# Plant Manager **Company**: Standard Nuclear **Location**: Oak Ridge, TN **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Operations **Industry**: Manufacturing **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/standardnuclearinc/jobs/5286409008?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bf9e9288-b05 ## Description Standard Nuclear is seeking a Plant Manager to lead the overall leadership, performance, and safe operation of its Oak Ridge nuclear fuel fabrication facility. The successful candidate will provide 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. **Responsibilities:** - 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 **Manufacturing & Production Performance:** - Execute the facility production plan, ensuring manufacturing commitments are achieved safely, on schedule, and within quality standards - Monitor and improve key operational metrics, including throughput, yield, labor productivity, equipment availability, schedule adherence, downtime, and manufacturing cost - Work with Engineering to identify production constraints and support corrective actions to improve reliability, efficiency, and production capacity - Optimize utilization of personnel, equipment, and facility resources while supporting the introduction of new manufacturing capabilities and processes **Safety, Quality & Regulatory Compliance:** - Ensure compliance with applicable DOE, NRC, NQA-1, environmental, radiological, criticality safety, security, and company requirements - Promote safe work practices, contamination control, material accountability, and disciplined operational execution - Partner with Quality, Nuclear Safety, Radiological Controls, Criticality Safety, EH&S, and Security to support audits, inspections, readiness reviews, and regulatory assessments **Leadership & Workforce Development:** - Lead and mentor production supervisors, technicians, operators, and other plant personnel while promoting accountability and professional development - Ensure personnel are properly trained, qualified, and prepared to support current and future operational needs - Develop frontline leaders who can execute production plans, reinforce standards, and support a disciplined manufacturing environment **Continuous Improvement & Operational Discipline:** - Establish effective daily management systems, production reviews, shift handoffs, and performance metrics - Lead root cause investigations and implementation of sustainable corrective actions for operational, safety, quality, and equipment issues - Develop scalable manufacturing systems and processes to support long-term production growth **Cross-Functional Leadership:** - Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Facilities, Supply Chain, Planning, Quality, Finance, EH&S, Nuclear Safety, Security, Licensing, and executive leadership to optimize plant performance - Balance production priorities with maintenance, capital projects, staffing, and long-term operational objectives **Preferred Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, Business, or a related field - 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, plant operations, industrial operations, or production leadership - Experience leading supervisors, technicians, operators, and cross-functional plant teams in a manufacturing or industrial environment **Benefits:** - Health, Dental & Vision Insurance - Health Savings Account - Disability and Life Insurance - 401(k) Plan - Paid Time Off and Holidays ## Skills ### Required - manufacturing - plant operations - industrial operations - production leadership - safety culture - regulatory compliance - quality management ### Nice to have - DOE - NRC - NQA-1 - nuclear - radiological - criticality safety --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/standardnuclearinc/jobs/5286409008?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)