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TerraPower Director of Lab Operations in Bellevue, Washington
TITLE: Director of Lab Operations LOCATION: 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 is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Director of Lab Operations The Director of Lab Operations will assume responsibility for coordinating all operations at our Laboratory Facilities and will oversee the lab facility managers who are responsible for maintaining all the lab facilities for TerraPower. This individual will ensure operations are conducted safely and efficiently. They will interact heavily with individual projects who are working in the lab, including Natrium, MCFR and TerraPower Isotopes, and will identify and resolve resource conflicts. This individual will be in charge of integrating the overall operating expense and capital funding needs for the facility and will be responsible for managing the facility management cost center. Responsibilities * 'Hands on' leadership of operations of laboratories including coordination with variety of activities in radiological lab, experimental work, equipment erection as well as shipping/ receiving, equipment purchase, maintenance, building systems and configuration and compliance with contractual or lease requirements for lab facilities. * Manage diverse professionals with responsibility for laboratory facility functions. * Oversight of preventive maintenance plans for all lab facility equipment. Establish and maintain configuration management plan for the facility and installed equipment. * Work with tenant projects, and Finance to optimize and manage facility CAPEX and operating expense budgets. * Ensure a 24/7 operating conscience for this high consequence facility. * Lead technical and investor tours of labs, ensuring project representation. * Coordinate closely with EHS team. * Coordinate and interact with the leaders of functional units and testing activities at the laboratory sites to ensure tasks are planned for, on track for successful completion, and decommissioned as required. * Implementation of Lab Management Plan. * Lead Emergency Response planning and programs for the laboratories. * Implement TerraPower physical security requirements. * Responsible, through coordination with Environmental Health and Safety and Corporate Facilities for safety, including ensuring employees have appropriate PPE, ensuring related procedures and notices are in place, ensuring safety equipment is checked and safety-related systems and items are well maintained. * Oversight of service vendors when onsite at a lab facility. (shared) * Responsibility for inventory