Field Program Manager

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

As a Field Program Manager within our Specialty Welding & Machining business unit, you will lead and manage projects at Nuclear Power Plants, with a focus on Feedwater Heater/Heat Exchanger replacements and nuclear system piping repairs, including welding, machining, NDE and related activities. This role is based out of our Waltz Mill facility in Madison, PA, and reports directly to the Manager of Field Service Operations. When not traveling, this position is expected to be on site 5 days a week.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Responsible for all project management processes on high-complexity projects, or a portfolio of high-complexity projects at client sites. Lead and establish a healthy collaborative working environment with large multi-discipline teams including Project Controls, Engineering and Project Managers.
• Be an integral part of the Bid-to-Book processes. Oversee and provide input to development of cost estimates and offers for field service projects, particularly in the nuclear power sector. Support customer negotiations and be an advocate for Westinghouse value-added opportunities at customer sites.
• Complete all aspects of the project planning processes, including authoring project management plans, procedures, schedules, challenge meetings, cost baselines/projections and financials reporting, invoicing billing milestones, risk and stakeholder registers per the Westinghouse Enterprise Project Management Office programs and Specialty Welding & Machining Project Playbook.
• Be the driving factor at customer sites that lead our teams to safe and event-free, first-time quality project delivery during execution phases including maintaining the schedule, tracking and projecting financials, invoicing, logging all project performance details, and active stakeholder management with effective internal and external communications. Develop and implement recovery plans when projects are off-track.
• Ensure proper project closure by archiving work in financial, scheduling, document management, and resource management systems/tools. Perform final project quality assessments and report out. Identify and communicate best practices, opportunities for improvement, lessons learned, and risk avoidance for future work.
• Use interpersonal skills to cultivate positive relationships with team members, customers, and other stakeholders (e.g., internal management) in a matrix environment to facilitate successful project completion and identify opportunities for additional business growth.
• Actively identify, assess, and implement mitigating actions for risks throughout entire project lifecycle, and look for cost-sharing opportunities with clients.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's degree required in the fields of: Project Management, Engineering, Science, Construction Management.
• 5years of Project and Program Management experience with large high-complexity projects at Nuclear Power Plants is required. 10+ years is preferred.
• Specific experience preferred in the areas of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Management, Feedwater Heater/Heat Exchanger replacements.
• Experience leading large high-value field-based projects at Nuclear plants, during outages, and in accordance with NQA-1 and both Safety and Non-Safety Related Quality Programs.
• Leadership and experience with both non-union and union represented workforce for pipe fitting, boilermakers, machinists, welding systems, and nuclear system piping repairs.
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other approved equivalent required, Lean Six-Sigma highly desired.
• Westinghouse Program Manager (PgM) qualification completed or in process. The successful candidate will be required to complete the PgM qualification within a designated time period.
• Strong interpersonal skills, such as effective verbal and written communications; ability to lead team members; ability to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders; and ability to make decisions and carry out multiple tasks as assigned, with minimal guidance from Management and mentors.
• Demonstrated ability or understanding of the transformation of data to information for reporting; high-level communications and high-level presentation skills and proven track record interfacing with Nuclear Executives including VPs, CNO and CEO.
• Experience with SAP, Primavera (P6), Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, and Active Risk Manager desired.
• Experience managing highly technical engineering projects in a highly regulated industry.
• Willingness to support outside of typical hours (nights, weekends) occasionally to support critical issues emerging at customer sites.
• Safety-First & First-Time Quality mindset.
• Occasional travel to WEC sites and long-term assignments at customer sites are required for this position.

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

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