Oklo
Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)
Idaho Falls, ID · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$120k-$170kDetected 20 days ago
Supply ChainResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringWriting
About the role
- This position will be on-site in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
- This role combines strategic program leadership with hands-on operational engagement and provides significant influence over facility operations, licensing activities, operational readiness, and long-term safety culture.
Responsibilities
- We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect.
- Lead, mentor, and develop radiation protection personnel, technicians, and operational staff to maintain strong field execution and radiological safety culture.
- Perform and oversee complex radiological evaluations including shielding analyses, dose assessments, contamination control strategies, ALARA planning, and radiological work reviews.
- Lead investigations of radiological events, abnormal occurrences, and operational issues including root cause analysis and corrective action development.
- Support operational readiness, emergency preparedness, and commissioning activities associated with IRL operations.
- Partner with operations, engineering, maintenance, laboratory, and leadership teams to align radiation protection strategies with operational goals and long-term facility objectives.
Requirements
- Experience leading or supervising technical staff, including mentoring, training, and professional development.
- Strong working knowledge of NRC regulations, radiation protection principles, ALARA practices, contamination controls, and radiological work planning.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with regulators, senior leadership, and multidisciplinary technical teams.
- You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting radioisotope production facilities, hot cell operations, gloveboxes, or nuclear laboratory environments.
- Experience supporting startup, commissioning, or operational readiness activities.
- Experience interfacing with NRC inspectors, Agreement State regulators, or external regulatory agencies.
- Familiarity with radioactive material transportation, waste management, and laboratory radiological controls.
- Passionate about unleashing beneficial isotopes
- Committed to operational excellence and nuclear safety culture
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
Compensation
- Salary: $120,000-$170,000
- Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance (with employer contribution), HSA, FSA, flexible work hours, wellness credits, and other benefits.
- This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws.
- Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.
- Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.
- About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy.
Benefits
- Establish, maintain, and enforce radiation protection standards, radiological controls, and operational procedures using sound health physics principles.
- It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.
Company info
- Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical and operational problems
- An excellent writer who can write in modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
- Detail-oriented and committed to procedural compliance and technical rigor
- Capable of exercising sound judgment and decision-making in radiological and operational environments
- This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality.
- Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.
- We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world.
- We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition.
- We take pride in what we do and how we do it.
- We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through to completion.
- We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
- We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity.
- Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.
- Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer
- Oklo is aware of recent recruitment fraud attempts targeting job seekers.
- Please be cautious of anyone claiming to represent Oklo who does not contact you from an official Oklo email address.
- All legitimate communications from our recruiting team- including application updates, interview requests, and job offers - will come exclusively</s
Visa & Work Authorization
- export control laws
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