What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager position at Zachry Group?
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.
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.