Operations Manager, Richland

Responsibilities

Project Execution & Schedule Management

• Own the integrated project schedule for equipment installation, module readiness, commissioning activities, and operational handoff.
• Develop and contribute to project plans, timelines, and budgets, ensuring all project milestones are achieved.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, blockers, and critical path items.
• Maintain action trackers, issue logs, readiness checklists, risk registers, and project status reports.
• Coordinate daily and weekly execution priorities with Standard Nuclear and partner site teams.
• Identify schedule risks early and drive escalation, decision-making, and resolution.

Installation & Commissioning Coordination

• Coordinate installation and commissioning activities for manufacturing equipment, process modules, and supporting systems.
• Track module delivery, installation progress, utility readiness, documentation status, punch list items, and commissioning requirements.
• Support readiness reviews, walkdowns, field checks, and transition planning from installation to commissioned operation.
• Ensure required inputs, owners, documentation, and follow-up actions are clearly identified and tracked.
• Help ensure installation and commissioning work is completed safely, on schedule, and in alignment with project requirements.

Partner & Site Interface

• Serve as Standard Nuclear’s primary on-site project interface with Framatome for installation and commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with partner manufacturing, maintenance, facilities, safety, quality, and project teams to support execution.
• Ensure Standard Nuclear priorities, technical requirements, open actions, and decisions needed are clearly communicated to site stakeholders.
• Maintain professional, practical, and timely communication across company and partner teams.
• Help prevent gaps between engineering intent, field execution, partner expectations, and project schedule.

Technical Coordination

• Work with Standard Nuclear engineering and technical teams to resolve installation, integration, equipment, and process questions.
• Support review and coordination of drawings, equipment documentation, procedures, commissioning plans, and technical deliverables.
• Coordinate input from engineering, operations, quality, EH&S, maintenance, facilities, vendors, and partner teams.
• Help translate technical requirements into practical field execution plans.
• Support troubleshooting during equipment installation, testing, turnover, and commissioning activities.

Documentation, Readiness & Turnover

• Support completion and organization of installation checklists, commissioning records, punch lists, turnover packages, and readiness documentation.
• Facilitate the implementation of Standard Nuclear operating procedures and programs within our partner’s manufacturing systems.
• Track open items, deficiencies, corrective actions, and closeout requirements.
• Ensure required project documentation is current, organized, and available to support commissioning and operational handoff.
• Support operational readiness reviews, pre-startup checks, and project closeout activities.
• Capture lessons learned from installation and commissioning and communicate them to internal teams.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Operations, Industrial Technology, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
• 5–10+ years of experience in project management, manufacturing startup, commissioning, equipment installation, field engineering, industrial operations, or technical program execution.
• Experience managing schedules, action trackers, risks, dependencies, issue escalation, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience coordinating installation or commissioning of manufacturing equipment, process systems, modular equipment, industrial systems, or production lines.
• Ability to read and work with technical documentation such as drawings, equipment manuals, installation plans, procedures, commissioning checklists, and punch lists.
• Experience working with engineering, operations, maintenance, facilities, quality, safety, vendors, contractors, and partner organizations.
• Hands-on field orientation with strong problem-solving, follow-through, and communication skills.
• Experience in nuclear, chemical processing, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, energy, or other regulated technical environments is preferred.
• Experience working in joint venture, customer-site, partner-site, or matrixed project environments is a plus.

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Paid Time Off, Holidays