Project Manager, Infrastructure

Description

The company develops clean, high-temperature nuclear power that can be deployed quickly, built in a factory, and used by industry, hydrogen producers, and advanced manufacturers. Its first pilot plant is being built in Orangeville, Utah, to show how advanced reactors and fuel fabrication can work together.

The Construction and Infrastructure group builds the facilities and infrastructure the company needs. It plans, runs, and delivers large capital projects with attention to quality, safety, and readiness for operation.

Responsibilities

• Take infrastructure and facility projects from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and handover, keeping them safe, on time, on budget, and true to technical and operational requirements.
• Lead the coordination of internal teams, design consultants, contractors, vendors, and project staff.
• Measure success by schedule and budget results, forecast accuracy, design and build quality, disciplined handling of change orders and RFIs, safety record, and a smooth commissioning and handover.
• Manage projects from concept through design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Build and keep up to date the scope, schedule, budget, and execution plans, including milestones, deliverables, and the decisions each one needs.
• Monitor progress, spot risks, issues, and dependencies early, and report regularly to leadership.
• Run project meetings and make sure every action item has a clear owner.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, consultants, and internal technical staff so design deliverables meet project requirements.
• Lead design reviews, constructability reviews, and value-engineering work, and settle conflicts between disciplines.
• Track RFIs, submittals, design changes, and technical decisions.
• Work with construction managers, general contractors, and trade contractors to track progress and fix field problems that affect cost, schedule, quality, or safety.
• Review change orders and contractor claims, and keep the design intent and project requirements intact during construction.
• Help plan site logistics, construction sequencing, and turnover.
• Build and maintain budgets and cost forecasts, tracking commitments, actual spend, contingencies, and change orders.
• Maintain critical-path schedules, look for ways to recover time, and coordinate procurement of long-lead equipment, raising cost and schedule risks early.
• Work with Infrastructure Design, Construction, Facilities, Operations, Procurement, Finance, EHS, IT, and other teams to turn business and operational needs into project requirements that fit the broader site plans.
• Oversee commissioning, startup, punch-list completion, and closeout, including as-builts, O&M manuals, training, and handover of assets to Facilities and Operations.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience managing construction, infrastructure, facilities, engineering, or capital projects.
• Experience running projects through both design and construction.
• A solid grasp of construction documents, schedules, budgets, contracts, and change management.
• Experience managing architects, engineers, contractors, and vendors.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• The ability to juggle several projects and priorities in a fast-moving setting.
• Preferred: experience with industrial, advanced manufacturing, data center, semiconductor, aerospace, defense, laboratory, or other technically complex facilities.
• Preferred: experience managing projects worth between $10M and $100M+.
• Preferred: a PMP, PE, CCM, or equivalent certification.
• Preferred: experience with mission-critical infrastructure and utility systems.
• Preferred: experience with commissioning and operational readiness.
• Preferred: experience on the owner or operator side of capital projects.
• Preferred: experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Procore, or similar project-management platforms.

Conditions

The role is based at the Orangeville, Utah pilot plant project.

Benefits

• A competitive base salary.
• Equity ownership in a fast-growing advanced energy company.
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Free lunch and dinner every workday, provided onsite.
• A generous PPE stipend.
• Significant ownership and autonomy in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Room for quick career growth and promotion from within.
• Direct work with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders.
• The chance to help build and scale new energy technology from the ground up.