Senior Engineering Manager - Nuclear

Requisition ID: 99455 

Job Category: Energy 

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States 
 

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Hatch currently has an Intermediate to Senior Project Manager role available supporting our Nuclear business unit to be based out the Hatch Office in Pittsburgh. Responsible for managing, coordinating and administering the project (or portfolio of projects) during all delivery stages of the project lifecycle: from project definition, setup, execution, monitoring and controlling to final closing out of the project. Overall, responsible to deliver the project and/or portfolio of projects within the scope, cost and schedule baseline, and ensure that the project is delivered within the safety, quality and environmental best practices set out by Hatch and the client for the project.
 
Reports to:
Regional Director, Project Management & Construction Delivery
 
Key Responsibilities
Displays and actively promotes behavior aligned to Hatch’s goal of achieving a total safety culture by:
Acting as a mentor for the implementation of Hatch safety standards to contractors.
Develops and obtains sign-off from client on Project Execution Plan (PEP) and Client’s Requirement Specification. Develops and resources an appropriate organization structure, and ensures that the entire project team has the required resources for the work. Provides leadership to the project and creates a highly committed and aligned team environment with all who can influence the project’s outcomes.
Ensures governance on the project, specifically compliance to Hatch and client delegations of authority, procedures and policies, project reviews.
Authorizes all commitments of expenditure on the project (subject to agreed delegation), and approves payment of invoices, manages claims responses and settlement processes.
Develops a detailed scope, cost and schedule control baseline, and manages any project changes in terms of this agreed control baseline.
Obtains client's acceptance of the work and sign-off for the completed project. Is responsible for the preparation and submission of the final project close out report, and prompt closeout of the prime contract.
Establishes and manages the invoicing process with the client, to ensure that all invoices are effectively delivered to the client with the relevant and agreed backup, to ensure efficient process by the client for payment of the works executed by Hatch.
Ensures compliance to the project Environmental and Safety Management Plan.
Strong communications with the client and the project team.
 
Qualifications and Experience
Essential  
University degree in engineering or other relevant discipline.
 Proven experience within the nuclear industry, including work on nuclear and nuclear-supporting conventional facilities such as power plants, national laboratories, and radioactive waste processing facilities and repositories. Demonstrated technical familiarity with major nuclear island and balance-of-plant systems—including Steam Turbine Generators (STG), Steam Generators (SG), Generator Step-Up (GSU) transformers, and auxiliary electrical systems—is expected. Experience delivering projects in thermal generation environments (simple-cycle and combined-cycle) and exposure to distributed generation markets is highly desirable, reflecting the candidate’s ability to operate across both regulated nuclear and broader power generation portfolios.

Utility scale power project management experience
Projects involving traditional generation technologies (gas fired engines /turbines