Commercial Project Manager

Standard Nuclear•Oak Ridge, TN

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world. The Commercial Project Manager is responsible for managing customer-facing commercial projects from proposal support through execution, delivery, and closeout. This role serves as the primary coordination point between customers, technical teams, operations, and leadership to ensure project scope, schedule, resources, and deliverables are clearly defined and effectively managed. This position will create and maintain project schedules, coordinate technical inputs, communicate project status, identify resource needs, and help ensure that commitments to customers are realistic, visible, and achievable. The role requires strong organization, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills in a technical manufacturing environment where priorities, resource demands, and project requirements may change quickly.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Operations, or a related field
3–7 years of experience in project management, technical program management, commercial project execution, or customer-facing project coordination
Experience managing projects in a technical, manufacturing, industrial, energy, aerospace, defense, or regulated environment
Ability to coordinate across technical teams and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience developing project schedules, tracking milestones, and managing deliverables
Experience supporting proposals, statements of work, project scopes, or customer-funded projects
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders at the same time
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to identify risks, resource constraints, and schedule impacts early and communicate them clearly
Familiarity with project management tools, scheduling software, ERP systems, or project tracking systems preferred
Experience in nuclear, energy, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or other regulated industries is a plus
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables for customer-facing commercial projects
Coordinate project activities across engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, licensing, and other technical teams
Track project progress against schedule, scope, and budget expectations
Identify risks, delays, resource constraints, and execution issues early and communicate impacts to leadership and stakeholders
Maintain organized project records, action item trackers, schedules, and closeout documentation
Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned customers during project execution
Coordinate regular customer updates, project reviews, and technical status meetings
Communicate project progress, risks, schedule changes, and deliverable status clearly and professionally
Ensure customer expectations are understood, documented, and aligned with internal execution capabilities
Help maintain strong customer relationships through disciplined communication and follow-through
Work closely with technical leads to define work scopes, deliverables, assumptions, and execution plans
Translate customer needs and project requirements into actionable tasks for internal teams
Coordinate technical inputs required for project execution, reporting, and customer communication
Support alignment between technical work, project schedules, and commercial commitments
Track decisions, action items, open issues, and follow-ups across technical teams
Support proposal development by coordinating technical inputs, schedules, assumptions, resource needs, and deliverables
Assist in developing project scopes, statements of work, timelines, and execution plans for commercial opportunities
Work with leadership and technical teams to assess feasibility, resource demand, and execution risk before commitments are made
Support handoff from proposal to execution once projects are awarded
Identify project resource needs across engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, and support functions
Communicate resource demand and project priorities to leadership to support planning and decision-making
Help evaluate what work can be realistically accepted based on current workload, technical capacity, and operational constraints
Maintain visibility into competing project demands and support prioritization discussions