The posting
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Facilities Electrician to join our facilities and operations team.
Position Description
The Facilities Electrician maintains, improves, and brings online the electrical infrastructure that supports Oklo's industrial, manufacturing, and project facilities. This role applies electrical fundamentals to high-voltage distribution, motor controls, circuits, the National Electrical Code, California Electrical Safety Orders, and Cal/OSHA requirements. Working independently with general supervision and in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, this person performs troubleshooting, corrective repairs, upgrades, new installations, and preventive maintenance. The role will be deployed to various Oklo sites to help bring equipment, building systems, and facilities online and will travel to sites as needed.
Specific responsibilities may include:
- Perform skilled electrical work associated with construction, maintenance, installation, and troubleshooting.
- Complete skilled electrical and mechanical work related to the distribution and transmission of electrical power.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare for, install, commission, and bring newly purchased production and facility equipment online.
- Deploy to various Oklo project and operating sites to support facility startup, equipment energization, commissioning, and operational readiness.
- Work with 480-volt and 208-volt single-phase and three-phase electrical services.
- Rough in and terminate single-phase and three-phase panels, including bending and installing electrical metallic tubing.
- Maintain building electrical systems, lighting, compressed-air systems, and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems.
- Apply Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and established safety practices while performing work.
- Conduct daily and weekly facility inspections to monitor general operations, safety, and building conditions.
- Safely operate hand and power tools, including drills, saws, grinders, and sanders.
- Perform work across multiple maintenance trades, including carpentry, electrical work, plumbing, painting, and lighting.
- Travel to Oklo sites as project schedules, commissioning activities, maintenance needs, and business priorities require.
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least two years of electrical experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- High school diploma or equivalent General Educational Development credential.
- Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks with general supervision, organize workloads effectively, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, a proactive approach, and the ability to anticipate next steps.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A desire to continuously learn and develop new skills.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and electrical diagrams.
- Ability to perform arithmetic calculations.
- Certification or demonstrated ability to safely operate scissor lifts, boom lifts, forklifts, and pallet jacks.
- Possession of a valid California Class C driver's license.
- Comprehensive knowledge of environmental and workplace safety practices and procedures.
- Ability to maintain accurate and detailed written and electronic documentation.
- Physical ability to walk or stand for extended periods and to bend, stoop, reach, carry, crawl, climb, and lift as required to perform assigned duties.
- Ability and willingness to travel to, work at, and support multiple Oklo sites as needed.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience supporting equipment commissioning, facility startup, or operational readiness activities.
- Experience working across multiple maintenance trades in industrial or manufacturing facilities.
- Experience mobilizing between project sites and adapting to changing field priorities.
Competencies
We are looking for a Facilities Electrician who demonstrates:
- Passionate about clean energy
- An optimist at heart
- Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
- Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
- An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
- Honesty: We promote a safe working environment in which transparent and honest communication is a standard business practice.
- A positive attitude: Success begins with the right mindset. A constructive attitude supports individual performance, coworkers, and Oklo's broader mission.
- Quality: We take pride in our work and are committed to delivering high-quality services, maintenance, and installations.
- Integrity: We follow through on our commitments and hold ourselves accountable for our work and decisions.
- Teamwork: We collaborate toward shared objectives, recognizing that collective effort enables us to accomplish more than any one person can achieve alone.
Who you are:
A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.
Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.
A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.
An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.
Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.
Detail-oriented: 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.
About Oklo travel requirements:
Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.
About Oklo compensation:
Compensation at Oklo includes base pay and Restricted Stock Units. The target base pay for this position is $40-$55 per hour. The final compensation package will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
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.
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. Oklo was the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.
#CHOP: Oklo’s Values Collaboration: We go further, together. We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect. We work across disciplines, sharing ownership to turn complex challenges into shared successes. Humility: 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. Ownership: 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. Pathfinding: 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.
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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 from an @oklo.com email. Oklo will never ask for sensitive personal information, payments, or account credentials during the hiring process.
If you receive suspicious outreach or have concerns about the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Oklo, please contact us through the official channels listed on our website.
