Licensing Lead - Nuclear Oversight Programs

Allegheny Science & Technology (AST) is seeking a Licensing Lead - Nuclear Oversight Programs to support our team. The Licensing Lead supports the planning, development, and execution of licensing and permitting activities for DOE-NE’s reactor projects. This position manages day-to-day licensing workflows, coordinates cross-functional inputs for regulatory submissions, and supports engagement with regulatory authorities and key stakeholders.

The Licensing Lead combines technical writing, project coordination, and regulatory experience to help deliver timely, high-quality licensing outcomes. The role supports activities related to nuclear safety, environmental compliance, construction permitting, quality assurance, and regulatory engagement, including compliance with applicable DOE requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Support the development and execution of regulatory strategies, engagement plans, and licensing applications in alignment with project objectives and applicable DOE, federal, state, and local requirements.

- Manage assigned regulatory activities, including certifications, permits, approvals, and licenses, and track progress against project milestones.

- Coordinate inputs across engineering, safety, environmental, construction, quality, and project teams to ensure submissions are complete, technically sound, consistent, and delivered on schedule.

- Draft, review, and prepare regulatory correspondence and submissions, including responses to NRC Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) and comparable agency information requests.

- Review regulatory authority documents, findings, and correspondence—including NRC safety evaluations and environmental review materials, when applicable—to identify issues, inconsistencies, and potential project impacts.

- Use AI-enabled tools, digital platforms, and data analytics to improve document review, submission preparation, commitment management, compliance tracking, and schedule visibility.

- Maintain licensing schedules, regulatory commitments, action items, and deliverable status; identify and escalate risks, issues, and resource needs to the Director of Licensing.

- Contribute to regulatory budgets, resource plans, and project schedules.

- Promote a strong nuclear safety culture and ensure quality requirements are integrated into licensing processes and deliverables.

- Perform other duties as assigned in support of licensing, permitting, and regulatory affairs objectives.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Environmental Studies, or a related technical discipline.

- Eight or more years of relevant experience in engineering, project management, licensing, permitting, regulatory affairs, environmental compliance, or a related technical field.

- Demonstrated experience contributing to permitting, licensing, regulatory, or compliance efforts that resulted in meaningful project or regulatory outcomes.

- Experience working with the NRC, DOE, state agencies, or other regulatory authorities in written or verbal capacities.

- Strong technical writing skills, including experience preparing regulatory submissions, RAI responses, technical reports, environmental documents, or similar materials for external review.

- Working knowledge of applicable regulations, regulatory guidance, industry standards, and permitting or licensing processes, including familiarity with DOE requirements relevant to reactor projects.

- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical inputs, schedules, deliverables, or contractor activities.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities, communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders, and work independently within an integrated project environment.

- U.S. Citizenship is required.

- This position is primarily remote, but 30-40% travel is anticipated.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience supporting reactor licensing or approvals under 10 CFR 830.

- Familiarity with environmental review and permitting processes, including NEPA, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements.

- Experience with nuclear safety, emergency planning, security, safeguards, construction permitting, commissioning, or operational readiness requirements.

- Experience working within a formal quality assurance program, such as NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, or ISO 9000.

Core Competencies:

- Licensing, permitting, and regulatory coordination

- DOE and nuclear regulatory awareness

- Technical and regulatory writing

- Project planning and schedule management

- Cross-functional coordination

- Regulatory and stakeholder engagement

- Risk identification and issue escalation

- Digital, AI, and data-driven workflow improvement

- Nuclear safety culture and quality focus

Multiple factors contribute to determining final compensation, including relevant experience, skills, certifications, geographic location, and contract-specific labor categories. AST is committed to offering a competitive compensation package that reflects the value each candidate brings to the team.

The anticipated pay range for this part-time position is $150.00 - $175.00 / hour.