Senior Project Manager

BWX Technologies, Inc.; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 131,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible schedules

Professional development

Inclusive workplace

Career growth

Job summary

BWX Technologies, Inc. in Oak Ridge, Tennessee seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high-visibility projects within a highly regulated nuclear environment.

You will translate business, technical, and regulatory objectives into actionable plans, maintaining baselines, schedules, and costs while ensuring safety, quality, and compliance. You will mentor junior managers, coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning efforts, and communicate with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field.
• At least 12 years of technical experience managing complex projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong knowledge of scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, and stakeholder management.
• Must meet BWXT security and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from initiation through planning, execution, turnover, and closeout.
• Define scope, objectives, deliverables, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain integrated schedules and budgets; manage cost and schedule performance.
• Identify risks early and drive timely resolution.
• Mentor junior project managers and improve PM processes.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Financial acumen

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or related discipline

Advanced degree

Job description

At BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), we are People Strong, Innovation Driven. A U.S.-based company, BWXT is a Fortune 1000 and Defense News Top 100 manufacturing and engineering innovator that provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for global security, clean energy, environmental restoration, nuclear medicine and space exploration. With more than 7,800 employees, BWXT has 14 major operating sites in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We are the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors for U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers. Our company supplies precision manufactured components, services and fuel for the commercial nuclear power industry across four continents. Our joint ventures provide environmental restoration and operations management at a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities. BWXT’s technology is driving advances in medical radioisotope production in North America and microreactors for various defense and space applications. For more information, visit www.bwxt.com . Follow us on LinkedIn , X , Facebook and Instagram .

Welcome to BWXT

We believe in empowering our employees and cultivating a dynamic workplace that fosters growth, collaboration, and technical excellence. At our Oak Ridge, Tennessee Enrichment Operations site, you will join teams working at the forefront of advanced nuclear manufacturing, precision engineering, and mission‑critical national security programs. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your career, you’ll find opportunities to challenge yourself, partner with seasoned experts, and contribute to innovation shaping the future of nuclear technology.

Position Overview

The Senior Project Manager leads complex, high‑visibility projects supporting BWXT Enrichment Operations. This role converts business, technical, operational, and regulatory objectives into structured project plans and drives those plans to safe, compliant, predictable completion. The Senior Project Manager integrates cross‑functional work, maintains project baselines, manages cost and schedule performance, identifies risks early, resolves execution barriers, and communicates conditions and recommendations to leadership. This position requires strong project‑management discipline, technical curiosity, and sound judgment in a highly regulated nuclear environment.

Your Day to Day as a Senior Project Manager

• Lead assigned projects from initiation through planning, execution, turnover, and closeout.
• Define clear scope, objectives, deliverables, assumptions, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain accountability for integrated project performance including safety, security, quality, technical execution, cost, schedule, risk, and compliance.
• Develop project charters, execution plans, WBS structures, schedules, resource needs, and baseline controls.
• Build and maintain integrated schedules; assess critical path, dependencies, constraints, and recovery needs.
• Partner with Finance and Project Controls to establish budgets, forecasts, variances, and cost‑control strategies.
• Provide accurate, decision-oriented project reporting for senior leadership.
• Identify risks and opportunities early; maintain active risk registers and drive timely resolution.
• Evaluate proposed changes, coordinate cross‑functional impacts, control baselines, and prevent unauthorized scope expansion.
• Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, readiness, commissioning, operations, and supplier activities.
• Ensure compliance with nuclear safety, quality assurance, environmental, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead stakeholder communication, customer engagement, and cross-functional alignment.
• Coordinate resource needs with functional managers; escalates constraints early.
• Lead problem-solving and structured recovery planning when project conditions deteriorate.
• Plan turnover and closeout requirements early; ensure readiness, documentation, and ownership transitions.
• Mentor junior project managers and support continuous improvement of project-management processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, Operations, or related discipline.
• At least 12 years of technical experience with significant progressive experience managing complex technical, engineering, manufacturing, construction, or capital projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong knowledge of scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, and stakeholder management.
• Experience developing integrated schedules, baselines, budgets, and recovery plans.
• Strong financial acumen and variance-analysis capability.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, leadership, customers, suppliers, and contractors.
• Ability to make timely, risk-informed decisions with incomplete information.
• Must be able to meet BWXT employment, security, access, and regulatory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Engineering or Business.
• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience in nuclear, DOE, enrichment, defense, chemical-processing, or other regulated industries.
• Experience managing EPC interfaces, commissioning, startup, or operational-readiness efforts.
• Experience managing capital projects, facility modifications, or large equipment installations.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Flexible schedules and paid time off (as applicable).
• Professional development, training, and continuing education.
• An inclusive, mission‑focused workplace supporting national security.
• Career growth opportunities across BWXT.

Pay: $131,480- $207,000

The base salary range for this position in Tennessee (US-TN) at the start of employment is expected to be between $131,480 and $207,000 per year. However, the base salary offered is based on local job market factors, and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, the selected job candidate will be employed 'at-will,’ unless employed at a location and in a position subject to a collective bargaining agreement. The company further reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment, compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and other market factors.

As a federal government contractor, BWX Technologies, Inc. and any subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities (“BWXT” or the “Company”) complies with all federal, state, and local laws and customer requirements regarding health and safety protocols. As such, all BWXT new hires will be required to adhere to applicable Company health and safety requirements within the workplace as a condition of employment.

All candidates must be U.S. citizens. Selected applicants are required to successfully complete a pre-employment check and drug screening. In addition, the position may require the ability to obtain and maintain applicable federal eligibility requirements for access to classified/sensitive information or matter which involves an extensive criminal and financial background investigation, drug test, previous employment, and reference verifications.

BWXT is committed to the concept of Equal Employment Opportunity. We have established procedures to ensure that all personnel actions such as recruitment, compensation, career development, benefits, company-sponsored training and social recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran or other protected status.

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