Project Engineering Intern

Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Project Engineer Intern to support the design and construction of a first-of-a-kind R&D facility for the Kairos Power fuels program. Reporting to the Fuels Operations Manager, you will help coordinate and track design, manufacturing, and construction activities to enable a timely delivery of the facility in a cost-effective manner. The ideal candidate has a basic understanding of project management principles and concepts, is highly organized, and can help integrate and align a cross-functional design and construction team. You will be working with experts in the nuclear fuels R&D space to help translate their designs and engineering specifications into hardware.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of design, procurement, and construction schedules.
• Track completion of project work, track technical queries, and track changes to the engineering design.
• Assist and coordinate with technical leads to gather and distribute information on the project.   
• Flag issues that may require follow-up and ensure that issues are promptly resolved.
• Provide regular presentation updates on internship work and progress
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in engineering or scientific discipline, manufacturing, business administration, project management, or construction management is required.
• Experience with project management or equivalent education is required.
• Familiarity with spreadsheets, inputting and manipulating data, and developing models is required.  
• Ability to develop presentations to executive management and use software such as MS PowerPoint is required.
• Ability to identify and track technical queries, funnel information to correct stakeholders, and provide follow-up on resolution for such technical queries is required.
• Proven team player with excellent verbal and written communication.
• Experience working in a laboratory or industrial environment is preferred.
• Experience with developing and tracking performance metrics is preferred.

Physical Conditions

• Communicating with others to exchange information

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment
• High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced

Safety and PPE

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs

Additional  

• Requires schedule flexibility occasionally
• Requires non-standard work-week hours seldom
• Requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines occasionally