Principal Project Account Engineer

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                   Principal Project Account Engineer 

LOCATION:          Bellevue, WA      

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.

Principal Project Account Engineer

The Principal Project Account Engineer (PAE) works within the Natrium PMO organization and is focused on the overall alignment of Natrium control accounts and ensuring consistent project management practices across the project, and specifically within the PAE discipline.  The PAE is a project management-oriented role where project performance management is a top priority.  The Principal Project PAE reports directly to the Senior PMO Manager.   The Principal PAE manages the control accounts where technical scope, schedule, and budget are integrated. The Principal PAE will work closely with the Natrium PAEs to drive efficient work processes providing accurate and consistent data.  

Responsibilities

• Mentor, train and lead the PAE discipline in project management processes (planning, scheduling, cost management and reporting).
• Provide oversight and lead coordination efforts between the Project Leadership, the PMO, and the PAE discipline.
• Assist the organization with the development and implementation of efficient work processes, tools, and best practices.
• Provides continuous guidance and mentoring to other Natrium PAEs to ensure streamlined communication, processes, efficiency, and alignment.
• Work with project controls to monitor the schedule health and analyze the schedule.
• Work with scheduling teams and coordinate efforts between PAEs and Sr Managers to ensure logic ties between disciplines and/ or systems is clearly understood.  
• Closely monitor performance and report on project performance.  Set expectations and drive consistent practices across the PAE discipline for identification and analysis of cost and schedule variances, determination of root cause(s), and development of corrective actions.  Lead and monitor recovery plans and progress.
• Provide guidance and training on variance analysis & reporting.
• Coordinate with required stakeholders to identify and manage forecast changes, manage EACs and assist in updating the project EAC.
• Primary point of contact for Project Change Notices – leading the analysis and signing off PCNs as a Natrium program management representative.
• Provide guidance and training on project change management processes.
• Lead PAE discipline in gathering inputs and providing guidance through project planning and scheduling efforts.
• Organize and conduct management reviews, as necessary.
• Monitor and analyze outstanding open commitments.
• Lead PAE discipline management efforts to develop and maintain staffing/resource plans aligned with the budget and schedule.  Provide resource gap analysis information to the Senior Manager to support hiring