Senior Project Manager

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical

Dental

Life insurance

Vision

Disability insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Oak Ridge, TN. The role requires extensive leadership of large-scale capital projects in nuclear and high-hazard settings, overseeing planning, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

Candidates should demonstrate effective risk management, safety culture, and governance adherence. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage scope, cost, schedule, and quality, and

Qualifications

• 20+ years in project management, engineering, construction management, or major capital delivery.
• Experience managing capital projects valued at $200M–$300M+.
• Experience in nuclear/high-hazard/process manufacturing environments is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for complex capital projects valued at $200M–$300M+.
• Manage full lifecycle from planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, to closeout.
• Establish execution strategies, schedules, budgets, and staffing.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate contractors and stakeholders.

Skills

Capital project management

Multidisciplinary leadership

OSHA & safety compliance

Project controls & risk management

Communication & stakeholder mgmt

Negotiation & problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in technical field

Tools

Earned Value Management (EVM)

EVMS / project controls systems

Job description

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Project Manager opportunity in Oak Ridge, TN.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager with 20+ years of progressive project management, engineering, construction, and/or capital project experience to lead complex, high-value projects for nuclear, high-hazard, and process manufacturing environments. Seeking candidates with a demonstrated record of safely and successfully managing large-scale capital projects valued at $200 million to $300+ million, with responsibility for project execution from planning and engineering through procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout. This position requires strong technical and leadership capabilities, a thorough understanding of progressive engineering practices, quality standards, OSHA requirements, project controls, and risk management, and the ability to effectively lead multidisciplinary teams and contractors.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for complex capital projects with total project values of approximately $200 million to $300+ million.
• Manage projects throughout the full lifecycle, including conceptual planning, engineering and design, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning/startup, turnover, and project closeout.
• Establish project execution strategies, objectives, milestones, schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, and performance expectations.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams consisting of engineering, construction, procurement, project controls, quality, safety, operations, subcontractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Apply progressive engineering principles and practices to support efficient project development, constructability, risk reduction, cost management, and successful project delivery.
• Ensure engineering and construction activities comply with applicable quality assurance/quality control standards, OSHA requirements, environmental requirements, codes, regulations, and site-specific procedures.
• Maintain a strong safety culture appropriate for nuclear, high-hazard, and process manufacturing environments, ensuring that safety is fully integrated into project planning and execution.
• Develop, manage, and maintain project baselines for scope, cost, schedule, and performance.
• Monitor project performance using established project controls and proactively identify schedule, cost, technical, quality, safety, and execution risks.
• Oversee contractor and subcontractor performance, including scope development, bid evaluations, contract execution, change management, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Manage project changes and ensure appropriate technical, cost, schedule, quality, and safety reviews are completed prior to implementation.
• Facilitate project reviews, design reviews, constructability reviews, risk assessments, readiness reviews, and executive-level project status meetings.
• Develop and present clear project reports, forecasts, risk assessments, and recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders.
• Build productive relationships with clients, operations personnel, engineering organizations, contractors, regulatory stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with organizational governance requirements and applicable federal, state, and site-specific standards.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to project managers, engineers, project controls personnel, and other members of the project organization.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of progressive experience in project management, engineering, construction management, or major capital project delivery.
• Demonstrated experience managing capital projects valued at $200 million to $300+ million.
• Significant project experience within a nuclear, high-hazard, and/or process manufacturing environment is required.
• Strong knowledge of progressive engineering practices and the integration of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM/EVMS) and formal project controls systems.
• Thorough understanding of quality standards, quality assurance/quality control programs, and disciplined project execution requirements.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA requirements and industrial/construction safety practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, cost, schedule, risk, quality, safety, contracts, and change control on highly complex projects.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary project teams and managing engineering, construction, and specialty contractors.
• Strong understanding of project controls, including scheduling, estimating, cost forecasting, performance measurement, and risk management.
• Proven ability to operate successfully in highly regulated environments with rigorous documentation, configuration, quality, and safety requirements.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical personnel, field organizations, contractors, clients, regulators, and executive leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field.
• Knowledge of DOE project management, nuclear safety, quality assurance, and project execution requirements.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Other Job Requirements

• United States Citizenship

Working with Edgewater Technical Associates

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with five (5) regional offices across the United States to locally support their growing presence at project sites. Edgewater has a proven track record and is a trusted provider of fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations. Edgewater’s experience and guidance ensure that its customers perform hazardous operations, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain the highest quality and safety standards.

Edgewater is committed to recruiting and maintaining a staff of highly skilled professionals to support our customers. In keeping with this objective, we offer highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre- and post-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical
• dental
• life
• vision
• disability insurance
• pre- and post-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1

Equal Opportunity Employer

Edgewater is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veterans, or individuals with disabilities in accordance with EO 14173.