Principal Field Specialist

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

As a Principal Field Specialist you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling resources, procedures, training (as required) and timing for a Reactor Coolant Pump and Motor field services project including: organizing project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, developing project schedules, and determining resource and skill requirements; monitoring and reporting on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing; ensuring adherence to internal and external quality standards (per organizational and contract document requirements); identifying/resolving obstacles to completing project on time and to budget. May coach, review and delegate work to lower-level professionals. Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

You will report to the Manager of RES Field Operations and will be based out of our Waltz Mill facility in Madison, PA.

Your Day to Day:

• Support development of project plans, cost baselines, resource requirements (plan for meeting crew training and fatigue standards). Perform schedule and work order reviews and feedback to customers. Work with customers and internal stakeholders to develop scope and schedule baselines.
• Assume overall responsibility for the field delivery of a Reactor Coolant Pump and Motor field services project. Based on the project plan, follow department protocols for acquiring team members, managing qualifications, coordinating training as required, and interfacing with customers for schedule/work order/site resource coordination to complete the work.
• Manage field implementation of a project including scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, and stakeholders through use of delegates/support as applicable.
• Interpret and transmit project/contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups following an integrated change management process. Manage project expenditures for compliance with project baselines and scope.
• Promote teamwork and effective communication, including issuing and maintenance of project process metrics and process maps to ensure team, customer, and all stakeholders are kept informed of project status. 
• Develop or oversee project databases, systems and procedures as required to ensure efficient handling and transmission of project correspondence and documentation between customer and project team members.  Provide/oversee feedback to technicians and critical skill project team members.
• Properly close project by archiving work in financial, scheduling, document management, and resource management systems/tools. Perform final project quality assessment and generate final report. Identify and communicate opportunities for improvement, lessons, and risk avoidance for future work.
• Serve as single representative to customer, architect engineer, constructor and Westinghouse business areas in support of project. Interpret and transmit contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups. Integrate project’s objectives and actions through participation with other project groups in matters of common concern.
• Identify, assess, and implement improvement opportunities which will add value.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing or Business.
  • (6 – 10 years of experience leading and directing medium or high complexity nuclear industry projects may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree)
• 5 years of experience leading and directing field work for medium or high complexity projects to successful completion. 3 years in technical/engineering role and 2 years as project manager may be considered as equivalent.
• Broad technical knowledge of nuclear power plants. Familiarity with utility business practices including knowledge of utility operations, maintenance and engineering practices, knowledge of procurement processes and material management are desirable but not mandatory. For international projects, knowledge of local business practices and contracting is beneficial.
• Advanced interpersonal skills such as effective verbal and written communications