Sargent & Lundy is a company focused on providing essential services in the nuclear power industry. They are seeking a Project Manager with extensive experience in leading large-scale nuclear projects, ensuring alignment on project objectives and delivering services safely and on schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Lead large, multi-discipline nuclear projects from early planning and design through implementation, commissioning, turnover, and closeout
- Coordinate with lead managers, discipline leads, and project teams across business units to ensure alignment on technical scope, priorities, and deliverables
- Manage client relationships and expectations; provide timely progress, risk, and cost updates; lead regular performance and status review meetings
- Own project scope, schedule (integrated master schedule with phasing and lookaheads), budget/forecasts, and key performance metrics; maintain project baselines and critical path
- Manage scope changes and change orders, assessing impacts on cost and schedule and integrating approved changes into project plans, schedules, and budgets
- Develop project-specific project management and commissioning/testing plans with clear acceptance criteria, verification/validation requirements, and turnover deliverables
- Perform front-end project planning and readiness activities (work sequencing, interfaces, resource planning, outage and operational integration) prior to execution
- Lead and coach project management and commissioning teams; provide clear direction, prioritization, and constructive feedback to support effective execution
- Monitor project execution and commissioning performance, including progress, cost, quality, scope, and risk; ensure project documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant
- Conduct risk assessments throughout the project life cycle; implement mitigation and contingency plans; lead readiness and go/no-go reviews for key milestones
- Oversee subcontractor and supplier performance and contract conformance, supporting claims and dispute resolution in coordination with the commercial team
- Report progress, forecasts, and variances to leadership and the client; drive issue resolution, milestone completion, turnover documentation, and project closeout
- Conduct post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and systematically improve future nuclear project execution
- Promote a strong safety and quality culture across all project activities, ensuring adherence to applicable nuclear, regulatory, and organizational standards
Requirements:
- 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in the nuclear industry, or other relevant industry
- 5+ years managing multiple projects and/or leading teams
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or other relevant field
- Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) or ability to obtain
- Experience delivering under EPC and general contractor (GC) contract models
- Proven supervision of project teams and management of clients, subcontractors, and vendors
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders, vendors, teammates, and business partners; strong client relationship-building
- Knowledge of project labor practices and labor planning
- Hands-on use of project controls (cost, schedule, change, risk) on large projects
- Understanding of process-based project management and start-up testing
- Knowledge of quality, safety, and health requirements
- OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office; strong organizational and time-management skills
- Core skills: project governance, scheduling, cost management, risk/issue tracking, vendor management, process improvement, team leadership, stakeholder communication, and organizational alignment
- Comfortable supporting station outage activities as required
- Comfortable with approximately 10-25% domestic travel