Project Manager, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Quality Engineering

Why This Role Is Critical

As the need for nuclear energy grows, the future couldn’t be brighter. Join our vital mission to create lasting solutions for our planet’s greatest challenges. In this role, you are ready to shape the future of clean energy and make a long-lasting global impact. With us, anticipate engaging and challenging projects that deliver innovative solutions and value-added technologies helping power more than 38 million North American homes.

The Richland Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Plant operates 24/7 to supply fuel to customers across the U.S. and internationally. The Plant Engineering group ensures safe, compliant, and reliable operation of plant infrastructure and process equipment. As a Project Manager, you provide structure, coordination, and execution discipline for engineering projects that maintain or improve plant performance.

Role Overview
You will plan, coordinate, and deliver maintenance projects, equipment upgrades, process improvements, and special production orders. Projects range from small tasks to multimillion dollar initiatives, all requiring strict nuclear safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. You will work closely with engineering, operations, nuclear safety, QA, maintenance, and contractors to ensure smooth execution within a continuous operation manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Feasibility & Intake

• Document technical needs for equipment upgrades, plant improvements, or special production campaigns.
• Assess feasibility based on nuclear process constraints, plant capabilities, and regulatory boundaries.
• Identify impacts to production, critical equipment, and controlled areas.
• Support preliminary risk assessments (nuclear safety, radiological protection, criticality safety, industrial hazards).
• Develop concepts and execution scenarios to support go/no go decisions.
  
  Proposal Development
• Create scopes, cost estimates, and schedules aligned with nuclear work planning requirements.
• Prepare proposals for special production orders with unique customer specs and QA requirements.
• Coordinate with engineering, QA, nuclear safety, and operations to define technical approaches and resource needs.
• Identify outage windows or production slowdowns needed for intrusive work.

Project Planning & Initiation

• Develop detailed project plans integrating nuclear safety controls and configuration management.
• Lead planning reviews, hazard analyses, and readiness verifications.
• Coordinate procurement and stakeholder communications.

Project Execution

• Oversee daily project activities in compliance with plant procedures and safety bases.
• Coordinate craft labor, engineering support, and contractors in controlled or radiological areas.
• Track schedule and budget, elevate variances, and propose mitigations.
• Align work with production priorities and limited operating windows.
• Maintain configuration management and support testing, commissioning, and turnover to operations.

Closeout

• Ensure completion and archiving of QA documentation and inspection records.
• Validate updates to procedures, drawings, hazard analyses, and preventive maintenance plans.
• Conduct lessons learned reviews and support financial closeout.

Key Competencies

• Experience in regulated industrial or nuclear environments.
• Ability to coordinate work in 24/7 operations.
• Understanding of nuclear safety fundamentals.
• Strong project management skills (scope, schedule, budget, risk, change control).
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Effective communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in nuclear fuel manufacturing or regulated nuclear facilities.
• Familiarity with NQA-1, configuration management, and nuclear regulatory frameworks.
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