Principal Project Specialist

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company seeks a Principal Project Specialist to manage refueling projects across PWR nuclear sites. The candidate will need significant project management experience and a strong understanding of nuclear operations. This remote position allows you to work from anywhere in the United States, contributing to projects that promote safe and efficient energy solutions.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacations and Holidays

Flexible Work Arrangements

Educational Reimbursement Program

Employee Referral Program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project management.
• 1 to 3 years of Technical Project Management experience.
• Knowledge of nuclear outage services.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost of refueling projects.
• Communicate and oversee external contractors and work groups.
• Maintain procedures and train others supporting the refueling outages.

Skills

Safety

Quality Management

Project Management

Communication

Scheduling

Education

BS Degree or equivalent industry experience

Tools

SAP

Primavera

Job description

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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 Specialist, you will have experience & knowledge as a Refueling Project Manager (RFPM) at a PWR nuclear site, or another Project Manager (PM) type service at a nuclear site. You will fill either the dayshift or nightshift PWR RFPM role at our PWR customer sites when we perform refueling services for them and will be able to understand the scheduled activities for each of the refueling tasks that are in the schedule, know how to resolve any problem that may happen while performing these tasks and drive the project to successful conclusion. You will also have to learn the Westinghouse procedures & processes involved with being a project manager, as you will be a part of the RFPM group which is managed by the PWR Operations and Fuel Services Manager.

You will report to the Manager of PWR Refueling Operations. This is a remote role that can be performed from anywhere in the United States.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost related to the refueling project·

Effectively communicate & oversee with our customers, other contractors, Radiation Protection, site Outage Management, Reactor Engineering, Operations or any other work group that are involved with our Refueling outage.

A typical refueling outage consists of reactor disassembly, fuel movement and reactor reassembly

Knowledge with SAP for financial / financial accountability and administrative tasks required for the project.

Working knowledge of the Primavera scheduling tool to support customer schedule reviews·

Maintain procedures, work orders, processes, plans, briefs, and be able to direct anyone that helps support our refueling outages, as they will be the main contact during our refueling outages they support.

Promote a safety-first environment and use of Human Performance tools.

Field assignments typically last from 30 to 60 days which includes, project preparations, execution and closeout.

Complete the Westinghouse RFPM training or the WPMR / EPMO training which is required to be a PM for Westinghouse.·

Support a PWR refueling outage from project initiation to closeout working directly with our customers and vendors when requested to.

Learn the Westinghouse procedures & processes involved with being a project manager.

Participate in the RFPM group which is managed by the PWR Operations Manager.·

Have knowledge and training to support human performance, fatigue rule, ALARA, lessons learned, best practices, operating experiences, and basic knowledge of nuclear outage service work and requirements.·

Obtain unescorted access at customer site

Participation in the Fitness for Duty Program (Drug and Alcohol screening)

Qualifications:

10+ years of experience

BS Degree, equivalent industry experience or Naval Nuclear education, program experience and leadership.

1 to 3 years of experience as a Technical Project Manager.

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:

• 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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