Vistra Corp.

Director Nuclear Operations

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

Qualifications

  • Current or previous SRO License/Certification preferred.
  • 8+ years of commercial nuclear experience; 4+ years in leadership roles within nuclear operations.
  • Strong knowledge of reactor operations, risk management, emergency preparedness, chemistry, and NRC requirements.
  • Proven leadership, decision-making, coaching, and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with NRC regulations and fleet standards.
  • Provide leadership for operational decision-making among licensed and non-licensed operators.
  • Maintain operational excellence through configuration control and risk management.
  • Lead startup, shutdown, and power operations, along with outage activities.
  • Support NRC, INPO, and corporate assessments and corrective actions.
  • Develop and maintain staffing, licensing, and training programs for operators.
  • Direct operational readiness for emergencies and equipment challenges.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
  • 401k retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Support for employee wellness initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Purpose: Senior station leader responsible for safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations, operational nuclear safety, risk management, licensed operator performance, outage execution, and regulatory compliance.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

  • Ensure compliance with NRC regulations, Technical Specifications, procedures, and fleet standards.
  • Provide leadership for licensed and non-licensed operators and all operational decision-making.
  • Maintain operational excellence, conduct of operations, configuration control, and risk management.
  • Lead startup, shutdown, power operations, testing, maintenance support, and outage activities.
  • Support NRC, INPO, and corporate assessments and corrective actions.
  • Develop and maintain qualified operator staffing, licensing, requalification, and succession programs.
  • Direct operational readiness for emergencies, severe weather, grid events, and equipment challenges.
  • Lead operational support for refueling and forced outages, including startup and return-to-service activities.
  • Manage department O&M and outage budgets, forecasting, and cost performance.
  • Drive cross-functional teamwork, continuous improvement, and leadership development.


Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

  • Current or previous SRO License/Certification preferred.
  • 8+ years commercial nuclear experience; 4+ years leadership experience in nuclear operations.
  • Strong knowledge of reactor operations, risk management, emergency preparedness, chemistry, and NRC requirements.
  • Demonstrated leadership, decision-making, coaching, and communication skills.
  • Success Measures
  • Nuclear safety and NRC performance indicators.
  • Unit reliability, capability factor, and forced outage performance.
  • Operator staffing, qualification, and training performance.
  • Outage schedule and budget performance.
  • Budget adherence, employee engagement, and leadership pipeline strength.


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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