TITLE: MCFR Supplier Project Engineer – Agency Contract
LOCATION: Hybrid - Everett, WA and Bellevue, WA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.
TerraPower’s Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program is commercializing the technology to operate a fast spectrum, chloride salt cooled molten salt reactor.
MCFR Supplier Project Engineer – Agency Contract
TerraPower, LLC is seeking a Supplier Project Engineer to join the MCFR Team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing oversight and delivery of components and equipment supporting the MCFR Program. The MCFR Senior Project Engineer will work with multidisciplinary engineering teams, Project Management, and support organizations such as Procurement, Legal, and Contracts to deliver critical equipment to support MCFR experiments. This role requires a minimum of 3 days in office. 1 day must be at the TerraPower Bellevue office while the other 2 days must be at the TerraPower Everett Lab.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier performance through application of project management tools, cost, schedule, submittal/deliverable, and risk oversight
• Facilitate supplier selection activities with requests for proposals (RFPs) and team review/selection processes in conjunction with the Contract Administrator through the full bid, evaluate, and award phase.
• Support development of statements of work (SOW), specifications, and project planning to execute supplier projects to meet program objectives.
• Support development of Commercial Grade Dedication and equipment qualification activities in accordance with NQA-1, IEEE, ASTM, ASME, or other relevant standards
• Collaborate with internal technical and commercial teams to ensure fidelity to contract and technical direction with supplier.
• Coordinate technical review process of supplier deliverables/submittals to ensure appropriate and timely responses.
• Manage interfaces between Suppliers and MCFR technical, legal, and procurement teams.
• Maintain awareness of supplier technical capabilities, organization changes, and relationships to ensure positive feedback to MCFR.
• Participate in supplier audits, surveillances, and surveys at supplier facilities

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Technical degree + 4 years’ experience (6 years experience in lieu of degree) in supplier oversite or project management, including managing cost and schedule of Safety Related manufacturing or construction.
• Technical degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, nuclear, systems, or civil engineering preferred
• Demonstrated skills in the management of suppliers, including and in supporting contractual/commercial aspects of customer/supplier relationships.
• Previous experience in technical interface with engineering groups for review and input to supplier activities.
• Experience defining supplier scope, including development of statements of work and requests for proposal
• Experience in qualification of components and Commercial Grade Dedication
• Strong communication and coordination skills desired
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork
• PMP certification or equivalent training preferred
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant’s ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day
• Travel required: 10-25% initially but increasing as supplier oversight requires

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier performance through application of project management tools, cost, schedule, submittal/deliverable, and risk oversight
• Facilitate supplier selection activities with requests for proposals (RFPs) and team review/selection processes in conjunction with the Contract Administrator through the full bid, evaluate, and award phase.
• Support development of statements of work (SOW), specifications, and project planning to execute supplier projects to meet program objectives.
• Support development of Commercial Grade Dedication and equipment qualification activities in accordance with NQA-1, IEEE, ASTM, ASME, or other relevant standards
• Collaborate with internal technical and commercial teams to ensure fidelity to contract and technical direction with supplier.
• Coordinate technical review process of supplier deliverables/submittals to ensure appropriate and timely responses.
• Manage interfaces between Suppliers and MCFR technical, legal, and procurement teams.
• Maintain awareness of supplier technical capabilities, organization changes, and relationships to ensure positive feedback to MCFR.
• Participate in supplier audits, surveillances, and surveys at supplier facilitie

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant’s ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day
• Travel required: 10-25% initially but increasing as supplier oversight require