Nuclear Construction Lead – Outage Projects (Onsite)

Cross Resource Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 69,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Direct deposit

Health insurance options

401(k) eligibility after 12 months

Life and AD&D coverage

Job summary

Cross Resource Group is seeking a Construction Manager for a commercial nuclear power facility in Richland, WA. The role emphasizes field leadership, coordinating contractors, and ensuring safe, cost-effective execution of major capital projects during outages and system upgrades.

This position is hands-on in a heavy-industrial plant environment. The ideal candidate has extensive nuclear plant experience, radiological work exposure, and a proven ability to manage large teams and complex

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in a commercial nuclear plant environment.
• Experience in radiological areas and outages.
• Proven track record leading large outside contractors.
• Experience with system replacements or upgrades.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, scheduling, and subcontract administration.
• Ability to work onsite and support outage back shifts or nights as required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction teams and outside contractors through safe, secure, cost-effective execution of major nuclear capital projects.
• Establish daily field priorities and hold supervisors and crew accountable for performance and compliance.
• Coordinate directly with craft labor, suppliers, 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, 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 off plan.
• Balance construction resources across competing project needs and secure cross-functional support.
• Present clear project status, risks, manpower needs, and recommended actions to leadership.
• Foster collaboration across departments and resolve field and organizational issues.
• Support system testing, turnover, and return to station ownership on schedule and budget.
• Perform authorized business travel when approved.

Skills

Field leadership

Contract management

Scheduling

Cost control

Radiation protection coordination

Safety emphasis

Team coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cross Resource Group is seeking a Construction Manager for a commercial nuclear power facility in Richland, WA. The role emphasizes field leadership, coordinating contractors, and ensuring safe, cost-effective execution of major capital projects during outages and system upgrades.

This position is hands-on in a heavy-industrial plant environment. The ideal candidate has extensive nuclear plant experience, radiological work exposure, and a proven ability to manage large teams and complex