Nuclear Sr. Manager, Balance of Plant Systems

SI Solutions, LLC•,

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Balance of Plant Systems leads the department’s people, performance, and growth, developing a high-performing engineering organization through employee development, technical excellence, operational execution, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The role also provides strategic direction for the Balance of Plant Systems product line, integrating Piping Program Management, Component Performance Management, and Vibration Engineering to support nuclear plant system and component reliability, performance, and lifecycle management. The Senior Manager works with technical leaders, Product Leads, Project Management, Business Development, and Nuclear Business Unit leadership to develop people and capabilities, execute projects successfully, expand client relationships, and support business growth. The role oversees organizational and operational performance, technical quality and oversight, product-line development, business development, and financial performance. It may also contribute directly to projects, proposals, or client activities as appropriate. The department supports piping program optimization and service-life management; component reliability and performance services; and vibration engineering for equipment and system reliability. Success is measured by employee engagement and development, technical quality, client satisfaction, successful project execution, resource management, financial performance, product-line growth, new capabilities, and integration of Balance of Plant services.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, develop, and retain a multidisciplinary engineering team; establish expectations for performance, accountability, technical development, and career growth.
Conduct employee coaching, performance discussions, and career development planning; develop technical depth, succession plans, and future leaders.
Manage staffing, workload, utilization, and resource deployment across projects and product areas; recruit and onboard talent.
Foster collaboration across Piping, Component Performance, Vibration, and other SI Solutions capabilities.
Establish department goals, priorities, staffing plans, and operating objectives.
Manage utilization, backlog, resource forecasting, financial performance, and operational metrics; support annual planning and budgeting.
Ensure projects are appropriately staffed and supported, and work with Project Managers and technical leaders to address performance, quality, schedule, and resource needs.
Drive standardization, efficiency, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
Support the strategic direction and development of the Balance of Plant Systems product line, maintaining and expanding its piping, component performance, and vibration capabilities.
Identify opportunities to integrate capabilities into lifecycle and equipment reliability solutions, and identify emerging client needs, technologies, digital solutions, and services.
Partner with Product Leads, Business Development, and technical leaders on growth and strategic pursuits.
Maintain technical excellence and appropriate oversight across the department, ensuring qualified technical leadership within major capability areas.
Support complex or strategically important projects, proposals, and client engagements; promote engineering rigor, quality, regulatory compliance, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
Maintain personal technical competency and contribute to projects, proposals, or client activities as appropriate.
Develop and maintain client and industry relationships; support proposals, presentations, key account activities, cross-selling, industry participation, new services, and strategic partnerships.
Manage department revenue, profitability, utilization, backlog, staffing, and forecasting; monitor objectives and address emerging issues while balancing business performance with technical quality, employee development, client commitments, and long-term growth.
Provide leadership for piping services covering program, aging, and data management; digital solutions and fleet standardization; corrosion, degradation, FAC, and remaining-life assessments; piping stress, FEA, flaw, and failure evaluations; inspection, NDE, monitoring, and risk-informed prioritization; buried piping and service water reliability; repair and replacement engineering; and licensing, life extension, and regulatory support.
Lead development and delivery of component performance services, including condition and performance assessments, inspection and NDE, metallurgical and causal evaluations, thermal and structural analysis, repair guidance, procurement support, field monitoring, design modifications, and lifecycle management.
Provide leadership for vibration services, including monitoring, diagnostics, troubleshooting, field testing, instrumentation, data acquisition, vibration assessments, equipment condition and dynamic performance evaluations, root cause evaluations, corrective action support, and integration with component performance and lifecycle programs.