Director, Regulatory Affairs

Role Overview

• 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