Procurement Specialist - Fuel Recycling

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Procurement Specialist to join our Supply Chain & Procurement organization. **Position Description** The Procurement Specialist - Fuel Recycling is responsible for supporting the Fuel Recycling team and its rapidly evolving procurement needs. This role is fully dedicated to Fuel Recycling programs while remaining a member of the broader Procurement organization. The position reports directly to the Head of Procurement, with a strong dotted-line partnership to Fuel Recycling leadership to ensure alignment with program priorities. This is a dynamic, hands-on role requiring exceptional problem-solving skills, adaptability, and the ability to manage multiple complex procurement activities simultaneously. The successful candidate will support procurement activities across materials, equipment, services, contracts, and construction-related scopes, helping Fuel Recycling execute critical program objectives. **Specific responsibilities may include:** - Execute competitive sourcing events, including RFQ/RFP development, bid leveling, commercial analysis, supplier evaluation, and supplier selection. - Create, review, and administer purchase orders in alignment with negotiated commercial terms. - Partner closely with Fuel Recycling engineering and project teams to understand technical requirements, schedules, risks, and supplier capabilities. - Source materials, equipment, fabrication services, construction-related services, and other program-critical requirements - Support contract development, commercial negotiations, and procurement activities under the guidance of the Senior Manager of Contract Procurement. - Assist with procurement and commercial activities associated with construction, facility, infrastructure, and capital project execution as needed. - Identify and resolve procurement challenges in a fast-paced and evolving environment. - Manage multiple procurement initiatives simultaneously while balancing competing priorities and schedules. - Track supplier performance, open purchase orders, and delivery commitments. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives across procurement processes, systems, supplier management practices, and cross-functional workflows. - Contribute to the growth and maturity of Oklo's procurement organization. **Minimum Qualifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, business, construction management, or related field. - 3+ years of procurement, sourcing, supply chain, contracts, project procurement, or related experience. - Experience supporting complex technical, industrial, manufacturing, construction, or capital project environments. - Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills - Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. - Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and drive results in a fast-moving environment. - U.S. citizenship required. **Bonus Qualifications:** - Experience supporting nuclear, energy, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, chemical processing, industrial construction, or advanced manufacturing programs. - Experience with both material procurement and service/contract procurement. - Familiarity with construction, EPC, capital project, or facility-related procurement activities. - Experience supporting early-stage or rapidly growing organizations. - Familiarity with ERP, MRP, and procurement systems. **Competencies** We are looking for a Procurement Specialist - Fuel Recycling that is: - 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 moder…