Project Director, Commercial Nuclear Services - Remote

Your role

• Reports to the Senior Director of Commercial Nuclear Services and will be responsible for all aspects of the work scope assigned to AtkinsRéalis new nuclear and fuel cycle projects.

• The scope may consist of one or more projects.

• Leadership of all AtkinsRéalis project team members, and will be responsible for developing work execution plans, assignment of or recruitment of project team members, development of overall work breakdown structure (WBS), project deliverables, organizational chart, budget, schedule, subcontract and supplier strategy, risk management, project forecast and people forecasting and leveling for the project.

• Leads by example and set high standards for Health & Safety and Nuclear Safety Culture.

• Leads the project organization through day-to-day exhibition of AtkinsRéalis core values: Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence.

• Assembles a project team through recruiting, interviewing and/or selecting staff with appropriate skills and establishing training and development programs suitable for the work. This generally requires close coordination with functional managers from various functions (engineering, project controls, safety, quality etc.) and in some cases with Integrated Project Delivery partner companies.

• Accountable for all aspects of one or more projects within the assigned work scope and to lead all team members who are performing duties to ensure that the work progresses with safety, quality, schedule, cost, and contractual requirements.

• Develops all project scopes and deliverable definition in compliance with the governing contract documents, quality requirements for the project and any additional customer requirements.

• Responsible for all contract management including scope & change control, requirements management, subcontractor and supplier management and governance for any flow-down requirements from the parent contract to subs and vendors.

• Responsible and accountable for all aspects of nuclear and industrial safety including adherence with corporate and customer safety programs, development and enforcement of necessary training and requirements, adherence to corrective action programs and enforcement of performance standards for all of the above.

• Applies appropriate key performance indicators to monitor project health and performance and establish rigorous reporting protocols that meet all requirements of the contract, corporate standards and project-specific oversight as established by senior management or customer.

• Ensures all project activities are performed in accordance with corporate standards of ethical compliance, cyber-security, import-export regulations, intellectual property protections and security clearance protocols.

• Ensures project procurement and subcontract management including subcontractor and supplier oversight, invoicing, accruals and supply chain strategies are aligned with risk management, quality requirements, schedule and budget considerations and overall performance standards commensurate with the project and customer requirements.

• Applies project controls methodology with respect to planning and scheduling, baseline management, cost control, budgeting, cashflow, invoicing, cost and revenue forecasting and resource management.

• Develops and implements detailed project execution plans and monitoring their execution through comprehensive reporting to clients and senior management.

• Performs rigorous risk analysis in accordance with corporate standards and application of industry best practice including monte-carlo methodology and contingency draw-down curves.

• Forms and maintains relationships with clients, partners, suppliers and project stakeholders.

• Ensures that all formal approvals for project bids, changes and settlements are prepared and approved in accordance with corporate Level of Authority (LoA) procedures.

• Performs other duties as assigned.