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The Nuclear Company
Washington, DC, Columbia, SC, or Lexington, KY
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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, Scrappiness, and Tenacity
—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.
The Senior Vice President, Operations is TNC’s fleet-level owner of nuclear plant operations from fuel load through the full operating life of each facility. This is TNC’s first operations hire and one of the most important the company will make. The person who takes this role is not joining an existing operating organization — they are building it.
TNC’s Build-Own-Operate model is only as credible as TNC’s operating capability. Investors, regulators, offtakers, and partners will assess TNC’s long-term viability based in large part on whether TNC can field a world-class operating organization. The SVP, Operations is the person who builds that organization — establishing the nuclear safety culture, the operating standards, the staffing model, and the regulatory posture that will govern TNC’s plants for decades.
This role has two equally important mandates. The first is internal — build TNC’s operating organization, receive plants from the Deployment team at fuel load, and operate them safely, reliably, and efficiently over their full licensed life. The second is external — develop and deliver operational readiness services and planning support for partners and utilities who are building their own operating organizations or planning to operate their own facilities.
These two mandates reinforce each other: TNC’s internal operating excellence is the proof point that makes the external services credible.
TNC’s development-to-operations pipeline moves through three sequential phases. This role enters during the commissioning and fuel load phase — working alongside the SVP, Deployment during the handoff period — and then owns the plant from commercial operation through end of life. The fuel load handoff is not a single event; it is a managed transition with shared accountability and defined milestones.
As TNC’s organizational structure matures and the company scales, reporting lines may be adjusted to reflect evolving business needs — the scope and accountabilities of this role are not contingent on any single reporting structure.
Estimated Starting Salary Range
The estimated starting salary range for this role is $300,000 - $350,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role.
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Certain positions at The Nuclear Company may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in The Nuclear Company limiting its consideration of certain applicants.
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The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.
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