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# Technical Recruiter, Plant Operations and Manufacturing at General Matter

- **Company:** General Matter
- **Location:** Paducah, KY
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalmatter/jobs/5233273008

## Job description

About the Company:

General Matter enriches uranium.

We are designing, building, and operating the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services, here in the US.

In the process, we are restoring America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel to power AI, advanced manufacturing and critical industries our country relies on to remain competitive.

Fuel drives the cost of advanced reactor electricity production, and enrichment drives the cost of the fuel that advanced reactors consume.  Reliable, low-cost enrichment is the catalyst for the nuclear Renaissance now under way.

Our mission is to make nuclear not only the cleanest and safest source of baseload power, but also the most affordable.  We believe abundant nuclear energy will lead to a post-scarcity society.

We were incubated inside Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by over a dozen of the world's top venture capital firms.

Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.

We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.

Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.

About the Role:

General Matter is hiring a tenacious recruiter to help build the workforce behind the world’s most modern enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky. This role will own full-cycle recruiting across technical, skilled trades, operations, manufacturing, construction, and facility buildout roles while also helping develop the long-term talent pipelines needed to support one of the most ambitious industrial projects in the country.

This is a unique opportunity to join a lean, high-impact recruiting team at a critical stage of growth. You will partner closely with hiring managers, operations leaders, and community stakeholders to identify, attract, assess, and close exceptional talent. You will also help build the external relationships that makes growth possible, including partnerships with trade schools, technical colleges, universities, workforce development organizations, and local community groups.

This role requires both strategic judgment and operational intensity. We are hiring at high volume, and we need someone who can scale recruiting without making candidates feel like a number: tracking pipeline health, maintaining clean systems, identifying bottlenecks, driving processes forward with urgency and precision, and ensuring every candidate receives clear communication, thoughtful engagement, and a positive impression of General Matter throughout the process.

The team is highly collaborative, operates with integrity, and is deeply committed to bringing nuclear fuel enrichment back to US soil. If you enjoy Skunkworks-style projects, value autonomy and ownership, and are passionate about building world-class teams, we'd love to hear from you.

We are open to multiple experience levels for the role. We care about capability, drive, and impact more than years of experience. Scope and responsibility will commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities:

- Own the full-cycle recruitment process for technical and operational roles, from intake to closing.
- Act as a key business partner to leaders and hiring managers by providing market insights, rapidly calibrating on top talent, and refining interview processes to drive successful hiring outcomes.
- Conduct thorough initial interviews that assess ability, excellence, and cultural alignment while delivering a positive candidate experience and strong interview-to-offer outcomes.
- Build and maintain high-volume recruiting pipelines, tracking hiring progress as an operation and using metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion, and drive consistent execution.
- Develop workforce development partnerships with trade schools, technical colleges, community colleges, universities, workforce boards, training programs, and other educational institutions in Paducah and the surrounding region.
- Plan, coordinate, and attend community events, school visits, technical talks, and other outreach efforts to build General Matter’s presence in the local talent market. Design and execute sourcing strategies that extend beyond traditional recruiting channels, including referrals, cold outreach, local networking, community partnerships, events, and targeted campaigns.
- Deliver exceptional candidate experiences across the interview process that reflects General Matter's mission, culture, and high-performance culture.
- Wear many hats across the recruiting function, from managing process improvement initiatives, coordinating onsite interviews to process improvement projects as we scale.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of recruiting experience (academic, internships, and extracurriculars at university level qualify) or associate degree and 4+ years of experience; or 5+ years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust with candidates, hiring teams, educational partners, and community organizations.
- Proven ability to manage and execute multiple competing priorities with autonomy.
- Holds a high bar for personal accountability and performance, consistently delivering quality results with speed, ownership, and attention to detail.
- Strong judgement and discretion when handling sensitive information and advising on hiring decisions.
- Willingness to attend local events, build community relationships, and serve as an external representative of General Matter in the Paducah region.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

- Proven success hiring for skilled trades, manufacturing, or construction roles, including hard-to-fill or specialized positions such as electricians, welders, and construction professionals.
- Full lifecycle recruiting experience, from sourcing to closing.
- Experience supporting high-volume hiring environments where pipeline tracking, process discipline, candidate communication, and fast execution are critical.
- Ability to distinguish between the top 50% and the top 5% of talent within their respective fields.
- Demonstrated expertise in non-standard recruiting methods: cold calling candidates and companies, organizing and executing networking events, managing external partnreships, creating unique targeted sourcing campaigns, etc.
- Deeply motivated by General Matter’s mission to restore U.S. fuel enrichment capabilities and strengthen national energy security.

Additional Requirements

- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- This position is based in Los Angeles, and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered.

Compensation and Benefits:

The base salary range for this role is $100,000–$170,000 annually.

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

## Equal Opportunity Employer

General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

## About General Matter

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Nuclear energy – uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel supply chain
- **Target customers**: Nuclear power plant operators (civilian reactors, small modular reactors, microreactors), data center operators, industrial manufacturers, and government/defense entities
- **Mission**: “Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel” and “make the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable” [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/)

## Products & Services
- **Low Enriched Uranium (LEU)**: Enrichment of uranium to 3-5% U-235 for existing US civilian reactors (supplying ~20% of US grid power)
- **High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU)**: Enrichment to 5-20% U-235 for next-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors
- **Enrichment as a Service**: Novel, scalable, cost-competitive enrichment technology to fill the critical gap in the US nuclear fuel cycle (conversion → enrichment → deconversion/fabrication)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Currently hiring for 64+ roles across engineering, construction, legal, and operations; actively building enrichment capacity
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Described as backed by “institutions” and “generational companies” – specific names not publicly available [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/)
- **Growth Signals**: Aggressive hiring across multiple disciplines; establishing a physical presence in Los Angeles (HQ) and Paducah, Kentucky (construction/manufacturing); addressing a critical national security gap (US currently performs <1% of global enrichment)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Domestic enrichment technology**: Novel, proprietary enrichment process designed to be cheaper, more reliable, and scalable compared to foreign state-backed competitors
- **National security moat**: Sole US-focused enrichment startup aiming to break dependence on Russian and Chinese supply chains
- **Talent pool**: Attracts high-caliber individuals from nuclear engineering, technology, finance, and special operations backgrounds
- **First-mover in HALEU**: Positioned to fuel the next wave of advanced reactors and behind-the-meter power for AI data centers

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale domestic enrichment capacity**: Build and operate enrichment facilities in the US (Los Angeles and Paducah)
- **Support AI and manufacturing growth**: Provide reliable, emissions-free baseload power for compute and industrial expansion
- **Enable advanced reactors**: Supply HALEU for SMRs and microreactors, opening new markets in remote and austere environments
- **Strengthen US energy independence**: Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel production

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: High standards, extreme ownership, copious autonomy, deep trust, zero politics – described as “work with the best across nuclear, tech and finance” [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/)
- **Work environment**: On-site roles in Los Angeles, CA (engineering, nuclear, legal) and Paducah, KY (construction, procurement); no remote/hybrid options explicitly stated
- **Notable perks**: Mission-driven work with national impact; opportunity to solve a critical energy and security challenge; flat organization with high agency
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on control systems, embedded software, simulation, DevOps, and nuclear safety engineering; also seeks creative minds and numbers savants

## Sources
1. [generalmatter.com](https://generalmatter.com/)
2. [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/)
3. [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/)
4. [generalmatter.com/technology](https://generalmatter.com/technology/)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalmatter](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalmatter)

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