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Senior Director Plant Project Delivery
The Senior Director Plant Project Delivery leads the development of Westinghouse AP1000 and AP300 large reactor projects to support business growth and successful project implementation. Primary focus is on developing the “playbook” for large reactor project delivery, through the project’s lifecycle, and managing the front-end phases prior to project transition to EPC implementation.
This is a remote role. No sponsorship or relocation is offered for this position.
This includes working with Westinghouse cross-functional organizations to standardize project deployment using lessons learned gained from prior projects. Additional focus is to lead improvement delivery programs, processes and tools to support business growth and scale up of project delivery capabilities. Develop and maintain key relationships to foster effective collaboration across WEC and external stakeholders. This role will also be responsible for managing client contracts for early phase front end engineering and project feasibility activities.
Establish cooperation agreements with strategic construction partners and interface with internal commercial operation organization to support a win-win product development roadmap. Identify, analyze and progress project delivery initiatives to improve cost, schedule and risk profile with a focus on the overall project scope. Support implementation of assigned Governance and Oversight accountabilities.
Duties and Responsibilities
Develop and manage standard “playbook” for large reactor project delivery leveraging prior project experience and lessons learned. The playbook will be utilized to support strategic planning and standard approach to project execution
Lead contracts for feasibility studies and front-end engineering in the early phases of large reactor projects prior to transition to EPC implementation phase
Lead development and management of business cooperation agreements with strategic construction partners
Optimization Concept - Lead studies and analyze overall technical and economic impacts of project delivery concepts focusing on engineering and procurement items:
a. Conduct workshops and mine data to determine key delivery issues and lessons learned
b. Prioritize and scope delivery models to achieve standard product cost, schedule and delivery certainty objectives
c. Lead cross functional teams to document methods, best processes, resource requirements, lessons learned and metrics within product delivery models.
Develop and implement necessary project management processes to support project execution efficiency and compliance.
Lead the interface with Westinghouse functional group leadership to ensure that needed expertise and numbers of resources are available to support demand of all Energy Systems project opportunities
Lead the interface with Westinghouse commercial operations in support of maximizing competitiveness through the developing robust project delivery strategy
Perform assigned Governance and Oversight of standard project delivery and early project phase contracts
Minimum Requirement: · BS degree in engineering, construction management or project management master’s degree project management or business administration desirable
Years of Experience:
20 years of experience in project management of large engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects Nuclear EPC project experience is desired by not required
Ability to travel (+/- 20%) will be required (Poland/European Union primarily)
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