Senior Mechanical Implementation Manager (Nuclear)

Energy Northwest

Location: Richland, WA

Work Type: Onsite only

Duration: 12+ months with strong likelihood of multi-year extensions

Schedule: 4/10s (4 days x 10 hrs)

Pay Rate: $65–$114/hr (max rate dependent upon skill set and availability) (Stay in the middle range if possible)

Per Diem: Yes- offered to those that qualify

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen required

Badge: Green Badge Level 2 (ePHQ, full background, FFD testing required)

Role Overview

This role provides senior-level mechanical expertise, technical governance, and execution oversight for Enterprise Risk Projects at a commercial nuclear facility.

You act as a technical authority supporting Project Managers on outage-critical and risk-sensitive work. The focus is execution quality, schedule protection, cost avoidance, and risk reduction. When projects sit on the refueling outage critical path, your work directly impacts outage duration and millions in cost exposure.

You will work directly with CPM or RMM leadership and embedded Project Managers.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Technical Oversight and Review

• Review and challenge project strategies, schedules, and execution plans
• Identify refinements that improve:
• Schedule performance
• Quality of work
• Resource efficiency
• Risk reduction
• Validate readiness for execution before field deployment

Key documents reviewed include:

• Project schedules (work management and lifecycle)
• Implementation means and methods (EN and vendor)
• Risk registers
• Work Orders and supporting documentation
• ASME Section XI repair and replacement plans
• Weld records, field sketches, QA hold points
• Test and commissioning plans
• Clearance and turnover strategies
• Rigging and material handling plans
• Radiological work strategies
• Budgets and estimates (assumptions, constraints, unit rates)

Work Order Quality and Execution Readiness

• Validate quality and accuracy of all Work Order Tasks prior to execution
• Correct:
• Poor instructions
• Error traps
• Incorrect references
• Incomplete task logic
• Ensure alignment with Columbia work management processes

Testing, Mock-Ups, and Operating Experience

• Review and improve testing and acceptance plans
• Identify scope that benefits from mock-ups and guide execution
• Apply personal and industry operating experience
• Develop response strategies tied to known risk patterns

Governance and Oversight

• Maintain working knowledge of:
• Applicable codes and standards
• Nuclear construction and maintenance best practices
• Welding, rigging, soldering, and specialty skills
• Provide candid feedback to Project Managers and leadership
• Provide shop or field oversight when required
• Serve as shift lead on alternate shifts when needed
• Oversight may include crews of 50+ personnel
• Serve as ASME PIC for Section XI scope as required

Project and Vendor Support

• Coordinate internal and vendor resources
• Remove execution roadblocks
• Participate in key project meetings, including:
• Design review boards
• Risk and readiness reviews
• Schedule development sessions
• High-risk work plan challenges
• Integrated implementation briefings

Required Education and Experience

One of the following is required:

• Graduate degree + 10 yrs mechanical experience
• Bachelor’s degree + 12 yrs mechanical experience
• Associate’s degree + 14 yrs mechanical experience
• High school diploma or GED + 16 yrs mechanical experience

Experience must be within nuclear, steam-cycle, or regulated industrial environments.

Required Skills

• Commercial nuclear plant operations and maintenance
• Multiple refueling outage experience
• Logic-driven scheduling (Primavera and or MS Project)
• Enterprise systems such as Asset Suite or SAP
• Nuclear code and regulatory compliance
• Error reduction and human performance tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Advanced computer proficiency

Preferred Experience

• Construction management in nuclear environments
• Feedwater heaters and heater internals
• Steam systems, heat exchangers, piping, and valves
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code scope
• Relevant mechanical, construction, or project certifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Senior nuclear mechanical professional
• Trusted technical authority
• Calm under outage pressure
• Willing to challenge plans constructively
• Focused on execution quality, not theory
• Comfortable owning outcomes on critical path work