Manager, Engineering Operations

Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Manager, Engineering Operations that is responsible for managing and leading an 24/7 operations and testing team in Albuquerque, NM. In this role, you will lead a team of operators to ensure safe, continuous testing operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 24/7 operators including shift management and shift logs

• Review and Implement Experimental Test Campaigns

• Mitigate conflicts that may impact final execution

• Manage an entrant team including coordination of entries into lab testing areas

• Coordinate with EHS (Env, Health, Safety) team to write Job Hazard Analyses for all complex hazardous work

• Lead and conducting Pre-Job briefs to various stakeholders within the organization

• Develop testing procedures

• Collaborate with Engineering Teams to understand the scope of test and hazards associated with the test

• Develop Operator Training Materials and coordinate with Learning & Development team for deployment of training

• Operate SCADA/HMI/Control Boards, high temperature pilot systems, pumps, valves, heaters blowers, compressors

• Troubleshoot equipment, electrical and instrumentation issues

• Periodically makes rounds of the plant to visually check equipment to validate proper operation

• Follow standard operating and emergency procedures until issues are resolved

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

• Experience with reading and understanding P&IDs

• 5-10 years of experience working at industrial plants that require 24/7 operations (e.g. Chemical, Nuclear, etc)

• Preferred experience with high temperature test systems, including molten salt applications

• Broad experience across power plant engineering topics

• Ability to foster an environment that creates new and better ways to be successful

• Capability to effectively guide behaviors and actions of others

• Ability to motivate and guide people to get the job done, and to bring out their best

• Inspires and motivates team members to drive the Kairos mission forward in their day-to-day work

• Excellent communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization

• Ability to work with highly collaborative team

• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently

• Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others

• Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge

• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues

Physical Conditions

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, scissor lifts, articulated boom lifts and the like

• Setting up and transferring temporary structures (e.g. scaffolding, ladders)

• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods

• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another

• Adjusting, moving, transporting, installing, positioning, or removing objects up to 50 pounds in all directions

• Communicating with others to exchange information

• Operating motor vehicles, heavy equipment or machinery

• Use hand tools

• Ability to wear Respiratory protection and Tyvek as minimum PPE requirements

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment

• Low temperatures

• High temperatures

• Outdoor environment or elements such as precipitation and wind

• Noisy environments

• Small and/or enclosed spaces

• Odors or fumes from chemicals or chemical reactions

• Evaluated heights

• Accessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned

• High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced

Safety and PPE

• Ensure compliance with Control of Hazardous Energy and LOTO programs

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs

• Manipulating, cleaning and disposal of hazardous materials

• Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions

• Color identification: detecting, distinguishing, recognizing and identifying colors

• Wearing proper PPE, to include face mask, face shields, gloves, safety shoes

Travel

• Some travel may be required, up to 10%

Additional Requirements

• Occasionally requires working weekends

• Frequently requires schedule flexibility

• Occasionally requires non-standard work-week hours

• Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines

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