Holtec International

Project Engineering Manager - SMR

Holtec International$165K — $185K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution (Mechanical, Nuclear, Electrical, Civil, Chemical or related discipline).
  • Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in engineering, project management, or project delivery, particularly within nuclear or power generation sectors.
  • Proven track record managing engineering work from proposal to turnover.
  • Strong grasp of project controls, including scheduling, cost management, risk management, and performance reporting.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and engaging with project stakeholders effectively.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of project work packages and related documentation.
  • Ensure engineering execution aligns with budget, schedule, quality standards, and safety expectations.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary requirements throughout the project.
  • Manage project interfaces among various teams to ensure effective collaboration.
  • Address and resolve technical inquiries during all project phases.
  • Lead bid evaluations and prepare related reports.
  • Collaborate with project control teams to maintain and recover project schedules.
  • Facilitate project kickoff meetings and ensure adherence to project scope and objectives.
  • Conduct safety and design reviews, as well as other project readiness activities.
  • Manage change control processes and assess project risks during execution.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on advanced projects in the nuclear sector.
  • Collaborative environment with stakeholders across engineering and construction.
  • Career growth potential within a progressive technical field.
  • Engagement in diverse project phases from execution to turnover.
  • Contribution to high-quality, safe project delivery.
Full Job Description
The Project Engineering Manager leads engineering execution for assigned SMR-300 project work scopes. This role is responsible for ensuring complete and executable work packages, managing technical interfaces, supporting procurement and construction activities, controlling project scope and changes, and driving safe, high-quality project delivery within approved budgets and schedules. The successful candidate will partner closely with engineering, procurement, construction, operations, maintenance, project leadership, and client stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Location: Camden, NJ

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Lead development of project work packages, including scope, deliverables, estimates, work breakdown structures (WBS), baseline schedules, and project kickoff documentation.
  • Manage engineering execution for assigned project scopes, ensuring delivery within approved budgets, schedules, quality standards, and safety expectations.
  • Coordinate engineering, operations, maintenance, constructability, and brownfield integration requirements throughout project execution.
  • Own project interface management activities and ensure effective coordination across engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and maintenance teams.
  • Manage and facilitate timely resolution of technical questions and engineering issues during design, procurement, fabrication, and construction activities.
  • Lead technical bid evaluations and coordinate preparation of technical bid evaluation reports.
  • Work closely with project controls and planning teams to develop, maintain, monitor, and recover project schedules as necessary.
  • Prepare and maintain project dashboards, action trackers, risk registers, change logs, work order updates, and status reports.
  • Lead project kickoff meetings and maintain alignment with approved project scope, budget, schedule, quality expectations, and procedures.
  • Participate in safety reviews, design reviews, constructability assessments, procurement reviews, and project readiness activities.
  • Support resolution of field engineering issues, construction readiness concerns, drawing holds, work package modifications, and site technical inquiries.
  • Manage project change control processes and ensure impacts to scope, schedule, cost, and risk are properly documented and approved.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks related to engineering, procurement, interfaces, design maturity, safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance.
  • Maintain compliance with project procedures, configuration management requirements, quality assurance standards, and safety expectations.
  • Deliver responsive client service by executing assigned work safely, on schedule, and within budget.
  • Travel approximately 10-20% as required.


Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution; Mechanical, Nuclear, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, or related engineering discipline required.
  • Minimum 10 years of progressive engineering, project engineering, project management, or project delivery experience within the nuclear, power generation, EPC, heavy industrial, or similar technical industries.
  • Demonstrated experience managing engineering work scopes from proposal and scope definition through detailed design, procurement support, construction support, and turnover.
  • Strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, risk management, change control, work breakdown structures, and project performance reporting.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams, planning professionals, procurement personnel, construction teams, vendors, and project stakeholders.
  • Experience supporting technical bid evaluations, design reviews, constructability reviews, interface resolution, and site engineering support activities.
  • Ability to work within structured project procedures, quality programs, and configuration management requirements.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
  • U.S. citizenship required.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), or similar project delivery certification.
  • Experience supporting commercial nuclear power plants, advanced reactor programs, SMR development, major plant modifications, or large capital projects in regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with U.S. NRC requirements, quality assurance programs, design control processes, procurement engineering, and configuration management.
  • Experience using Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar project scheduling and controls tools.
  • Experience supporting supplier oversight, fabrication readiness, field engineering, work package development, and construction readiness activities.
  • Experience developing project dashboards, risk registers, action trackers, change notices, work order proposals, and client-facing reports.
  • Experience supporting startup, commissioning, turnover, operations readiness, or asset integration activities.


Compensation:
  • Annual compensation based on skills and experience ranging from $165,000 to $185,000.


About Holtec International

Holtec International is a supplier of equipment and systems for the energy industry. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey. Holtec International provides services to the nuclear, solar, geothermal, and fossil power generation industries. The company's products include spent fuel storage systems, heat transfer equipment, and nuclear fuel management systems.
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