Major Projects - Projects Manager - Beaver Valley

TXU Retail Services Company; Beaver Valley (DE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Nuclear Operations Company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the Major Projects Project Management organization. You will develop and implement engineering processes, ensure adherence to PMBOK and INPO standards, and drive safe, reliable plant operation.

The role requires strong technical knowledge of nuclear plant programs, hands-on leadership of multi-discipline teams, and the ability to manage budgets, schedules, and vendor interfaces. U.S. work location preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (preferred) or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of Nuclear power plant supervisory/management experience.
• 3–5 years of project management experience.
• PMP certification recommended.

Responsibilities

• Implement major plant modifications to improve safety and efficiency.
• Provide technical understanding of nuclear plant programs and procedures.
• Lead a multi-discipline team and resolve conflicts.
• Interface with major contract organizations to support operations and outages.
• Manage project budgets and provide routine status reports and forecasts.

Skills

Nuclear PM leadership

Project Management

PMP certification

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary Ensures that the Major Projects Project Management organization develops, implements, and improves project engineering processes, procedures, and activities required to improve and sustain the safe and reliable operation of the power plants in accordance with the Long-Range Plan. Ensures the Project Management process is in accordance with the PMBOK and INPO standards.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

• Implementing major modifications to the plant(s) that improve safety, improve plant operation/efficiency and resolve equipment reliability issues.
• Technical understanding of nuclear plant programs, processes and procedures.
• Clear and logical thinking in stressful situations involving complex technical problems.
• Ability to manage a multi-discipline team of professionals.
• Ability to advise, negotiate and resolve conflict.
• Ability to effectively interface with peers.
• Ability to interface with major contract organization to support both operating and outage activities.
• Ability to lead and motivate project managers.
• Foster an organizational culture that promotes the utilization of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Accountable to ensure all quality requirements for procurement, implementation and testing is performed in accordance with quality standards.
• Accountable to ensure scope of the project is controlled and if scope changes are required and are well documented and approved.
• Accountable for the capital and O&M project budgets; including providing routine status reports and forecast updates.
• Providing management timely updates if any project is in jeopardy of not meeting safety, quality, scope, schedule or cost KPIs.
• Accountable to manage a matrixed organization for site / contract engineering design and site maintenance / construction vendors during installation.
• Participates in INPO and industry project management forums.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field (preferred) or High School Diploma or equivalent
• 5 to 10 years of Nuclear power plant Supervisory / Management experience
• 3 to 5 years of Project Management experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (recommended)

Key Metrics

• Safety Excellence
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Teamwork / Operational Excellence
• Technical Conscience
• Outsourcing Strategy & Governance
• Process Optimization
• Problem Solving / Decision Making
• Results Orientation

Job Family Plant Operations Company Vistra Nuclear Operations Company Locations Shippingport, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities. Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers. As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net‑zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/. Vistra's hardworking team is committed to its purpose, "lighting up lives, powering a better way forward" and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com.

It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [e-mail] to make a request.