Senior Project Manager

NuScale Power

Senior Project Manager managing internal and external projects related to NuScale's Small Modular Reactor Technology. Leading cross-department teams to deliver complex projects with significant commercial value.

Posted 7/30/2026contractHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project management, focusing on planning, execution, and risk management for complex projects in the Small Modular Reactor domain. Capable of leading diverse teams to achieve project objectives while ensuring adherence to quality, cost, and schedule targets.

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Project ManagementRisk ManagementEarned Value ManagementStakeholder CommunicationTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

Project PlanningProject ExecutionBaseline ManagementIssue ResolutionCost Management

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationProblem SolvingCollaboration

Industry Keywords

Small Modular Reactor TechnologyProduct RealizationFOAK ActivitiesProject Management PlanQuality Targets

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reporting to the Director, SMR Product Development, this role will manage internal and/or external projects related to NuScale's Small Modular Reactor Technology.
The Project Manager leads a diverse team with various departments to advance the NuScale Small Modular Reactor design, fabrication, and deployment.
Focus on development scope for Product Realization ensuring delivery of project to meet customer requirements and deliver customer value while achieving cost, schedule, quality targets and objectives.
Expected complexity of projects include: non-recurring projects involving significant FOAK activities, multiyear horizon for scope, autonomous work, intensive interface with high or unknown risk significance, large commercial value.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Manage the overall planning and execution of project activities for assigned projects in accordance with NuScale policies and procedures.
Document and maintain the approved baseline, earned value planning and management, and project execution strategy in a Project Management Plan.
Communicate the project baseline and requirements to the project team.
Interface with and support various discipline managers and teams.
Proactively identify and achieve resolution of project problems and anticipated challenges, including escalation of issues within the NuScale organization when necessary, via effective risk and issue management.
Provides weekly and monthly status reports focused on project performance, schedule and cost risk mitigations, and issue resolution to project stakeholders.
Coordinate with performing organization management personnel to authorize work and assign work package managers and qualified resources for project execution.
Develop, maintain and control project-specific plans and procedures needed for the efficient execution of the project.
Maintain the group’s standard of high quality and timely completion of tasks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Education: A minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline.
Experience: Minimum of 10 years’ experience in project management or related field dealing with a high degree of complexity and multiple interfaces.
Strong understanding of the nuclear development environment related to NSSS and reactor design as regulated by the US Nuclear Regulator Committee.
Demonstrated application of Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge principles and processes. (required)
Demonstrated application of integrated cost and schedule control, or ANSI EIA-748-C Earned Value Management System practices. (required)
Project Management experience in the nuclear industry, energy industry, power plant architect/engineering (A/E), or power plant engineering procurement construction (EPC). (required)
Experienced leader for a licensed nuclear design project, with knowledge of Pressurized Water Reactor designs. (required)
Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent certification program completion. (preferred)
Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.