Senior SMR Project Engineering Lead

Holtec; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & Vision coverage

Hybrid work opportunities

401(k) company match

Paid time off

Education assistance

Life & AD&D insurance

Commuter benefits

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Holtec in Camden, NJ, seeks a Project Engineering Manager to lead engineering execution for the SMR-300 project. You will own work packages, manage interfaces across engineering, procurement, construction, and operations, and ensure delivery within budget and schedule.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and at least 10 years of experience in nuclear, power, EPC, or related industries. Strong leadership, planning, and communication skills are essential; travel is expected 10–20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution in Mechanical, Nuclear, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive engineering, project engineering, project management, or project delivery experience in nuclear, power, EPC, or heavy industrial environments.
• Experience managing engineering work scopes from proposal through detailed design, procurement support, construction support, and turnover.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, risk management, change control, WBS, and reporting.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, planning professionals, procurement, construction, and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of project work packages, including scope, deliverables, estimates, WBS, baseline schedules, and kickoff documentation.
• Manage engineering execution for assigned scopes within budgets, schedules, quality, and safety requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces across engineering, operations, maintenance, constructability, and brownfield needs.
• Own project interface management and ensure cross-functional coordination.
• Resolve technical questions and engineering issues during design, procurement, fabrication, and construction.
• Lead technical bid evaluations and prepare evaluation reports.
• Work with controls/planning teams to develop and monitor schedules.
• Prepare dashboards, risk registers, and status reports.
• Lead kickoff meetings and ensure alignment with scope, budget, and procedures.
• Participate in safety/design reviews, constructability assessments, and procurement reviews.
• Support field engineering issues, readiness, drawings holds, and change notices.
• Manage change control processes and document impacts to scope, cost, and risk.
• Identify and mitigate project risks across engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Maintain compliance with procedures, QA, and safety expectations.
• Deliver responsive client service while meeting schedule and budget.
• Travel ~10–20% as required.

Skills

Project management

Engineering leadership

Interface management

Scheduling & cost control

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Holtec in Camden, NJ, seeks a Project Engineering Manager to lead engineering execution for the SMR-300 project. You will own work packages, manage interfaces across engineering, procurement, construction, and operations, and ensure delivery within budget and schedule.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and at least 10 years of experience in nuclear, power, EPC, or related industries. Strong leadership, planning, and communication skills are essential; travel is expected 10–20%.