Subcontract Technical Representative

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.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. 

Subcontract Technical Representative

The Subcontract Technical Representative (STR) position reports to the Director of Contracts and is responsible for providing strategic technical oversight, compliance reviews, assisting management of changes and support of continuous improvement in key TerraPower subcontract relationships.  Managed activities have a total scope of over $4 billion in design/development, licensing, EPC, commissioning and utility transition.  The position collaborates with Procurement, Legal, Finance and other key stakeholders and oversees other Contracts team members to provide support for technical compliance, execution performance/metrics, negotiations and implementation of improvements in subcontracting.  In addition, the STR assists with the development of corporate and supplier strategy. 

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the technical interface and direction between Company and subcontractor to ensure communication, timely management of changes, clarification of requirements, project goals and escalation as needed for assigned relationships or subcontracts.
• Develop or support development of statements of work (SOW) and project planning to execute the subcontractor scope that will meet project objectives.
• Develop or support development of specifications as necessary to communicate subcontractor technical requirements definition. Workscope may include construction of facilities, installation of systems/sub-systems, equipment, components, materials and processes.