Site Manager

Laveer Engineering; Shanghai (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Laveer Engineering is hiring a Site Manager to oversee Westinghouse operations in Virginia. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the Nuclear Industry and manage multi-million dollar projects to ensure safety and efficiency.

This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to effectively communicate with clients and teams. Bilingual candidates (Chinese and English) are preferred. The position involves at least 50% travel.

Qualifications

• At least 10-15 years of related experience in the Nuclear Industry, engineering or product management.
• Professional Certifications like PMP is a plus.
• Extensive customer facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall Westinghouse site as primary contact for technical matters.
• Coordinate services with Customer’s and Westinghouse staff.
• Manage multi-million dollar projects ensuring adherence to policies.

Skills

Nuclear Industry experience

Customer facing experience

Bilingual (Chinese and English)

Human performance tools knowledge

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master of Science degrees in engineering

Job description

Overview

General Job Function
Site manager provides rapid response and support to customer in resolving their issues and improving process efficiency by coordinating while profitably achieving qualitative and quantitative targets for the service products and solutions. In this role, he also plays a key role in developing new opportunities for extending services for business line, introducing new tools and service products to customer from time to time.

Responsibilities

• Overall Westinghouse site lead with responsibility to give official Westinghouse positions and to direct Westinghouse resources to support emergent needs that threaten plant safety, availability or capacity factor.
• Serve as the primary WEC onsite contact to all levels of site management and plant personnel on technical matters concerning all Westinghouse systems products and services. Specialized in Instrument & Control, DCS systems.
• Coordinate with the Customer’s staff and Westinghouse staff to implement all site services.
• Serve WEC and the customer as the on-site technical liaison who is cognizant of both parties’ organizations to expedite responses to information and service needs.
• Require a broad nuclear technical knowledge of products and services and nuclear plant systems/operations in order for the customer to receive prompt responses to technical questions on equipment design, condition or recommended repair.
• Serves as the site Manager for all onsite activities of all WEC Nuclear service commitments including physical work scope for product lines, Health Physics/ALARA, Scheduling /Planning, security, training, material shipping and receiving. Will support the other sites during their outages when required.
• Conducts project kickoffs, Outage challenge reviews, and pre and post job briefings. Compiles and delivers reports before, during and immediately upon completion of each WEC project. Including in these reports are discussions on scope, schedule, budget, overall performance and best practices based on lessons learned and Operational Experience (OE).
• Provides leadership for the Westinghouse Technical Leads to ensure continued improvement of project and professional performance.
• Manages multi-million dollar projects ensuring that all commitments are met and that WEC and Utility Customer policies and procedures are followed.
• Design and Signature authority on behalf of WEC for areas within his/her expertise.

Education and Experience

Education Level: Bachelor’s or Master of Science degrees in engineering or related field.

Years of Experience: At least 10-15 years of related experience in the Nuclear Industry, engineering or product management and exposure to marketing principles and processes.

Professional Certifications: PMP is a plus

Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Engineering or equivalent with a minimum of 10-15 years experience with at least 5 years Nuclear Industry experience
• Significant customer facing experience.
• Travel Requirements: 50% or greater travel
• Position requires right level of access status for nuclear plant sites
• Has a working knowledge and experience with human performance tools with a strong Safety focus.
• Bilingual (Chinese and English) are preferred to ensure effective communication with all parties.
• Ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with the customer and Westinghouse personnel at all levels.
• Ability to interface well with all levels of the Customer and Westinghouse organization
• Experience with NSSS engineering requirements
• Experience with field service and major project planning and execution
• Proficiency in English is a must

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