Nuclear Project Manager

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Position Specific Description

The Lead PM for North Outage will serve as the primary owner for either Refueling Services or Turbine Services scope during nuclear outages, driving execution excellence through rigorous accountability and proactive project management. This role requires an individual who takes full ownership of their scope-no excuses-and holds both internal teams and vendors to the highest standards of performance and communication. This role sits out of our Jupiter West office in Jupiter, Florida.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end execution of refueling or turbine services scope, ensuring all schedule commitments are met
• Maintain disciplined lookahead planning (2-4 weeks minimum) with daily readiness verification for work orders, parts, and resources
• Drive vendor accountability through structured meetings with decision-makers, requiring documented action items and follow-through
• Identify performance gaps early and immediately escalate with clear recovery plans and ownership assignments
• Lead focused, data-driven meetings with current information-no rehashing without new solutions
• Document lessons learned and drive behavior change when processes fail or commitments are missed

Work Environment: This position operates in a fast-paced outage environment requiring on-site presence during critical execution periods. You'll work cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Planning, and external vendors.

Preferred: PMP certification, experience managing multi-million dollar vendor contracts.

Job Overview

This position is responsible for the completion of substantial projects that support nuclear objectives. Employees in this role lead projects that vary with regard to resource requirements, functional interaction, direction, scope, and timeframe. Individuals maintain project momentum, report completion status, and control costs to budget.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads substantial and complex projects independently to ensure completion in accordance with schedule date
• Develops project plans such that stakeholders and contributors understand their assignments and timing
• Deploys resources efficiently, ensuring that work performance flows without bottlenecks and gaps
• Innovates solutions to problems that arise from changing project circumstances
• Values and effectively incorporates certain functional experts into projects
• Calculates costs and controls expenses to budget
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 4+ years
• Min Exp in Lieu of Degree:9+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Engineering

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Projectbound FT
Job Category: Project Management
Organization: NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC
Relocation Provided: No

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Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami
Job Segment: Nuclear, Energy