Risk Coordinator, Natrium Nuclear

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades.

We invite you to join our team for this very interesting opportunity!

Job Summary:

The purpose of the Senior Risk Coordinator is to run the project risk program efforts and related reporting requirements and to facilitate related work with project team members. Provides structured governance and guidance for the overall execution of Project Execution Risk Management (PERM) activities. This role plays a critical part in improving risk awareness and enhancing communication with stakeholders. The position typically reports to the Project Controls Manager.

This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership  #LI-EH1

Major Responsibilities:

• Responsible for effective execution of the Project Controls risk management program in accordance with procedures.
• Develops and reviews risk breakdown structures, risk libraries, and risk identification tools and frameworks in support of project needs.
• Maintains the Project Risk Management Plan.
• Prepares and conducts regular risk/opportunity meetings by preparing meeting agendas, developing presentations, following up with risk owners’ actions and tracking action resolution and completions.
• Prepares both internal and customer monthly risk reports.
• Supports the assembly and quality checks of risk related change control trends.
• Develops a thorough project understanding of the risk program requirements.
• Provides input into risk reporting and other Project Controls reporting, as needed.
• Interfaces with stakeholders to identify risks realized in the preparation and submittal of change control trends.
• Assists in the analysis for Project Reviews relative to risk awareness, opportunities, and issues.
• Reviews the schedule database for assignment of schedule activities to risk mitigation actions.
• Interfaces with the Client organization counterparts to discuss, track and manage the risk profile for the project.
• Provides guidance in terms of integrating the risk management process with other key project procedures (e.g. Change Management, Forecasting, Cost, Trends, and Claims and supports corporate, GBU, commercial group, and functional stakeholders in managing enterprise level PERM activities as required.
• Provides guidance for the analysis of specially assigned risk initiatives or work planning requiring detailed risk development, assessment, and response planning efforts.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience​

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check including verification of employment, education, and travel.
• Must be able to meet nuclear security screening requirements and obtain unescorted access authorization.
• Proficient in software applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• A strong communicator, able to influence and coach at all stages of delivery.
• Flexibility to respond to urgent project requests and/or changing priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure and with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.
• Fully conversant with confidence modelling and program management practices.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analysing, and solving problems.
• High level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

• Project Controls experience on EPC/EPCM projects.
• Demonstrates intermediate level understanding of Project Controls general technical skills.
• Proven track record of successful project controls risk management delivery.
• Demonstrated capabilities in the use of the various PERM tools and methods including use of Active Risk Manager (ARM) software, @RISK, and Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA) and/or Acumen Risk and including risk statement drafting, preparation of treatment plans, and providing written risk analysis and reports for senior management.

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