Vistra Corp.

Director Nuclear Maintenance

Vistra Corp. • $120K — $150K *
Glen Rose, TX 76043In-Person
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business, or a related field preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in the nuclear industry.
  • 4+ years of leadership experience in maintenance roles.
  • Strong understanding of plant systems and maintenance practices.
  • Expertise in regulatory compliance and financial management.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure maintenance activities meet NRC standards and procedures.
  • Promote a safety-focused culture in nuclear and industrial settings.
  • Direct various types of maintenance activities, including emergent and preventive maintenance.
  • Lead efforts in equipment reliability and asset management strategies.
  • Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to troubleshoot equipment issues.
  • Oversee maintenance during refueling and forced outages, focusing on readiness and improvement.
  • Develop and mentor maintenance personnel through training and succession planning.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive training and development programs for career advancement.
  • Opportunity to lead critical safety and maintenance initiatives in a nuclear environment.
  • Potential for involvement in high-impact projects that enhance operational effectiveness.
  • Engagement in a strong safety culture with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Access to performance benchmarking and best practices in the industry.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Purpose: Senior station leader responsible for safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution of all maintenance activities supporting plant operation, equipment reliability, outage performance, and regulatory compliance.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure maintenance activities comply with NRC requirements, Technical Specifications, procedures, and fleet standards.
  • Promote a strong nuclear, industrial, radiological, and human performance safety culture.
  • Direct corrective, preventive, predictive, and emergent maintenance activities.
  • Lead AP-913 equipment reliability processes, asset management strategies, and system health improvement.
  • Partner with Operations and Engineering to resolve equipment performance issues and drive corrective actions.
  • Provide maintenance leadership for refueling and forced outages, including readiness, execution, and post-outage improvement.
  • Develop maintenance managers, supervisors, planners, coordinators, and craft personnel through training and succession planning.
  • Manage maintenance operating, capital, and outage budgets and optimize contractor and material resources.
  • Oversee contractor and vendor performance for safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
  • Drive continuous improvement through benchmarking, self-assessments, and corrective action programs.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business, or related field.
  • 8+ years nuclear industry experience and 4+ years maintenance leadership experience.
  • Strong knowledge of plant systems, maintenance practices, work management, outage management, and equipment reliability.
  • Demonstrated expertise in regulatory compliance, financial management, leadership, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Success Measures
  • Nuclear safety, maintenance rule, and corrective action performance.
  • Personnel safety and human performance results.
  • Equipment reliability, system health, and forced loss performance.
  • Work management effectiveness and backlog health.
  • Outage schedule, cost, and quality performance.


Job Family
Plant Operations

Company
Vistra Nuclear Operations Company

Locations
Glen Rose, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
Industry
Energy & Utilities
5 Year Trend
+1460%
NASDAQ
VST
* Ladders Estimates

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