Principal Project Manager

Westinghouse Electric Company; Manning (SC); Remote; USD 103,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Wellness program

401(k)

Paid vacations

Flexible work arrangements

Education reimbursement

Recognition programs

Employee referral

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company seeks a Principal Field Project Manager to lead high‑complexity nuclear field service projects, including outages, with cross‑functional teams across controls, quality and engineering. You will report to the Manager Field Service Operations and work as a remote employee with travel to project sites.

You will drive planning, cost estimation, risk management and client negotiations, ensuring first‑time quality, on‑time delivery and strong partner collaboration in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in an applicable technical field or equivalent field experience.
• 5 years of project management experience or 3 years in PM/supervisory + 2+ years of technical field experience in relevant industries.
• 6–10+ years in PM, preferably in construction, large component replacements, and outages at nuclear facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage high‑complexity projects with large cross‑functional teams.
• Oversee and input cost estimates, proposals, and client negotiations for field service work.
• Drive project planning, schedules, baselines, risk and cost management, and invoicing per PMO guidelines.
• Ensure safe, on‑time, first‑time quality project deliveries with effective partner management.
• Close projects with proper archiving, reporting, and lessons learned for future work.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

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, or a related technical degree or equivalent non-degreed technical experience in an industrial environment (field service, nuclear, power plant, NDE, oil/gas).
• 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 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.

We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon qualifications, is estimated to be ($103,200 to $129,000) per year.

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Why Westinghouse?

Our benefits package is tailored to meet the diverse needs of our employees, while also promoting wellness and career growth. The following are representative of what we offer:

• Comprehensive Medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options
• Wellness Programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members
• 401(k) with Company Match Contributions to support employees' retirement
• Paid Vacations and Company Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements to promote work-life balance
• Educational Reimbursement and Comprehensive Career Programs to help employees grow in their careers
• Global Recognition and Service Programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service
• Employee Referral Program

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

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

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