Contractor - Senior Project Manager

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director, SMR Product Development, this role manages internal and/or external projects related to NuScale's Small Modular Reactor Technology. The Project Manager leads a diverse team across various departments to advance the NuScale Small Modular Reactor design, fabrication, and deployment. This position focuses on development scope for Product Realization. Work will be performed collaboratively with other departments to ensure delivery meeting customer requirements and delivering customer value while achieving cost, schedule, quality, and other specified targets and objectives. Projects include non-recurring activities with significant First Of A Kind (FOAK) activities, multi-year horizons, autonomous work, and intense interface with high or unknown risk significance, and large commercial value.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage the overall planning and execution of project activities for assigned projects in accordance with NuScale policies and procedures.
• Document and maintain the approved baseline, earned value planning and management, and project execution strategy in a Project Management Plan.
• Communicate the project baseline and requirements to the project team.
• Interface with and support various discipline managers and teams.
• Support performing organizations with advanced project knowledge and company priority information.
• Proactively identify and achieve resolution of project problems and anticipated challenges, including escalation of issues within the NuScale organization when necessary, via effective risk and issue management.
• Provide weekly and monthly status reports focused on project performance (earned value metrics, variance analysis, etc.), schedule and cost risk mitigations, and issue resolution to project stakeholders.
• Cook up and control project-specific plans and procedures needed for the efficient execution of the project.
• Maintain the group’s standard of high quality and timely completion of tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Problem solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and reviews information appropriately.
• Oral/written communication: Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Edits work for accuracy and clarity, is able to create, read and interpret complex written information.
• Planning/organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines, tracks project timelines and deadlines, and uses time efficiently.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability: Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Team Building: Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks and trust within the organization.
• Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards.
• Quality Assurance: Commits to the understanding or ability to understand the quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and ASME NQA-1.

Minimum Skills, Qualifications And Abilities

• A minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in project management or related field dealing with a high degree of complexity and multiple interfaces.
• Strong understanding of the nuclear development environment related to NSSS and reactor design as regulated by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• Demonstrated application of Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge principles and processes.
• Demonstrated application of integrated cost and schedule control, or ANSI EIA-748-C Earned Value Management System practices.
• Experience in the nuclear industry, energy industry, power plant architect/engineering (A/E), or power plant engineering procurement construction (EPC).
• Knowledge of Pressurized Water Reactor designs.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent certification program completion.

Physical Demands

• The employee frequently is required to sit and stand; walk; bend, use hands to operate office equipment; and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers.
• Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and understand new concepts quickly, and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment.

Additional Information

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers. Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and understand new concepts quickly, and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment. Employee(s) must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employee(s) assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees in this classification.