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Zachry Nuclear Engineering, Inc.

Senior Project Manager

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Charlotte, NC, USA
Senior level
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Charlotte, NC, USA
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Lead client-facing project management for nuclear plant projects: define scope, prepare proposals, monitor budgets/schedules, resolve contractual issues, ensure deliverables meet requirements, coordinate teams, and manage project closeout while ensuring site access and safety compliance.
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Position includes identifying client needs and expectations, including upcoming major projects 
and communicates those needs to the applicable individuals. Position also includes obtaining 
client feedback regarding work performance and facilitates implementation of process 
improvements, as appropriate. Also, individual will work with client to address and resolve 
issues that may develop relative to project scope changes, quality of services, cost, or schedule Successful candidate will coordinate the preparation of proposals for client work by working with 
Discipline Engineering Managers and Account Managers to develop project scope, approach, 
technical assumptions, staffing, schedule, and pricing.
Key activities are monitoring the status of all on-going projects to include budget, schedule, 
scope changes, review of deliverables relative to scope and client expectations, participation in 
company weekly schedule meetings and preparation of monthly status reports. The selected 
candidate will ensure that contractual requirements are met, addresses and resolves contractual 
issues, initiates contract changes, and facilitates payment for services. Candidate will be 
responsible to review, approve and correct (as needed) invoices applicable to project work.
Additionally, responsible for understanding and communicating to company staff client’s 
processes and procedures, and facilitates training of company staff, when needed. Individual 
shall have practical knowledge of routine precedent design, working knowledge of engineering 
principles for applicable solving problems. 
Candidate shall have the ability to coordinate projects from earliest phases to budgets, design 
through issuance of construction drawings, and final project completion close-out. Candidate 
shall prepare Project Plans, budgets and schedules and be responsible to control the project 
scope, budget and schedule.

Responsibilities

Education Required (minimum): BS in engineering or other technical specialty from an 
accredited university with course work in mechanical, electrical, chemical or similar technical 
scope is required.

Experience Required (minimum): 15 years (minimum) of experience with at least 8 (eight) of 
those years with nuclear power to include design engineering, project management and client 
relations. Experience with operating plant procedures, processes, nuclear plant licensing, 
budget analysis and budget forecasting is required. Must have demonstrated experience with 
managing, motivating and organizing team members; providing technical direction and task 
assignments is required. 

Education Preferred: MS in engineering or other technical specialty from an accredited 
university with course work in mechanical, electrical, chemical, or similar technical scope is 
desired.
Certification(s) or License(s) Preferred (minimum): Professional Engineering registration 
(EIT or PE), and Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification are highly preferred.

Qualifications

 All applicants must possess excellent verbal and 
written communication skills as well as presentation skills. Experience in the nuclear power 
industry is required with actual field experience on nuclear plant projects a plus. Travel to the 
plant locations are required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software; Word, Excel and Power 
Point is required with competency in software applications for email and databases. Effective 
time management skills are required as position may involve working on several projects 
concurrently. Knowledge of and experience in project scheduling techniques required.
Successful candidate will be required to understand and comply with company policies, 
procedures, processes as well as those financial obligations that would apply to projects.
Ability to pass security and drug screening and maintain unescorted nuclear plant access is 
required. Overtime work is required. Travel is required to client sites. Ability to perform walk 
downs of equipment in an industrial plant environment, to include climbing ladders, accessing 
security-controlled areas, and entering confined spaces and controlled hazardous areas is 
required.

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