Hiring: Project Manager Company: The Nuclear Company Location: Lexington, KY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 07:42:10 Target Skills & Keywords : Assembly About the job Experience: •8+ years of project management experience on large capital projects, including 3+ years in early-phase development or front-end loading (FEL/FEED) environments. Required Skills: •Integrated project schedule and deliverable ownership for the assigned FEL phase, including milestone cohort tracking, critical-path management, and schedule adherence reporting. •Core project management documents: Project Execution Plan, Project Charter, stage-gate checklists, delegation of authority, variance management, and weekly executive summaries. •Cross-functional integration of land, licensing, permitting, interconnection, engineering, environmental, cost, finance, legal, and commercial workstreams, including interface and dependency resolution. •Risk and fatal-flaw management: maintain the project risk register, drive mitigations to closure, and escalate threats to stage-gate criteria. •Stage-gate preparation and governance: deliverable completeness reviews, gate package assembly, and presentation to governance boards. •Cost performance management against approved budgets, including coordination on estimates, escalation, contingency, and funding tranche requests. •Scenario and strategy analysis (schedule acceleration, pull-forward of long-lead activities, decision-gate timing) to inform executive decisions. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related technical field. •Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams within a stage-gate or phase-gate governance framework. •Solid functional working knowledge of project controls fundamentals: CPM scheduling, cost estimate classification (AACE), risk management, and change control. •Strong executive-level written communication; proficiency with scheduling tools (Primavera P6 or MS Project) and advanced Excel. •Nuclear power development, licensing, or construction experience; familiarity with the NRC regulatory framework (10 CFR Parts 50/52/100) and lessons learned from recent U.S. nuclear construction programs. •PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification; advanced degree (MBA or MS) is a plus. •Operational familiarity with utility-scale generation development: interconnection queues (PJM/MISO), state siting and economic development programs, and land assembly. Compensation: •$150,000 - $173,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!