Senior Project Manager – Nuclear Energy Startup (Equity)

Blackwing; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership in a fast-growing, in

Medical benefits

Free daily lunch onsite

Career growth opportunities

Direct collaboration with operators, E

Job summary

Valar Atomics is seeking a Project Manager to lead development execution for its first commercial project. You will own the integrated development schedule, coordinate internal teams and external partners, and support vendors through pre-construction and handoff to construction teams. The role requires 8+ years on major capital projects, CPM scheduling expertise, and relocation or presence in Utah.

U.S. person status is required, with PMP preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience on major capital projects.
• Experience with total installed cost of $1B or more.
• Demonstrated ownership of CPM schedules for infrastructure, industrial, energy, or similar project delivery environments.
• Working experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling tools.
• Experience with stage-gate project development, formal project controls, or major capital project governance.
• Experience coordinating with contractors, major vendors, or complex contractor teams during development, pre-construction, or execution planning.
• Strong understanding of project cost, schedule, risk, change control, and reporting.
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment with incomplete information.
• Relocation to, or substantial presence in, Utah.
• U.S. person status required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated project development schedule from site development through major investment decision, delivery readiness, and construction handoff.
• Run regular schedule updates, critical path reviews, look ahead planning, and schedule risk analysis during the development and pre-construction phases.
• Drive readiness for key project gates, including early engineering, development milestones, regulatory milestones, customer milestones, and internal investment decisions.
• Own the master milestone list, gate decision log, and project development execution calendar.
• Support internal engineering and major vendor planning during the development and pre-construction phases, including scope definition, schedule inputs, commercial readiness, and handoff preparation.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Engineering, Delivery, and Construction leadership on long-lead equipment planning and major vendor readiness before execution handoff.
• Help define the information, documentation, and decision packages required for a clean handoff to the Delivery and Construction teams.
• Participate in contractor coordination and executive contractor reviews as needed during development and handoff, while supporting the Delivery team as the primary owner of construction execution.
• Maintain visibility into key vendor, internal engineering, schedule, cost, and risk items after handoff to support continuity between project development and construction execution.
• Produce weekly project status reports covering schedule, cost, risk, open decisions, and major actions during the development phase.
• Prepare monthly executive updates and quarterly board-level project updates in coordination with company leadership.
• Maintain the project risk register during development, run regular risk reviews, and elevate major risks to leadership.
• Partner with cost estimating, finance, and project controls teams on estimates, cost reporting, capital planning, and earned value management inputs.
• Help define the project controls function, including tools, reporting structure, cost coding, change control, and document control practices.
• Coordinate closely with Engineering, Licensing, Delivery, Finance, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Public Relations, Government Relations, and executive leadership.
• Serve as a senior project development representative in Utah and support local stakeholder engagement with government, community, and regional partners.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

risk management

change control

earned value management

stakeholder management

Education

PMP certification

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Valar Atomics is seeking a Project Manager to lead development execution for its first commercial project. You will own the integrated development schedule, coordinate internal teams and external partners, and support vendors through pre-construction and handoff to construction teams. The role requires 8+ years on major capital projects, CPM scheduling expertise, and relocation or presence in Utah.

U.S. person status is required, with PMP preferred.