Project Manager; Principal

Working at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory we foster pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values:
Trust, Empowerment, and Collaboration. Our company promotes a positive culture while ensuring the safety and reliability of our nation’s naval nuclear reactors, and training the Sailors who operate those reactors in the U.S. Navy’s submarines and aircraft carrier Fleets.

This position is responsible for coordinating cost estimating improvements for NNL, including close coordination with a variety of organizations across NNL and ensuring services and resources offered by Project Management Services are in place to meet the needs of the NNL cost estimating community. This position will play an important role in establishing an estimating system to support NNL needs. Project Management Services (PMS) provides Project Management (PM) support to NNL.

The primary services provided by PMS are direct project management support and consulting for various NNL organizations, PM training and knowledge sharing, management and implementation of PM tools and infrastructure including Primavera administration, and corporate Cost Estimating oversight. A project manager is responsible for the execution of project/program/portfolio deliverables. Responsible for managing projects, programs with multiple integrated projects, or portfolios of related projects including defining, planning, and ensuring execution of all tasks necessary to meet project/program/portfolio objectives.

Specific responsibilities include creating and maintaining the team infrastructure, obtaining necessary resources to staff and support the program, defining scope and work breakdown structure, developing cost estimates and resource loaded schedules, evaluating change requests and approving or rejecting as appropriate, managing overall costs versus budget, identifying and mitigating project risks, and interfacing with and integrating the efforts of stakeholders, support personnel and line management to ensure project objectives are achieved.

Leads knowledge management initiatives by disseminating lessons learned and best practices throughout the organization.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.

• Experience successfully influencing stakeholders across organizational and geographic boundaries.
• Experience developing or reviewing complex project cost estimates within the federal government (DOE or DOD).
• Managing expectations of multiple stakeholders, both internal to NNL and within .
• PMI or PMCP certification.

• Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
• Disability, Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Savings program & Capital Accumulation Plan
• Personal & Medical Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Tuition Assistance for Eligible Employees
• Student Debt Benefit Personal Time Off Sell Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program
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Salary information provided is a general guideline only. Annual salary is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC (FMP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fluor Corporation. Naval Nuclear Laboratory personnel are FMP employees who work at four DOE facilities:
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Kenneth

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