Director, Regulatory Affairs
NuScale Power
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Maryland • Oregon • United States
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Salary
💰 $182,145 - $219,831 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide strategic leadership for NuScale, overseeing domestic and international regulatory engagement, licensing submissions, and safety case development.
- Ensure compliance with NRC requirements and applicable international regulatory frameworks.
- Build and sustain a high-performing regulatory affairs organization aligned with project schedules and business objectives.
- Interface regularly with executive leadership on matters of regulatory risk, licensing strategy, and policy development.
- Develop and execute domestic and international regulatory strategy in alignment with project schedules and business objectives.
- Oversee the preparation, review, and submittal of licensing documents including DCAs, SDAs, COLAs, safety analysis reports, and equivalent international submissions ensuring completeness, accuracy, and traceability to basis documents.
- Manage regulatory correspondence with the NRC and international regulatory bodies ensuring timely and accurate responses to RAIs and other agency inquiries.
- Monitor regulatory developments including NRC rulemaking, IAEA Safety Standards updates, and foreign regulatory policy changes.
- Identify differences between NRC requirements and international regulatory frameworks; develop strategies to address those differences efficiently and cost-effectively while supporting overall corporate goals.
- Ensure compliance with applicable nuclear regulations and identify opportunities for cost-beneficial reduction of excessive commitments.
- Lead engagement with domestic and international regulatory bodies, industry organizations, and government counterparts to advance SMR-favorable regulatory policy and build institutional relationships.
- Develop and maintain country-specific regulatory roadmaps for international markets, identifying key milestones, gaps, and risks.
- Support international clients and government counterparts in understanding licensing basis and adapting it to local regulatory requirements.
- Interface with legal counsel on regulatory interpretations, enforcement matters, and licensing agreements.
- Review and analyze project estimates, forecasts, and schedules to ensure consistency with standards and operating principles.
Requirements
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Natural Sciences is required.
- Advanced degree in Engineering or MBA desired.
- A minimum of 10 years of work experience in areas regulated by NRC or equivalent experience is required.
- A minimum of 5 years of formal leadership experience at existing nuclear facility, design engineering firm, regulatory agency or reactor design company is required.
- Must have in-depth understanding of nuclear regulatory and licensing legal, framework, practices and accountabilities plus nuclear plant engineering and operation concepts, principles, and practices.
- Proven track record of directing and managing staff from multiple disciplines and coordinating licensing and design interfaces to provide integrated design solutions in a timely manner that are licensable by the US NRC.
- Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
nuclear regulatory compliancelicensing submissionssafety case developmentregulatory strategy developmentsafety analysis reportsregulatory correspondence managementproject estimates analysisnuclear plant engineeringdesign engineeringregulatory risk management
Soft Skills
strategic leadershiphigh-performing team buildingexecutive communicationpolicy developmentinterdisciplinary coordinationrelationship buildingproblem-solvingadaptabilityanalytical thinkingstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Natural SciencesAdvanced degree in EngineeringMBADepartment of Energy 10 CFR Part 810 eligibility