Sr. / Lead Fuel Supply Coord

JOB TITLE: Sr. / Lead Fuel Supply Coordinator
REQUISITION: NUC004F
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
LOCATION: Wolf Creek
Burlington, KS
PAY RANGE: 15B - Min: $76,400 - Mid: $101,800
16B - Min: $89,900 - Mid: $119,900

Scheduled Work Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. or Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with flexibility within schedule. Job may require additional hours as required.

Flexible in-office/work-from-home hybrid schedule available.

Position Summary:
This position is responsible for ensuring adequate fuel supply that meets cycle energy requirements by managing all aspects of nuclear fuels materials and services, including market analysis, contract negotiation, and administration. The successful candidate will be able to successfully blend supplier facing, executive presentation skills, project management, accounting, and technical acumen.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all activities involving Uranium supply, conversion and enrichment for the nuclear fuel supply including contract negotiation, administration, scheduling delivery, and quantity notices.
• Perform market analysis and price forecasting, and support invoice processing, accruals, and budget updates for fuel procurement activities.
• Nuclear fuel cost forecasting, cash flow analysis, budgeting, and accounting.
• Advise management on an effective procurement strategy based on market conditions, requirements, inventory levels with the focus on achieving reliability and cost-effectiveness.
• Interface with owners and senior management on fuel supply and fuel cost including significant budget responsibilities.
• Financial and cost projection reporting (e.g., 10K, 10Q, DOE-Form EIA-858, NEI Cost Survey, operating budget reports, and cash flow reports).
• Participate in industry conferences and facility tours (inside and outside of the United States) and travel without restriction and maintain a US passport.
• Assist with new fuel receipt and four-face engineering inspections during refueling outages.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervision/management.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• This position requires a degree in engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, accounting, or finance.
• Work experience in reactor engineering, project management, business administration, contract administration, or financial related products (commodities strongly preferred).
  • For Sr. Fuel Supply Coordinator, at least four years' work experience required.
  • For Lead Fuel Supply Coordinator, at least eight years' work experience required.
• A MS degree is considered to count for 2 years of relevant experience.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:

• Candidate must possess analytical and problem-solving skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills, be results oriented, creative and innovative, be a team player, show leadership and decision-making abilities
• As a primary function of the job requires representing and interfacing outside the company on behalf of Evergy, the candidate must have demonstrated strong ethical, integrity, and professional behaviors.
• Ability to perform at sustained high energy and performance level and generate innovative and creative ideas/concepts.
• This position requires the ability to: read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents; respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints; write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style; make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• The position requires the ability to perform a detailed financial analysis relative to Uranium supply in order to assess multiple procurement options (cost of capital, inflation rates, currency conversion rates, risk analysis, etc.).
• The position requires an understanding of the global Uranium supply and associated politics. This position will need to follow global markets and assess how changes to uranium suppliers (countries opening up new mining locations or imposing mining restrictions, technological breakthroughs, companies suspending operations due to low prices, etc.) and Uranium legislation (tariffs, sanctions, state and federal carbon taxes) affect prices on the various markets (Uranium supply, conversion, and enrichment).

Additional Information:

• This position requires up to 25% travel to industry conferences and facilities.
• This position requires good written and oral communication skills.
• This position requires a satisfactory work record including good attendance.
• This position is responsible for projected expenditures of >$50,000,000 per year.

Evergy has a clear mission - To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. So, our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are committed to celebrating diversity and building a team where everyone - regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status - has a voice and can bring their best every day. We know that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we will be. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.