Project Manager / Site Project Lead - Hatch
This position reports to the Site Projects Manager. Responsibilities for all associated activities with Engineering, contracting, procurement, installation, start up, closure, and maintaining appropriate project controls throughout the project. The successful candidate will have authority and be held accountable for developing a project scope, budget, and schedule as well as an implementation plan for completing assigned projects while meeting the project goals.
Job Responsibilities:
This position is assigned to the Site Projects Department and reports to the Site Projects Manager. This position provides oversight, support and leadership for the implementation of projects or design changes at the site. Duties required of the Project Manager or Site Project Lead include:
· Assist in developing and accountable for meeting implementation scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining scope control
· Provide constructability and estimating input, assumptions, and risks associated with each alternative considered
· Support field walkdowns to evaluate proposed layouts for constructability and interferences
· Manage installation/implementation at the site to ensure compliance with the design intent, applicable codes and other regulatory considerations and coordinate resolution of technical issues that arise
· Ensure safe and error free performance during project implementation
· Perform observations of implementation activities and document in SafetyNet
· Ensure safety process documentation (safety plans and risk register) is established for the project
· Ensure affected plant groups’ (operations, maintenance, engineering, etc.) needs are considered in the project scope and ensure stakeholder responsibilities are developed
· Perform operational risk assessment/mitigation for the project
· Represent assigned projects in various implementation challenge meetings
· Ensure stakeholders are trained prior to project turnover for operation
· Participate in design and planning phases to ensure implementation readiness
· Effectively communicate with management, stakeholders, affected personnel and project team
· Possess leadership skills to manage, prioritize, and resolve any conflicts
· Develop and maintain strong relationships with plant and corporate personnel
· This position will require travel (up to 25%).
Job Requirements:
· Previous site project lead, construction manager or project manager experience is preferred
· Implementation of projects in an operating nuclear power plant, fossil power plant or other operating facilities is preferred
· Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited college or university or a related technical degree is desired
· Project Management Certification (PMP), or the ability to obtain within 1 year for Project Manager candidates.
· Demonstrated project management skill set is desired
· Excellent oral and written communications skills is required
· Cost/benefit analysis experience is desired
· Knowledge and ability to write and execute contracts is desired
· Previous nuclear and/or power plant experience is desired
· Experience managing capital projects is desired
· Experience in project estimating is desired
· Previous maintenance electrical, mechanical or I&C technical or supervisor experience will be considered
· Selected candidate must live within 90 minutes of the SNC Emergency Operations Facility for emergency response availability
Behavioral Attributes:
· Demonstrate high standards, sets clear expectations and coaches employees/contractors to achieve higher levels of performance
· Holds themselves and others accountable for personnel safety, superior performance, total commitment and unquestionable trust
· Conveys a clear vision of the future and make principled, data-based practical decisions that take critical factors into account
· Manages financial performance to contain cost
· Builds a strong team that achieves results
· Respects the dignity of every individual and different viewpoints
· Assumes personal responsibility for individual and project/group success
Southern Nuclear , a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is a leader among the nation’s nuclear energy facility operators and an innovator in advanced nuclear technologies. Southern Nuclear is an essential part of Southern Company’s energy portfolio, operating over 8,200 MW across eight nuclear energy units in Alabama and Georgia at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga.
The company recently achieved commercial operation on Vogtle Units 3&4, representing an historic achievement for the nuclear industry and the country. Vogtle Units 3&4 are the first new nuclear units to reach commercial operation and be built in the United States in the last three decades. Southern Nuclear is a recognized leader in the industry in nuclear and fuel innovation, having been the first to deploy Accident Tolerant Fuels and winning over 10 consecutive Top Innovative Practice (TIP) Awards and eight EPRI awards.
For more than 40 years, Southern Nuclear has operated nuclear energy facilities at the highest levels of safety and reliability, generating carbon-free electricity for millions of homes and businesses. The company’s headquarters is in Birmingham, Ala.
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Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Job Identification: 17650
Job Category: Power Plant Operations & Maintenance
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Southern Nuclear
