Senior Project Director

Essential Responsibilities

• Be responsible for on-time project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of project related activities and resources
• Support the Product Development and Sales team during pre-award phase in the creation of scopes, schedules, and budgets
• Support the development of project revenue and costs budget and uses such budgets as a baseline for project cost performance
• Manage all commercial aspects of the project portfolio
• Ensure performance against all financial metrics
• Organize project cost structure in Oracle ERP
• Customer work release review and compares with GEH estimate upon transfer of the proposal file from Commercial Operations to Project Management
• Lead customer, internal, and/or supplier project kickoff meetings
• Accountable for overall project management strategy; interfaces & cooperates with all project management functions within Advanced Reactor Project Office and with supplier PMO
• Recommend and implements improvements in project management processes and procedures
• Lead the development and deployment of project infrastructure and project tools
• Ensure compliance with U.S. government requirements
• Identify and communicate project resources demands and coordinate resource supply within a matrix organization, particularly with Engineering
• Coordinate & chair regular project meetings with customer teams, internal team, and/or supplier teams; prepares supporting materials for such project meetings
• Leverage internal work force planning tools in P6 ERP
• Prepare and organize project correspondence, coordinating response drafts, approving, and issuing final letters consistent with project communication plan; ensures adequate communication to all project stakeholders
• Ensure archiving of project correspondence and records consistent with Project Configuration Management Plan
• Lead, draft, and issue project management meeting notes, action item lists, and project progress reports
• Supports the production oversight of key suppliers
• Be responsible for project risk management processes and developing and implementing project controls processes and tools
• Ensure invoicing is assembled in accordance with the contract terms and government requirements. Provides necessary inputs & review to U. S. Government Accounting

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 10 years of project management experience on large power EPC projects (design, construction, commissioning, or operations)
• Minimum of 5 years Power Plant Design Experience
• Minimum of 5 years of nuclear industry experience

Desired Characteristics

• Master's Degree in Engineering or Master of Business Administration
• PMP certification
• U.S. government contract management experience, including working knowledge of FAR
• Experience or familiarity with Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) and Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR) designs
• Scheduling software experience (Project, P3, P6, etc.)
• Project Management Leadership Program
• Knowledge of the power industry, customer, and competitive environment
• Experience in power plant construction
• Demonstrated ability in meeting project budget, schedule, and quality
• Contract management & claim experiences
• Cost estimating experience
• Financial control knowledge and understanding
• Past supervisory experience
• Demonstrated professional interpersonal and leadership skills, including high level of motivation, integrity, and self-confidence
• Ability to take initiative and to work independently
• Ability to influence others and lead small teams
• Oversees initiatives of substantial scope and impact
• Extremely attention to detail, follow up, highly organized
• Demonstrated ability to balance workload under short deadlines and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Strong process orientation in approach to work
• Exceptional proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Six Sigma Training (BB, DFSS, etc.) (GE Employees only)