/or maintenance activities and personnel. At least two years of experience in Engineering Programs and/or a related program ownership and implementation is required. A Professional Engineer (PE) license may be considered as equivalent to a bachelor’s degree. In lieu of degree, a high school diploma/GED and twenty years of progressive experience in the areas listed above is required.

This position posted until filled.

Pay Range

$164,678.00 - $247,018.00 Annual

Midpoint:

$205,848.00

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

Incentive Compensation

This role may be eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

Energy Northwest (EN) offers a highly competitive and substantial benefits package which allows qualifying employees (and their families) to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring, and identity theft insurance. EN offers three retirement programs to qualifying employees including a matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan, the Washington State Pension Plan (PERS), and a 457(b) savings plan. Qualifying employees will also accrue 160 hours of personal time per year and nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

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