Principal Project Manager - Strategy & Portfolio

Westinghouse Electric; Madison (PA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric is seeking a Principal Project Manager to oversee medium complexity projects within their Outage and Maintenance Services team. The role involves managing project processes, supervising teams, and ensuring project profitability. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, PMP Certification, and at least 5 years of relevant experience. This position offers flexible working arrangements and is based in Madison, PA.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Comprehensive Health, Wellness, and Income Protection Benefits

401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacations and Holidays

Educational Reimbursement Program

Employee Referral Program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management.
• Bachelor's degree required; equivalent education and experience considered.
• PMP Certification is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of project including scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Supervise medium team sizes (10-30 members).
• Prepare project cost forecasts and performance evaluations.

Skills

Project Management

Team Leadership

Communication

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business, or related field

PMP Certification

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.

As a Principal Project Manager on our Outage and Maintenance Services team, you will be responsible for all project management processes on medium complexity projects or on a portion (i.e. work package) of highly complex projects. You will supervise medium team sizes (average 10-30 team members) which may include project controls and sub-project managers. Additionally, you may serve as a Technical Inputs Lead for the medium complexity proposal projects as assigned, as well as taking on overall project manager responsibility of a highly complex project in a deputy capacity (with direct guidance of a Program Manager or higher).

You will report to the Sr. Manager of HQ Project Management and will be based out of either Cranberry Township, PA or Waltz Mill (located in Madison, PA). This position is eligible for a mobile or remote working arrangement and requires minimal travel (less than 5%).

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete all aspects of planning process including authoring project plans and developing scope, schedule, and cost baselines.

• Assume overall responsibility for profitability of contracts. Based on project plan, follow department protocols for acquiring team members to complete the work. Manage all aspects of project including scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, quality, resources, communications, and stakeholders through use of delegates/support as applicable. Interpret and transmit project/contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups following an integrated change management process.

• Prepare or oversee project cost expenditure forecasts and progress evaluations/projections (including Earned Value Management) to support project performance and financial reporting requirements.

• Review project expenditures for compliance with project baselines and scope.

• Promote teamwork, including issuing and maintenance of project process metrics and process maps to ensure team, customer, and all stakeholders are kept informed of project status.

• Develop or oversee project databases and procedures to ensure efficient handling and transmission of project correspondence and documentation between project team members.

• Close projects by archiving work in financial, scheduling, document management, and resource management systems/tools. Perform final project quality assessment and report out. Identify and communicate opportunities for improvement, lessons, and risk avoidance for future work.

• Serve as single representative to customer, architect engineer, constructor and Westinghouse business areas in support of project. Interpret and transmit contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups. Integrate project's objectives and actions through participation with other project groups in matters of common concern.

• Identify, assess, and implement improvement opportunities which will add value.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience

• Bachelor's degree required. Applicable disciplines are Project Management, Engineering, Business, Construction Management or related technical discipline.

  • Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

  • 3 years in technical/engineering role and 2 years as project manager may be considered as equivalent.

• PMP Certification

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Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• 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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