Senior Project Manager

BWXT • Oak Ridge, TN

2d • $131,480 - $207,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager leads complex, high-visibility projects supporting BWXT Enrichment Operations. The role turns business, technical, operational, and regulatory objectives into structured project plans and drives projects to safe, compliant, and predictable completion. The Senior Project Manager integrates cross-functional work, maintains project baselines, manages cost and schedule performance, identifies risks, resolves execution barriers, and communicates project conditions and recommendations to leadership. The position calls for project-management discipline, technical curiosity, and sound judgment in a highly regulated nuclear environment.

The position is based at BWXT’s Oak Ridge, Tennessee Enrichment Operations site and works with teams in advanced nuclear manufacturing, precision engineering, and mission-critical national security programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, Operations, or a related discipline.
• At least 12 years of technical experience, with significant progressive experience managing complex technical, engineering, manufacturing, construction, or capital projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong knowledge of scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, and stakeholder management.
• Experience developing integrated schedules, baselines, budgets, and recovery plans.
• Strong financial acumen and variance-analysis capability.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, leadership, customers, suppliers, and contractors.
• Ability to make timely, risk-informed decisions with incomplete information.
• Must meet BWXT employment, security, access, and regulatory requirements.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selected applicants must successfully complete a pre-employment check and drug screening.
• The position may require the ability to obtain and maintain applicable federal eligibility for access to classified or sensitive information, including extensive criminal and financial background investigation, drug testing, and verification of previous employment and references.
• New hires must adhere to applicable Company health and safety requirements in the workplace.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Engineering or Business.
• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience in nuclear, DOE, enrichment, defense, chemical-processing, or other regulated industries.
• Experience managing EPC interfaces, commissioning, startup, or operational-readiness efforts.
• Experience managing capital projects, facility modifications, or large equipment installations.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from initiation through planning, execution, turnover, and closeout.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, assumptions, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain accountability for integrated project performance, including safety, security, quality, technical execution, cost, schedule, risk, and compliance.
• Develop project charters, execution plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, resource needs, and baseline controls.
• Build and maintain integrated schedules; assess critical paths, dependencies, constraints, and recovery needs.
• Partner with Finance and Project Controls to establish budgets, forecasts, variances, and cost-control strategies.
• Provide accurate, decision-oriented project reporting for senior leadership.
• Identify risks and opportunities early, maintain active risk registers, and drive timely resolution.
• Evaluate proposed changes, coordinate cross-functional impacts, control baselines, and prevent unauthorized scope expansion.
• Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, readiness, commissioning, operations, and supplier activities.
• Ensure compliance with nuclear safety, quality assurance, environmental, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead stakeholder communication, customer engagement, and cross-functional alignment.
• Coordinate resource needs with functional managers and escalate constraints early.
• Lead problem-solving and structured recovery planning when project conditions deteriorate.
• Plan turnover and closeout requirements early and ensure readiness, documentation, and ownership transitions.
• Mentor junior project managers and support continuous improvement of project-management processes.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Flexible schedules and paid time off, as applicable.
• Professional development, training, and continuing education.
• Career growth opportunities across BWXT.
• The compensation package may include an annual cash incentive and medical, retirement, and/or other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior