About Aalo Atomics

Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

About the role

You will lead a crew of welders, fabricators, and shop support personnel to safely build high-quality SMR modules on schedule. You’ll own daily execution on the floor: Lead people, Champion safety, quality, and flow—coordinating with Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to meet Production milestones / targets, reduce rework, and drive continuous improvement.

What you'll do

• Lead shop personnel: Assign work, set expectations, coach, and develop cross-skills (welding/fitting/assembly).
• Champion a zero-incident culture; enforce PPE, housekeeping (5S), and safe crane/forklift use; lead incident response and corrective actions.

• Build staffing plans and shift rotations; approve timecards; manage attendance and performance (including union interfaces if applicable).
• Conduct skills assessments; assign WPS-appropriate welders based on WQTRs and process (GTAW/SMAW/FCAW/GMAW/SAW).

• Ensure travelers/routers are followed; maintain pace to takt; call and clear holds; coordinate with material handlers for kitting/ staging.

• Hold the standard on quality and workmanship
• Verify documentation is complete and legible for audits.

• Partner manufacturing engineering to optimize facility and processes.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years in heavy fabrication/welding or pressure boundary manufacturing
• Demonstrated leadership of welders, fabricators, and assemblers in a high mix / low volume, high consequence environment.
• Proficiency reading blueprints, weld symbols, WPSs, and travelers; experience coordinating NDE activities.
• Comfortable with ERP/MRP, basic Excel, and shop-floor data capture.
• Strong safety mindset; experience with LOTO, hot work, rigging, and crane operations.

Preferred

• 2+ years in a lead/supervisor role.
• Experience in SMR (nuclear) or critical pressure equipment manufacturing.
• Experience working within ASME Section III / VIII, NQA‑1 QA programs
• AWS CWI/CWS, or welder qualification management experience.

Physical

• Stand/walk 8–10 hours; lift/push/pull up to 50 lbs; bend/reach frequently; operate material handling equipment; work in a warehouse environment with seasonal temperature variation.