Vistra Corp.

Director, Nuclear Site Engineering

Vistra Corp.$120K — $150K *
Perry, OH 44081In-Person
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Engineering degree or related technical field
  • Minimum 10 years of nuclear experience
  • Technical understanding of nuclear plant processes/programs
  • SRO Certification/License for Nuclear Power Plant (preferred)
  • Knowledge of nuclear codes, standards, and regulations

Responsibilities

  • Manage staffing and performance for high productivity
  • Resolve technical problems for safe, reliable plant operation
  • Provide engineering recommendations for daily operations
  • Develop and monitor Engineering Department budgets
  • Approve activities impacting nuclear safety
  • Interface with regulators for safe operation
  • Coordinate major scope work with team and vendors

Benefits

  • Opportunity for leadership in a critical industry
  • Engagement with regulatory bodies ensuring safety compliance
  • Work with diverse team backgrounds
  • Direct impact on nuclear safety and operational efficiency
  • Location flexibility among multiple nuclear sites
Full Job Description
Job Summary This position is for a Nuclear Station Leader who is responsible for managing the Site Engineering Department to provide strategic alignment, tactical plant support engineering, and daily technical support for the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the nuclear plant.

Vistra nuclear sites include: Comanche Peak (Glen Rose, TX); Beaver Valley (Shippingport, PA), Davis-Besse (Oak Harbor, OH) & Perry (Perry, OH).

*Location will be based at one of Vistra's four nuclear sites*

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

  • Manage organization staffing and performance to achieve a high level of productivity.
  • Provide timely resolution to technical problems to contribute to safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operation.
  • Provide engineering recommendations and priorities important to the day-to-day operation.
  • Development and monitoring of Engineering Department budgets.
  • Review and approve activities affecting design and operation of structures, systems and components important to nuclear safety.
  • Interface with State and Federal regulators to demonstrate continued safe operation.
  • Coordinate/plan major scope work with team members (ex. OEM vendors) on Plant Systems.
  • Review and prioritize the recommended Design Modifications affecting the safe and reliable operation.
  • Foster an organizational culture that promotes the utilization of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Education, Experience & Skill Requirements:

  • An Engineering degree or related technical field
  • At least 10 years of related nuclear experience
  • Technical understanding of nuclear plant processes/programs
  • SRO Certification/License for Nuclear Power Plant (preferred)
  • Knowledge of nuclear codes, standards and regulations; budgeting, planning and scheduling, Vistra policies and procedures, nuclear station policies and procedures, and nuclear safety analysis and principles and practices

Key Metrics:

  • Teamwork and collaboration skills within the team/department
  • Maintain effective working relationships within the team/department
  • Problem solving techniques to address issues

Job Family

Engineering Services

Company

Vistra Nuclear Operations Company

Locations

Oak Harbor, Ohio

Ohio

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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