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TerraPower Equipment Project Manager in Bellevue, Washington
Title: Equipment Project Manager Location: Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States Job Type: Full-time Description:TITLE: Equipment Project Manager LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA
TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications -- all for significant human health benefits.
Equipment Project Manager
TerraPower, LLC. is seeking an Equipment Project Manager to provide the service of Equipment Project Management. The Equipment Project Manager is the single point of accountability for development, delivery, start up and close-out of equipment for the Natrium deployment at the Kemmerer Power Generating Station. The Equipment Project Managers plans and manages the overall execution of plant equipment delivery. They are responsible for the coordination of multiple cross-functional teams needed to complete all aspects of delivery scope throughout the equipment delivery lifecycle. These teams include design engineering, procurement, QA, fabrication, testing, logistics, start-up/commissioning, construction and licensing teams. They are responsible for communication of information to key project stakeholders while ensuring that information is properly controlled.
Tasks:?
• Define and lead execution strategy for equipment across multiple teams, functions, and organizations.
• Articulate requirements, goals, and milestones for equipment delivery with appropriate stakeholders responsible for specific areas (system leads, senior managers, project managers).
• Drive equipment delivery on time and on budget per the Natrium Project plan.
• Work with project teams to develop plans, influence teams to deliver to them, and keep leadership informed on progress.
• Coordinate the timely review of deliverables across cross functional teams.
• Work with project teams to ensure that work focuses on the highest priority as appropriately reflected in the schedule.
• Initiate and rapidly execute recovery efforts when cost and schedule items arise.
• Escalate challenges promptly to ensure they receive adequate attention and resources for resolution.
• Work with Corporate and Natrium Procurement teams to execute equipment specific procurement strategies
• Coordinate and drive strategies for vendor engagement prior to RFP to ensure viability of design specifications and scopes of work.
• Track and monitor the issuance and release of contracts for all equipment-related scopes.
• Oversees vendor performance for vendor awarded scope.
• Monitor contract budgets and approved values to verify that work is adequately funded and aligns with project financial parameters.
• Work with Testing teams to ensure development, demonstration