Program Manager, Engineering Product and Change Execution

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:              Program Manager, Engineering Product and Change Execution   

LOCATION:     Bellevue, WA, USA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Program Manager, Engineering Product and Change Execution

The Program Manager, Engineering Product and Change Execution, reports to the Senior Manager for Natrium Engineering Processes and is given responsibility and authority to ensure the coordination and execution of engineering processes in the broader engineering organizations. This Program Manager is an execution-focused role tasked with ensuring accurate and correct execution of engineering processes in the production of work products by the engineering organization.

Responsibilities

•    Lead team of dedicated Project Coordinators to ensure accurate and on-time delivery from key processes.

•    Engage project teams to drive expectations for work execution for critical processes.

•    Identify, advocate, and resolve deficiencies in design program and process/tool implementation across Natrium program.

•    Ensure communication and integration with stakeholder groups is clear, appropriate, timely, and accurate.

•    Responsible for the development, implementation, and ownership of design program coordination across Natrium program, including the setting of expectations for our partner organizations and others’ leading programs across Natrium 

•    Establish best practices and communication channels for design programs, tools/processes, and coordination.

•    Contribute to development, maintenance and support of the overall Engineering Change Request (ECR) and design program integration planning and meetings

•    Ensure cadence is established and maintained meetings and communication related to engineering process execution, such as ECR review and decision boards and Program coordination meeting

•    Help develop and execute strategy of design programs including developing program plans and program review meetings

•    Support scheduled program work, oversee daily operations, coordinate the activities of the program and support priorities for managing the programs

•    Establish and track metrics for the purpose of evaluating and improving engineering process execution and outcomes.

Key Qualifications and Skills

•    Minimum of bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or related field.

•    Demonstrated project management skills (10+ years) in large scale engineering projects.

•    Demonstrated ability to track schedules, review and assess schedules, and track schedule adherence.

•    Experience with Primavera P6