External - Posting Description

Ideal Candidate Statement: Role for the 50.69 program owner for the fleet. Position will include but not limited to the following: The Program Manager will provide fleetwide governance, education and training, coordination of opportunities for cost reduction and plant reliability, communication, ownership of the 50.69 dashboard and SharePoint, and incorporate best practices from the industry.

Program Manager, Fleet Engineering Senior - 518664

Organization: Nuclear Power Group

Department: Fleet ER

Work Location: Chattanooga, TN

Relocation: Relocation benefits are offered for this position and will be aligned with federal travel regulations.

Posting Open: 07/14/2026

Posting Close: 07/27/2026 11:59 PM EST

Salary: Competitive

Position Purpose

Serves as the fleet program manager for various programs and systems, as assigned. Oversees and provides mentoring direction to the system engineers and managers within their area and provides authoritative decisions and recommendations on behalf of TVA regarding critical and/or controversial issues related to their engineering specialty/field. Consults, negotiates, and commits TVA resources, engineering support and professional cooperation with senior management personnel, management-level officers from other companies, and policy-making representatives from regulatory and professional engineering organizations. Is responsible for one or more programs or program components of such magnitude, diversity, and scope that their technical performance is of critical importance to NPG's overall engineering objectives.

Principal Accountabilities

Provides fleet governance in their respective area by developing and maintaining policies, program procedures, practices, and definitive metrics to achieve desired outcomes consistent with industry best performance in their field.

Provides fleet oversight of responsible areas by monitoring work, performance, and site metrics to ensure desired outcomes are met.

Provide program management and serves as an industry-recognized leader, expert, and technical consultant in their field.

Is accountable and influential for TVA's interests on industry committees for regulatory issues, research, and the future of the US Nuclear industry with authority to speak for the Agency. May hold the chairmanship or other high position on these committees.

Participates in the development of long-range planning involving large fiscal expenditures for NPG facilities.

Supports troubleshooting or issue resolution efforts as needed and ensures an appropriate level of rigor is applied to technical products.

Provides technical consultation to Nuclear, Fossil, Hydro and Transmission.

Understands, develops, and provides interpretations of engineering regulations, policies and industry standards and provides the final decision on these matters. Maintains engineering requirements documents in areas of expertise.

Provides overall technical conscience, experience, industry involvement and guidance.

Works as an individual contributor or as a team leader in planning, organizing, and overseeing the work of specialist level engineers in an intensely specialized field and may be assigned to rotate to each nuclear site to assist in outages.

Serves on the emergency response team in various positions as needed providing technical guidance to mitigate/resolve the emergency, and interfaces with vendors, and local/state/federal agencies.

Minimum Requirements

Education - Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university. An advanced degree is highly desirable. Alternate education may be allowed with VP of Nuclear Engineering Approval for candidates that possess a Bachelor's of Science degree from an accredited university in a related discipline.

Experience - Ten years of experience associated with the design, construction, maintenance, and/or operation of a power generating plant with at least 4 years of experience in the nuclear power industry. Extensive experience in interfacing with other engineering disciplines, expertise into the engineering process, and a broad exposure to major problems/issues with demonstrated ability for their identification and resolution.

Certification/License, etc - Professional Engineering License and/or SRO certification is desirable.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities - Individuals at this level must demonstrate a high degree of foresight, strategic consideration, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented engineering complexities. Must be able to obtain and maintain requirements for nuclear plant unescorted access. Candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance based on position / access requirements and essential job functions.