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Advanced Project Manager - Hopkins, SC

Will need to be onsite -late 2025


Responsible for all project management processes on medium complexity projects or on a portion of highly complex projects. Supervise small to medium team sizes (average 5-10 team members) May serve as a Technical Inputs Lead for the medium complexity proposal projects as assigned. May be assigned overall project manager responsibility of a highly complex project in a deputy capacity (with direct guidance of a Program Manager or higher).

All project management is performed in accordance with the established Westinghouse policies, procedures, systems, and requirements.


Your Day to Day:


  • Complete all aspects of planning process including authoring project plans and developing scope, schedule, and cost baselines.
  • Assume overall responsibility for success of projects. Based on project plan, follow department protocols for acquiring team members to complete the work.
  • Manage all aspects of project including scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, quality, resources, communications, and stakeholders through use of delegates/support as applicable.
  • Interpret and transmit project/contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups following an integrated change management process.
  • Prepare or oversee project cost expenditure forecasts and progress evaluations/projections (including Earned Value Management) to support project performance and financial reporting requirements.
  • Review project expenditures for compliance with project baselines and scope.
  • Promote teamwork and effective communication, including issuing and maintenance of project process metrics and process maps to ensure team, customer, and all stakeholders are kept informed of project status.
  • Develop or oversee project databases, systems and procedures to ensure efficient handling and transmission of project correspondence and documentation between project team members.
  • Properly close project by archiving work in financial, scheduling, document management, and resource management systems/tools.
  • Perform final project quality assessment and report out. Identify and communicate opportunities for improvement, lessons, and risk avoidance for future work.
  • Serve as single representative to customer, architect engineer, constructor and Westinghouse business areas in support of project. Interpret and transmit contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups. Integrate project’s objectives and actions through participation with other project groups in matters of common concern.
  • Identify, assess, and implement improvement opportunities which will add value.

What you bring to be successful in the role:

  • Bachelor’s degree. Applicable disciplines are Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management or related technical discipline.
  • 5 years of experience as project manager leading and directing medium or high complexity projects to successful completion. 3 years in technical/engineering role and 2 years as project manager may be considered as equivalent.
  • Westinghouse Advanced Project Manager qualification completed. For external candidate, PMP (Project Management Professional), or equivalent certification, or meet eligibility requirements.
  • Advanced knowledge of Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills such as effective verbal and written communications, ability to lead and direct complex team structures, able to develop relationships with stakeholders in upper management positions, able to analyze problems, establish facts, and make complex decisions with little to no supervision.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft® Office tools. Strong working knowledge in project schedule, cost and risk management processes and associated tools (e.g., Primavera, SAP, Active Risk Manager, or other related tools). Advanced ability or understanding of the transformation of data to information for visual reports; database concepts to manage data within systems; the interaction of company functions that are touch points to projects (Finance, Legal, Quality, Supply Chain, etc.). High-quality presentation skills.
  • Experience with project management in a manufacturing environment. Familiarity with manufacturing business practices including knowledge of operations, maintenance and engineering practices, knowledge of procurement processes and material management are desirable but not required