Project Delivery Test Manager

Energy Northwest; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

401(k) with employer match

Health, dental, vision

Paid holidays

Job summary

Energy Northwest is seeking an Extended Power Uprate Project Delivery Test Manager to provide strategic leadership and governance for testing and validation across assigned projects. The role ensures testing is planned, executed, and documented to meet requirements, standards, and safety goals.

The position partners with Project Delivery, Engineering Leads, Operations, and Quality to manage risks, ensure readiness, and deliver validated systems prior to deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with extensive testing/validation experience.
• 18+ years of relevant experience in system testing, commissioning, validation, or verification.
• Experience leading cross-functional test teams and schedules across multiple disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks and interface with multiple groups (Operations, Engineering, Quality).

Responsibilities

• Lead test readiness reviews, test conduct, and issue escalation.
• Govern test documentation: plans, procedures, logs, anomaly reports, final reports.
• Coordinate with Project Delivery, Engineering Authority, QA, and Configuration Management.
• Manage risks to ensure safety, performance, and regulatory compliance.
• Mentor and develop test engineering teams and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Quality governance

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Associate’s degree with 18+ years experience

High School Diploma/GED with 22+ years experience

Job description

General Summary

The Extended Power Uprate Project Delivery Test Manager provides strategic leadership, technical oversight, and governance for all testing and validation activities across assigned projects or the portfolio. This role ensures that testing activities are planned, executed, and documented in accordance with project requirements, engineering standards, regulatory expectations, and organizational quality frameworks. The Test Manager partners closely with Project Managers, Engineering Leads, Operations, and Quality organizations to ensure readiness, manage risks, and verify that systems meet performance, safety, and functional requirements prior to delivery or deployment.

Principal Accountabilities

The Extended Power Uprate Project Delivery Test Manager serves as the senior authority for test readiness reviews, test conduct, issue escalation, system/component flushing to avoid foreign material and formal closeout; Thereby, ensuring all activities comply with approved procedures, safety requirements, and quality standards. They identify and manage technical and programmatic risks affecting system performance, integration, and test execution while providing governance over all test documentation, including plans, procedures, logs, anomaly reports, and final test reports. The role requires close coordination with Project Delivery, Engineering Technical Authority, Quality Assurance, and Configuration Management to maintain alignment across requirements, baselines, and verification pathways. Guides team members through complex technical and schedule challenges, facilitates collaborative problem‑solving, and ensures that all disciplines are coordinated during planning, execution, and closeout of test activities. Fosters a culture of accountability, safety, and technical rigor while mentoring team members, promoting effective communication, and driving consistent adherence to testing processes, standards, and organizational expectations. Leads team engagement during readiness reviews, test execution, issue resolution, and post‑test evaluations to ensure successful and efficient delivery of testing outcomes that meet project requirements. Extended Power Uprate Project Delivery Test Manager leads the development of comprehensive test strategies, verification plans, and acceptance criteria for complex engineering or technical systems. This role oversees the planning and execution of all test phases, including component testing, system integration testing, factory acceptance testing, field testing, and commissioning. The Test Manager also communicates status, risks, issues, and constraints to leadership, leads and mentors test engineering teams, supports change management processes, and ensures that lessons learned and continuous improvement practices are integrated into future testing efforts.

Support The Following

• ERO
• Outage support including OCC

Required Education And Experience

Requires a Bachelor’s degree field from accredited college or university in Engineering or a related technical field and eighteen years of relevant experience in system testing, commissioning, validation, or verification within an Operations, Work Control Management, Engineering, Nuclear, Military or other complex technical environment.

OR Associate’s degree from accredited college or university and twenty years of relevant experience in system testing, commissioning, validation, or verification within an Operations, Work Control Management, Engineering, Nuclear, Military or other complex technical environment.

OR High School Diploma/GED and twenty‑two years of relevant experience in system testing, commissioning, validation, or verification within an Operations, Work Control Management, Engineering, Nuclear, Military or other complex technical environment.

Must have demonstrated leadership experience managing cross-functional test teams, complex schedules, risks, and interfaces across multiple disciplines.

Pay Range

$167,142.00 - $250,714.00 Annual

Midpoint

$208,928.00

Incentive Compensation

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications. This role may be eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri‑Cities provides a cost‑of‑living lower than the national average. EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

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