Principal Project Manager

Laveer Engineering; Manning (SC); On-site; USD 103,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid vacations and holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Educational reimbursement

Career programs

Global recognition programs

Employee referrals

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Co in Manning, SC is seeking a Principal Field Project Manager to lead high-complexity outages for nuclear power plants, coordinating large multi-discipline teams across Project Controls, Quality, Engineering and other PMs.

You will drive planning, cost control, risk management and safe, on-time delivery at customer sites, with travel as needed. The role demands strong leadership, field experience in nuclear outages and familiarity with ASME/NDE programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 5 years of project management experience or 3+ years with 2+ years technical field work.
• Experience with nuclear outages and large component replacements preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management for high-complexity outages and large teams across functions.
• Develop cost estimates, schedules, and risk/partner registers per Playbooks.
• Drive safe, first-time quality deliveries with schedule and financial tracking.
• Manage project closure, documentation, and lessons learned for future work.
• Coordinate with client, field teams, and internal stakeholders at sites.

Skills

Project management

Nuclear outages

Safety programs

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Requisition Number: 30093

Company: Westinghouse Electric Co

Location: Manning, SC, US 29102

About the Role

As a Principal Field Project Manager, you will be responsible for all project management processes on high-complexity projects, or a portfolio of medium to high-complexity projects. Lead and establish a healthy collaborative working environment with large teams, including cross-department roles such as Project Controls, Quality, Engineering and other Project Managers. You will report to the Manager Field Service Operations and will be considered a remote employee and will travel to specified project locations.

Key Responsibilities

• You will lead a variety of welding, machining and large components replacement projects performed during nuclear power plant outages.
• Oversee and provide input to development of cost estimates and proposals for field service projects, in the nuclear power sector. Support customer negotiations and be an advocate for Westinghouse value-added opportunities at customer sites.
• Complete the project planning processes, including authoring project management plans, procedures, schedules, challenge meetings, cost baselines/projections and financials reporting, invoicing, risk and partner registers per the Westinghouse Enterprise Project Management Office programs and Specialty Welding & Machining Project Playbook.
• Be the driving factor during project execution at customer sites that lead our teams to safe and event-free, first-time quality project deliveries including schedule performance vs. baseline, tracking and projecting financials, invoicing, logging project performance details and lessons learned, and active partner management with internal and external communications. Develop and implement recovery plans when projects are off-track.
• Ensure project closure by archiving work in financial, scheduling, document management, and resource management systems/tools. Perform final project quality assessments and reports. Communicate best practices, opportunities for improvement, lessons learned, and risk avoidance for future work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in applicable disciplines: Project Management, Engineering, Science, Construction Management, or a related technical degree or equivalent non-degreed technical experience in an industrial environment (field service, nuclear, power plant, NDE, oil/gas, construction).
• 5 years of project management experience or 3 years of project management/supervisory experience and 2+ years of technical field experience (e.g., field service, nuclear, power plant, Non-Destructive Examination (NDE), oil/gas, construction industry) may be considered as equivalent.
• 6-10 plus years of applicable Project Management experience preferred, specifically in Construction Management, large component replacements, and working with union represented craft workforce.
• Experience leading field-based projects, particularly at nuclear plants during outages, and observing Safety and Non-Safety Related Quality Programs, ASME codes and several types of NDE.
• Leadership and hands-on field experience with both non-union and union represented workforce for pipe fitting, boilermakers, machinists, manual and automated welding, and nuclear system piping repairs.

Base salary range: $103,200 to $129,000 per year.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options.
• Wellness Programs such as Employee Assistance Program to support employees and their household members.
• 401(k) with Company Match Contributions.
• Paid Vacations and Company Holidays.
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements.
• Educational Reimbursement and Comprehensive Career Programs.
• Global Recognition and Service Programs.
• Employee Referral Program.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.