# Operations Manager, Richland

**Company:** [Standard Nuclear](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/standard-nuclear)
**Location:** Richland, WA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Project Management, schedule management, Risk Management, stakeholder coordination, technical documentation, commissioning, equipment installation, manufacturing startup, Troubleshooting, readiness reviews
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> On-site Operations Manager responsible for managing advanced nuclear fuel production project development, including equipment installation, commissioning, schedule ownership, partner coordination with Framatome, risk management, and documentation in Richland, WA. Requires 5+ years project management or industrial startup experience, preferably in regulated technical environments.

## Job Description

## 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

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