Senior Risk Management Leader, Nuclear Programs

BWX Technologies

Oak Ridge (AL)

On-site

USD 86,000 - 136,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) is seeking a Manager, Risk Management at our Oak Ridge Enrichment Operations site in Tennessee.

You will lead the program-management risk framework, drive cross‑functional risk governance, and partner across engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and safety to embed risk-informed decisions in planning and execution. The role requires a decade of related experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to lead in a regulated

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, finance, PM, mathematics, statistics, or related field.
A minimum of ten (10) years of related experience.
Significant experience in project/program management, project controls, risk management, engineering, operations, or finance.
Demonstrated experience establishing or leading structured risk-management processes for complex technical programs or projects.
Strong knowledge of qualitative and quantitative risk-analysis methods.
Demonstrated ability to integrate risk with scope, schedule, cost, forecasting, technical planning, and executive reporting.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive‑presentation skills.
Strong analytical capability and judgment; able to challenge assumptions constructively.
Ability to lead and influence across a matrixed organization.
Must meet BWXT employment, security, and regulatory requirements.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE or DOD security clearance.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the EO risk-management framework, including methods, standards, templates, review cadences, scoring, and escalation thresholds.
Lead portfolio-level risk identification, aggregation, and analysis; ensure systemic, correlated, or cross-project risks are surfaced early.
Facilitate risk reviews, assumption reviews, supplier-risk assessments, and readiness-risk sessions for complex or high-consequence initiatives.
Ensure risks are well-defined with clear causes, probability, impact, triggers, owners, and actionable mitigations.
Lead qualitative and quantitative risk analysis (cost, schedule, Monte Carlo, scenario modeling) when uncertainty materially affects decisions.
Ensure mitigation plans have clear actions, owners, dates, and are integrated into schedules, budgets, procurement plans, readiness plans, and resource plans.
Partner with Project Controls and Finance to integrate risk exposure into forecasts, contingency, reserves, and management reporting.
Provide clear, decision-focused risk reporting including trends, major drivers, mitigation status, exposure summaries, and required leadership actions.
Conduct deep dives when exposure is unclear, mitigation is ineffective, or forecasts conflict with risk signals.
Lead opportunity-management processes that identify ways to improve cost, schedule, safety, reliability, or long-term business value.
Ensure risk-management practices align with safety, security, quality, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
Coach Program and Project Managers in risk identification, analysis, mitigation, escalation, and risk-informed decision-making.
Maintain risk-management tools, dashboards, and data quality; promote consistent risk definitions and information structures across EO.
Support the Director, Program Management with independent risk assessments, readiness reviews, major decisions, recoveries, and portfolio exposure analysis.