Sargent & Lundy

Project Manager/Project Controls Specialist - Nuclear Power

Sargent & Lundy$100K — $152K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in the nuclear or relevant industry
  • 3+ years managing multi-disciplinary teams
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
  • Proven client and vendor management experience
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills
  • Hands-on experience with project controls on large projects
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office with strong organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate with project teams across business units to ensure alignment on deliverables
  • Manage client relationships, providing timely updates on progress and risks
  • Own project scope and manage schedules, budgets, and performance metrics
  • Assess impacts of scope changes and integrate them into project plans
  • Perform front-end project planning before execution
  • Monitor project execution across cost, quality, and risk metrics
  • Report project progress and facilitate resolution of issues

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with a mix of remote and in-office days
  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting overall employee well-being
  • Eligibility for a yearly discretionary bonus
  • Opportunity to influence organizational improvement through post-project reviews
  • Promotes a strong safety and quality culture across all activities
Full Job Description
Description

This position allows for a hybrid arrangement with a mix of work from home and in the office.

 

The Project Manager will bring strong experience in leadership and serve as the primary liaison between clients, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams to ensure alignment on project objectives and requirements. They will guide the team to safely complete the scope of work on schedule and within budget for our clients. We are seeking a proven leader with large-scale nuclear power plant experience who can deliver essential core services while exemplifying our core values.

  • Coordinate with lead managers, discipline leads, and project teams across business units to ensure alignment on technical scope, priorities, and deliverables.
  • Manage client relationships and expectations; provide timely progress, risk, and cost updates; lead regular performance and status review meetings.
  • Own project scope, schedule (integrated master schedule with phasing and lookaheads), budget/forecasts, and key performance metrics; maintain project baselines and critical path.
  • Manage scope changes and change orders, assessing impacts on cost and schedule and integrating approved changes into project plans, schedules, and budgets.
  • Perform front-end project planning and readiness activities (work sequencing, interfaces, resource planning, outage and operational integration) prior to execution.
  • Monitor project execution, including progress, cost, quality, scope, and risk; ensure project documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant.
  • Oversee subcontractor and supplier performance and contract conformance, supporting claims and dispute resolution in coordination with the commercial team.
  • Report progress, forecasts, and variances to leadership and the client; drive issue resolution, milestone completion, turnover documentation, and project closeout.
  • Conduct post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and systematically improve future nuclear project execution.
  • Promote a strong safety and quality culture across all project activities, ensuring adherence to applicable nuclear, regulatory, and organizational standards.
  • Lead efforts to ensure projects are completed safely, satisfactorily, on time, and within budget
  • Support the reporting of key performance indicators for schedule, budget and other dashboard items
Qualifications

We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.

 

Essential skills and experience:

  • 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in the nuclear industry, or other relevant industry
  • 3+ years managing multiple projects and/or leading teams; proven experience managing multi-disciplinary teams
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or other relevant field
  • Proven supervision of project teams and management of clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders, vendors, teammates, and business partners; strong client relationship-building.
  • Hands-on use of project controls (cost, schedule, change, risk) on large projects.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office; strong organizational and time-management skills.
  • Core skills: project governance, scheduling, cost management, risk/issue tracking, vendor management, process improvement, team leadership, stakeholder communication, and organizational alignment.
  • Experience in capital project management
  • Experience with serving as a firm/client liaison in a support or lead role
  • Ability to multitask and manage multiple competing priorities is critical to success
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work in a collaborative team setting
  • Comfortable with occasional domestic travel

Valued but not required skills and experience:

  • Engineering design experience is a plus
  • PMP Certification is a plus
  • Construction/field knowledge or experience is a plus
Compensation Range$100,019 - $152,807 Transparency StatementSargent & Lundy discloses compensation ranges that comply with all local and state regulations. The total compensation package for eligible positions will include a base salary or an hourly rate and a comprehensive benefits package, reflecting our commitment to rewarding performance and supporting the overall well-being of our employees. Individuals may also be eligible to participate in our yearly discretionary bonus.

About Sargent & Lundy

Sargent & Lundy is an engineering consulting firm that provides comprehensive engineering, energy business consulting, and project services for power generation and transmission projects. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Sargent & Lundy has a team of over 2,000 professionals who have extensive experience in the power industry and can provide clients with innovative solutions to complex challenges. The company has worked on a wide range of projects including nuclear power plants, fossil fuel power plants, and renewable energy projects.
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