Fuel Fabrication Project Engineer

oklo · Idaho Falls, Idaho · Any location

Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a Project Engineer to join our team.  Position Description As a Project Engineer on Oklo’s fuel fabrication team, you’ll be responsible for supporting multidisciplinary nuclear design, licensing, procurement, and construction activities by coordinating project schedules, initiating nuclear-grade purchasing, and ensuring clear task tracking across multiple facility deployments for all team members. This role plays a critical part in maintaining nuclear safety, regulatory compliance, and disciplined project execution. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically capable, and well-versed in the rigor required in nuclear environments. This is a highly cross-functional role where technical excellence and a collaborative mindset are equally valued. Specific responsibilities may include: <ul> <li> Develop and maintain integrated schedules for nuclear system design, equipment qualification, procurement, and construction activities. </li> <li> Incorporate regulatory milestones, QA/QC steps, readiness reviews, and hold points into project timelines. </li> <li> Track progress across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, I&C, safety analysis, licensing). </li> <li> Identify schedule risks, critical-path items, and long-lead nuclear components. </li> <li> Lead recurring project coordination meetings, ensuring alignment between engineering, licensing, procurement, and construction teams. </li> <li> Prepare status reports for internal leadership and regulators (as applicable). </li> <li> Generate procurement documentation for safety-related, ASME-coded, and nuclear-grade equipment. </li> <li> Manage RFQs, vendor communications, and verification of technical and quality requirements (e.g., material certs, CMTRs, FATs, documentation packages). </li> <li> Track lead times, manufacturing progress, inspections, and delivery schedules of critical nuclear components. </li> <li> Work closely with supply chain quality, engineering, and project managers to ensure compliance with nuclear procurement processes. </li> <li> Maintain detailed engineering task lists, design action logs, and configuration-controlled revision tracking. </li> <li> Use workflow tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, etc.) to monitor engineering deliverables, safety analyses, and change requests. </li> <li> Track cross-functional tasks involving design, safety analysis, licensing, quality, and fabrication teams. </li> <li> Drive timely completion of design outputs required for regulatory submittals, procurement packages, or construction milestones. </li> <li> Produce weekly progress reports with status indicators, overdue items, and resource gaps. </li> <li> Support preparation for audits, design reviews, readiness assessments, and regulatory inspections. </li> <li> Present schedule impacts, procurement status, and risk mitigation updates to leadership and regulatory stakeholders. </li> <li> Document project decisions, change impacts, and maintain traceability for regulated engineering activities. </li> <li> Ensure project documentation follows nuclear QA requirements (e.g., NQA-1 or equivalent). </li> <li> Manage design records, procurement documentation, inspection results, and nonconformance follow-up. </li> <li> <p data

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