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Plant Manager

Standard Nuclear · Oak Ridge, TN · On-site

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About the role

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and safe operation of Standard Nuclear’s Oak Ridge nuclear fuel fabrication facility. This role provides strategic and day-to-day leadership across plant operations, ensuring the facility achieves its production, safety, quality, regulatory, financial, and operational objectives while fostering a strong nuclear safety culture.

What they're looking for

  • Lead the safe, secure, and efficient operation of Standard Nuclear’s Oak Ridge nuclear fuel fabrication facility
  • Own plant performance across production, safety, quality, regulatory compliance, schedule, and cost
  • Foster a strong nuclear safety culture focused on compliance, accountability, operational discipline, and continuous improvement
  • Establish clear performance expectations and ensure operations are conducted in accordance with company policies, approved procedures, and regulatory requirements
  • Provide visible leadership on the manufacturing floor and reinforce expectations for safe, disciplined, and reliable operations
  • Execute the facility production plan, ensuring manufacturing commitments are achieved safely, on schedule, and within quality standards
More about this role

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and safe operation of Standard Nuclear’s Oak Ridge nuclear fuel fabrication facility. This role provides strategic and day-to-day leadership across plant operations, ensuring the facility achieves its production, safety, quality, regulatory, financial, and operational objectives while fostering a strong nuclear safety culture.

As the senior operations leader for the facility, the Plant Manager is accountable for manufacturing execution, workforce performance, operational discipline, equipment reliability, continuous improvement, and cross-functional coordination. This role oversees production operations while partnering closely with Engineering, Quality, Nuclear Safety, Criticality Safety, Radiological Controls, EH&S, Maintenance, Facilities, Supply Chain, Planning, Security, and other support organizations to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient plant operations.

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