Nuclear Construction Lead: Outage & Major Projects

Cross Resource Group; Richland (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cross Resource Group is seeking a field-focused Construction Manager to lead major nuclear capital projects at a commercial plant. You will drive safety, quality, and schedule while coordinating craft labor, contractors, Radiation Protection, Operations, Maintenance, and Design teams onsite.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in a nuclear plant environment with strong contractor management and radiological work experience, plus a background in system replacements or upgrades.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in a commercial nuclear power plant environment.
• Proven ability to plan and execute radiological work.
• Proven success managing large outside contractors and multidisciplinary construction teams.
• Experience with system replacements, modifications, or upgrades at nuclear plants.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, scheduling, and project turnover.
• Willingness to work onsite and support outage back shifts.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction teams and outside contractors through safe, cost-effective execution of major nuclear capital projects.
• Establish daily field priorities and hold supervisors, general superintendents, general foremen, foremen, and construction team members accountable for performance and procedural compliance.
• Coordinate directly with craft labor, suppliers, work-order planners, Health Physics, Radiation Protection, Operations, Maintenance, Design, Design Authority, project controls, and station personnel.
• Provide construction input from conceptual design through planning, procurement, implementation, testing, turnover, and project completion.
• Review work-package readiness, labor and resource plans, construction sequencing, schedule logic, cost performance, quality requirements, dose considerations, and field constraints.
• Monitor project performance against safety, scope, technical, schedule, cost, dose, and quality baselines and initiate corrective actions when work moves off plan.
• Perform complex analysis of construction problems, risk, resource conflicts, and milestone threats; develop practical recovery strategies and approve corrective priorities within assigned authority.
• Balance construction resources across competing project needs and secure support from organizations outside the project team.
• Present clear project status, risks, manpower needs, financial issues, and recommended actions to project and station leadership.
• Foster strong collaboration across project and station departments while resolving complex field and organizational issues.
• Support system testing, turnover, and return to station ownership on schedule and within budget.
• Perform authorized business travel when approved by the technical representative.
• Work in office and active plant settings, traverse tight areas, climb ladders, and use required fall protection while working at heights.

Skills

Nuclear power plant experience

Contract management

Radiological work planning

System modifications/upgrades

MS Office proficiency

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6 scheduling

Job description

Cross Resource Group is seeking a field-focused Construction Manager to lead major nuclear capital projects at a commercial plant. You will drive safety, quality, and schedule while coordinating craft labor, contractors, Radiation Protection, Operations, Maintenance, and Design teams onsite.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in a nuclear plant environment with strong contractor management and radiological work experience, plus a background in system replacements or upgrades.