**Job Posting End Date** 02-24-2025 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date **Job Summary** Lead, plan and manage the execution of assigned projects, with focus on nuclear safety, industrial/personnel safety, risk, quality, schedule, scope, and cost. Relocation assistance may be available if necessary. **Job Description** The refueling project manager plays a pivotal role in the planning, preparation, and execution of reactor disassembly, fuel offload and reload, and reactor reassembly. The essential functions include: + Ensure smooth transitions through all refueling phases. + Promote team and stakeholder collaboration. + Challenge assumptions and validate solutions. + Resolve issues persistently and ensure accountability. + Identify technical requirements and develop project plans. + Secure resources and manage vendor contracts. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: + Convey the vision for how to manage and execute the project to accomplish the project objectives, meet organizational goals, satisfy customer expectations, and realize project benefits. + Ensure activities performed in support of the project are integrated in a manner that aids seamless transitions through all project phases.Direct and manage the project team in a manner that acknowledges the project manager's overall responsibility and accountability for the project from initiation through closeout. + Validate that the selected technical solution accomplishes the project objectives. Ensure that technical requirements for the project are identified and documented. + Develop project plans, cost estimates, schedules, milestones, and key performance indicators. Obtain resources required for project execution, including outside services as needed. + Manage contracts for outside services, including developing requests for proposals, evaluating competitive bids, selecting vendors, participating in contract negotiations, overseeing vendor performance/quality, ensuring work is performed in accordance with the contract, etc.Monitor and control project cost, schedule, scope, quality, and risk. + Effectively communicate project details and issues, provide timely and accurate status reports, and present various aspects to senior management as requested. + Manage project closeout, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits. Maintain a strong questioning attitude; ask intrusive questions and challenge assumptions. + Facilitate and promote collaboration amongst all project team members and stakeholders. Persistently manage issues to full resolution. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:** Education: + Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related technical field and 1-year relevant job experience + OR Associate's degree in Engineering, Business, or related technical field and 3 years' relevant job experience + OR High School diploma or GED and 5 years' relevant job experience. Work Experience: + 5 years of project management or other commercial nuclear power, utility or other technical related experience with demonstrated ability in project management (prefer that the technical related experience comes from a majority of refueling related experience either as hands-on technician, refueling project lead or refueling project coordinator). + Special skills directly related to the area of the assigned project may be required, as necessary. Required Licenses/Certifications: + Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required within 3 years of hire. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: + Physical demand level is Sedentary. + Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise reports and make professional presentations to senior management. + Demonstrated ability to lead, direct and motivate a diverse, matrixed team. + Essential functions of this job are the same for each level except the projects assigned would be less complex at lower level. Physical Demands: + May perform walk downs in plant environment which may include exposure to heat, cold, noise, and radiation exposure. Perform duties that may involve work in hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within the limits prescribed by the NRC. **Must establish and maintain a permanent residence within a 45-minute safe drive time to the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant.** \#LI-ONSITE \#AEPIM **Compensation Data** **Compensation Grade:** SP20-008 **Compensation Range:** $96,110.00-124,940.00 USD **Hear about it first!** Get job alerts by email. Log in to your Candidate Home Account today! 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