Zachry Group

Senior Project Manager

Zachry Group$120K — $145K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in engineering or similar technical specialty required; MS preferred.
  • Minimum 15 years of experience, with 8 years in nuclear power.
  • Demonstrated experience in project management and client relations.
  • Knowledge of nuclear plant licensing, budget analysis, and forecasting required.
  • Professional Engineering registration (EIT or PE) and PMP certification preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills essential.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently with effective time management.

Responsibilities

  • Identify client needs and communicate expectations to stakeholders.
  • Obtain client feedback and implement process improvements accordingly.
  • Coordinate proposal preparation with Discipline Engineering and Account Managers.
  • Monitor ongoing project statuses, including budget, scope, and deliverables.
  • Ensure compliance with contractual requirements and resolve associated issues.
  • Prepare project plans, budgets, and schedules while controlling scope and timeline.
  • Facilitate training of company staff regarding client processes and procedures.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in the nuclear power industry with leading experts.
  • Exposure to diverse and challenging projects across various phases.
  • Collaborative work environment that promotes professional development.
  • Potential for travel to various plant locations for hands-on experience.
  • Participation in company meetings that influence project direction.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Position includes identifying client needs and expectations, including upcoming major projects
and communicates those needs to the applicable individuals. Position also includes obtaining
client feedback regarding work performance and facilitates implementation of process
improvements, as appropriate. Also, individual will work with client to address and resolve
issues that may develop relative to project scope changes, quality of services, cost, or schedule Successful candidate will coordinate the preparation of proposals for client work by working with
Discipline Engineering Managers and Account Managers to develop project scope, approach,
technical assumptions, staffing, schedule, and pricing.
Key activities are monitoring the status of all on-going projects to include budget, schedule,
scope changes, review of deliverables relative to scope and client expectations, participation in
company weekly schedule meetings and preparation of monthly status reports. The selected
candidate will ensure that contractual requirements are met, addresses and resolves contractual
issues, initiates contract changes, and facilitates payment for services. Candidate will be
responsible to review, approve and correct (as needed) invoices applicable to project work.
Additionally, responsible for understanding and communicating to company staff client's
processes and procedures, and facilitates training of company staff, when needed. Individual
shall have practical knowledge of routine precedent design, working knowledge of engineering
principles for applicable solving problems.
Candidate shall have the ability to coordinate projects from earliest phases to budgets, design
through issuance of construction drawings, and final project completion close-out. Candidate
shall prepare Project Plans, budgets and schedules and be responsible to control the project
scope, budget and schedule.

Responsibilities

Education Required (minimum): BS in engineering or other technical specialty from an
accredited university with course work in mechanical, electrical, chemical or similar technical
scope is required.

Experience Required (minimum): 15 years (minimum) of experience with at least 8 (eight) of
those years with nuclear power to include design engineering, project management and client
relations. Experience with operating plant procedures, processes, nuclear plant licensing,
budget analysis and budget forecasting is required. Must have demonstrated experience with
managing, motivating and organizing team members; providing technical direction and task
assignments is required.

Education Preferred: MS in engineering or other technical specialty from an accredited
university with course work in mechanical, electrical, chemical, or similar technical scope is
desired.
Certification(s) or License(s) Preferred (minimum): Professional Engineering registration
(EIT or PE), and Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification are highly preferred.

Qualifications

All applicants must possess excellent verbal and
written communication skills as well as presentation skills. Experience in the nuclear power
industry is required with actual field experience on nuclear plant projects a plus. Travel to the
plant locations are required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software; Word, Excel and Power
Point is required with competency in software applications for email and databases. Effective
time management skills are required as position may involve working on several projects
concurrently. Knowledge of and experience in project scheduling techniques required.
Successful candidate will be required to understand and comply with company policies,
procedures, processes as well as those financial obligations that would apply to projects.
Ability to pass security and drug screening and maintain unescorted nuclear plant access is
required. Overtime work is required. Travel is required to client sites. Ability to perform walk
downs of equipment in an industrial plant environment, to include climbing ladders, accessing
security-controlled areas, and entering confined spaces and controlled hazardous areas is
required.

About Zachry Group

Zachry Group is North America's pacesetter in turnkey engineering, construction, maintenance, turnaround and fabrication services to the energy, chemicals, power, manufacturing and industrial sectors. We work with customers to plan, build and renew their most critical facilities, so they can achieve their immediate and long-term goals, all at the highest safety standards. Since 1924, we have been a purpose-driven organization, united by a shared set of values and the desire to deliver the very best outcome for our customers.
Learn more about Zachry Group
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20,000 employees
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Founded
1924

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