What are the responsibilities and job description for the Area Project Manager position at Spectra Tech, Inc.?
Spectra Tech, Inc. is hiring for an Area Project Manager (On-site) in Aiken, South Carolina!
DUTIES
Provide overall management and direction of engineering, procurement, and construction of multiple
complex multi-million-dollar projects critical to SRS Operations. Responsible for a wide variety of less
significant projects managed by less qualified Project Managers.
Establish and manage numerous diverse project management teams, providing policy direction, broad
program direction, and establishing priorities needed to integrate numerous ongoing area projects.
Manage project cost, schedule, scope, and subcontract matrices, while adhering to SRS quality,
environmental, and safety objectives. Establish and control project costs, schedule, and technical
baselines and provide effective management of project staff and matrix personnel to control baselines.
Manage professional and non-exempt employees to include career development, motivation, performance
review, and salary administration. Initiate and frequently deliver concise and accurate presentations to
internal and external customers regarding project implementation plans, status, changes, and new
approaches, including complex technical, organizational, and financial issues. Conduct highly complex
analysis of problems involving numerous engineering disciplines. Develop new and innovative alternative
action strategies enabling the early achievement of milestones. Perform risk analyses and provide decision
authority for defining and approving corrective actions and establishing priorities. Manage project efforts
to ensure project progress is within schedule, cost, technical, environmental, and legal baselines. Act as an
technical project management advisor and consultant to project management teams, peers, less
experienced project managers, and SRS senior management, and external customers.
Work Hours: A 40 hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s
(8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10's (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80's (9 hours/day, five
days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday has
30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the
discretion of the Manager.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Education: Bachelor's degree in an engineering or environmental discipline and at least 15 -17 years
project management experience and at least 8 years personnel management experience.
Experience/Skills:
Mastery of project management principles and techniques including but not limited to; life cycle cost
analysis, net present value and internal rate of return calculations, system efficiencies, product warranties
and technical bid evaluations, depreciation schedules, contractual terms conditions, communication
management, human resource management, time and schedule management, risk management, and
contract and procurement equity management is essential.
Comprehensive understanding of work hazards, safety programs, environmental law, legal and business
concepts is mandatory.
Earned Value Management System Experience.
Experience managing NNSA funded projects.
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Area Security Access: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance.
Subcontractor must have an active eFOCI registration and approved Facility Level Clearance with DOE /
NNSA.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are
preferred.
Spectra Tech’s policy is to give equal opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, individuals with a disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
