ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. The Senior Implementation Manager provides technical support, oversight, and governance for Mechanical Enterprise Risk Projects, enabling Project Managers to execute deliverables effectively, safely, on time, and within budget. Leveraging specialized skills, this role challenges execution strategies and validates project readiness, aiming to improve schedules, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Specifically, they work with CPM or RMM Managers and Enterprise Risk Project Managers, and are often critical during refueling outages, where they identify opportunities to save critical path time (and associated costs), shorten outage durations (saving millions), and prevent risks that could significantly extend outages (potentially costing tens of millions). This full-time position is located in Richland, WA.
Pay rate: $84.67 - $112.06
Benefits:
Sick Leave: One hour of paid sick leave for every 40-hours worked (sick leave can be used after 90-days of employment)
EAP: Employee Assistance Program
Benefit options: Medical, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (eligible after one year and 1,000 hours worked - employer match up to 4%)
Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks
Responsibilities:
Technical:
Review of key project documentation with the intent to identify, where appropriate, strategies can be refined and/or resources can be applied to improve schedule performance, result in better quality, and/or result in a more efficient use of resources
Throughout the process of these iterative reviews, identify errors or general misconceptions that need to be corrected for successful project implementation
Key project documentation includes, but is not limited to:
Project Schedule (both work management and project lifecycle schedules)
Implementation Means & Methods (both organization and Vendor)
Risk Register
Work Orders & Associated Documentation (weld records, ASME Section XI repair and replacement plans, field sketches, etc.)
Quality Control Inspections & Hold Points
Test & Commissioning Plans
Clearance Orders & Turnover Strategy
Materials, Tools & Specialty Tooling
Resource Load Boards (including mobilization and demobilization strategy)
Radiological Strategies (balance between contamination controls and consideration for work scope [ex: conservative need for respirators while welding vs the quality of welding as a result], decontamination strategies, etc.)
Rigging / Material Handling Plans
Responsible for validating the quality of all Work Order Tasks (WOT) associated with assigned scope prior to field activities and IAW Columbia work management processes (both on-line and outage)
Responsible for the remediation of identified WOTs that lack quality, contain incorrect references, introduce error traps, and/or contain poorly written instructions
Responsible for reviewing, commenting, and providing improvements to testing and/or acceptance plans (factory, shop, site, mock-up, post modification, etc.)
Responsible for identifying activities and/or processes that would benefit from a mock-up
Responsible for providing input and guidance on making said mock-ups effective and impactful
Responsible for communicating personal Operating Experience and identifying industry and/or similar Operating Experiences associated with project activities
Responsible for developing response strategies that should be considered for each Operating Experience example
As needed, serve as the ASME PIC for Section XI Repair & Replacement Plan work scope
Governance:
Responsible for maintaining broad knowledge base of associated codes, standards, innovative technologies, technical skillsets (ex: welding, rigging, soldering, etc.), implementation strategies (ex: crew placement, turnovers, etc.), and general industry trends as related to the Enterprise Risk Projects being supported
Oversight:
Responsible for providing timely and candid feedback to the Project Manager(s), Oversight Manager(s), and Department Management on all aspects of a project strategy, implementation plan, or any other facet that supports successful execution of a project
As needed, provide oversight of shop or field activities, ensuring activities are progressing against the approved project strategy, providing coaching as needed to preclude changes in the plan
As needed, serve as the designated person in charge of project activities on the shift opposite of the Project Manager. Such instances may require oversight of crews greater than 50 individuals
Support:
Coordinate resources and collaborate with vendor resources to ensure roadblocks are identified and removed
As needed, attend (in-person), key strategy meetings with the Project Manager
Example meetings could include, but are not limited, the following: Design Review Boards, Steering Committees, Integrated Implementation Briefings, High Risk Work Plan Challenge Meetings, Project Readiness/Challenge Meetings, Schedule Development Meetings, Risk Management Meetings, and others as assigned
Requirements:
Requires an advanced (graduate) degree in a related field of study or business AND 10 years of mechanical experience in a nuclear, steam-cycle, and/or regulated industrial environment
OR a bachelor's degree in a related field of study or business AND 12 years of mechanical experience in a nuclear, steam-cycle, and/or regulated industrial environment
OR an associate's degree from an accredited college or university AND 14 years of mechanical experience in a nuclear, steam-cycle, and/or regulated industrial environment
OR high school diploma/GED AND 16 years of mechanical experience in a nuclear, steam-cycle, and/or regulated industrial environment
Proven experience in construction management
Proven experience in multiple refueling outages at a commercial nuclear powerplant
Proven experience with the production and operational processes at a commercial nuclear powerplant
Experience with the production and operational processes at a commercial nuclear powerplant
Experience in multiple refueling outages at a commercial nuclear powerplant
Proven experience with feedwater heaters and internals of feedwater heaters
Proven experience with steam systems and/or work associated with ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel code vessels, heat exchangers, piping, and valves
Certifications associated with mechanical disciplines, construction, or projects are desired
Skilled in Enterprise Management Software (Asset Suite, SAP, etc.)
Intimately familiar with logic driven schedules (generated by Primavera and/or Microsoft Project)
Code and regulatory requirements as they relate to maintenance and field work activities
Error reduction and human performance improvement methods, and cost-effective work execution methodologies
Procedures and processes related to maintenance and engineering activities
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Advanced computer skills
Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.
Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.
ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.
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