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Staff Civil-Structural Engineer

The Nuclear Company · Columbia, SC · On-site

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About The Nuclear Company

The Nuclear Company is America’s nuclear infrastructure platform. We’re building a fully integrated system to unite the nuclear deployment chain, scale new builds, and drive operations and security. Backed by Eclipse Ventures.

About the role

We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.

What they're looking for

  • Perform structural analysis for steel and concrete including seismic analysis, shield, and anchoring systems
  • Interface with field crews, design engineers, quality assurance, and subcontractors to coordinate technical solutions and resolve issues
  • Troubleshoot, resolve field issues, and provide technical justifications for design changes during fabrication and assembly
  • Prepare and review design drawings, specifications, technical reports, and calculations
  • Ensure compliance with nuclear safety regulations, codes, and standards (e.g., IBC, ACI, AISC, ASCE 7)
  • Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams (mechanical, electrical, construction, procurement, vendors) and conduct site walkdowns to inspect, verify, and approve installations
More about this role

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.

We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.

We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values— Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity —guide how we hire,...

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