Vistra Corp.

Project Manager - Nuclear

Vistra Corp.$90K — $120K *
Perry, OH 44081In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED with 5 years' relevant experience; or a Bachelor's degree with 3 years' experience.
  • Preferred: 4 years' experience in a commercial nuclear power plant.
  • Recommended: CAPM or PMP certification within 2 years of hire.
  • Strong ability to manage project schedules and budget constraints.
  • Excellent communication skills, formal presentation capabilities.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Willingness to travel domestically as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Manage O&M and Capital projects from requirements definition to deployment.
  • Coordinate internal and external resources to meet project scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Analyze project status and revise plans as necessary to meet requirements.
  • Provide high-level customer service and proactive support to stakeholders.
  • Establish processes for managing project scope and quality standards.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive project management documentation.
  • Report project outcomes and escalate issues to management.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic nuclear operations environment.
  • Engagement with multiple vendors and stakeholders.
  • Focus on continuous improvement and professional development.
  • Ability to influence project outcomes and team performance.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Project Manager will be responsible for managing small to large scale O&M and Capital projects associated with and including budget maintenance, and adherence to projects schedule/milestones. This role builds and develops the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. The PM will lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation. They will also coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget, analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.

This role requires the Project Manager to establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
  • Demonstrated delivery of projects within cost and schedule constraints involving multiple vendors and coordination of a variety of internal work.
  • Providing a high level of customer service, continuous day-to-day support to peers/groups and proactive involvement to leadership, fellow peers and customers.
  • Focusing on continuous improvement and providing leadership on initiatives and projects.
  • Drive project team adherence to online and outage work management milestones.
  • Demonstrated troubleshooting ability to identify issues, assess alternatives and risks, and implement solutions while keeping overall project on track.
  • Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks.
  • Develop and maintain high quality project management documentation.
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with third-party resources, including vendors and researchers
  • Assign and monitor resources to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables.
  • Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan.
  • Performing Emergency Response Organization (ERO) duties as assigned.


Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
  • High school diploma (or equivalent i.e. GED) with five years' experience leading and managing projects within the past eight years or a Bachelor's degree or higher with three years' experience leading and managing projects within the past eight years required.
  • Four years' experience at a commercial nuclear power plant preferred
  • Professional certification such as CAPM or PMP recommended / within 2 years of becoming Project Manager.
  • Strong attention to schedule deadlines and budgetary guidelines
  • Proven success working with all levels of management.
  • Strong written and oral/verbal communication skills, including the ability to make formal presentations to management.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc..)
  • Willing and able to support domestic travel (including overnight travel) to various vendor / company locations.


Key Metrics
  • Safety Excellence
  • Teamwork
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Problem solving / Decision making
  • Results Orientation
  • Talent Development
  • Risk Mitigation


Job Family
Plant Operations

Company
Vistra Nuclear Operations Company

Locations
Perry, Ohio

Ohio

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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