Project Manager - Construction, MOX Fuel Fabrication Project
About this role
Position Summary
The Project Manager – Construction will manage field execution for a major nuclear fuel fabrication facility construction project. This role will oversee construction planning, contractor coordination, site execution, progress control, safety, quality, and handover to commissioning. The ideal candidate has deep experience in large-scale nuclear infrastructure construction and understands the discipline required to deliver complex, highly regulated facilities safely, on time, and on budget.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead construction execution for assigned project areas, packages, or systems.
- Coordinate contractors, site supervision, field engineering, logistics, and construction planning.
- Ensure compliance with nuclear safety, industrial safety, quality, and environmental requirements.
- Track progress, manage constraints, resolve field issues, and drive schedule recovery when required.
- Coordinate construction interfaces with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and commissioning teams.
- Manage work execution documentation, permits, inspections, punch lists, and turnover packages.
- Support cost control, change management, claims avoidance, and reporting to project leadership.
- Promote a strong international and collaborative execution culture across the site team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of construction management or project management experience on major infrastructure projects.
- Strong experience in nuclear construction, nuclear industrial facilities, or other highly regulated projects.
- Proven ability to manage contractors, field execution, and complex multi-discipline interfaces.
- Demonstrated success delivering large capital projects with strict safety and quality requirements.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment with international project teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in nuclear fuel-cycle facilities, MOX plants, glovebox installations, or radiological construction environments.
- Experience with EPC/EPCM delivery, turnover/handover, and commissioning interface management.
- Working knowledge of DOE, NRC, or equivalent regulatory expectations.
What We Offer
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, as well as a 401(k) plan with 4% company match.
• Generous paid time off, starting at 20 days per year and increasing to 25 days after 3 years of service.
• A mission-driven environment focused on delivering scalable, low-carbon energy solutions to meet growing global energy demand.
• A collaborative and international culture that values technical excellence, transparency, innovation, and cross-functional teamwork.
Company at a glance
Since launching in 2021 newcleo has quickly established itself as innovator in the field of nuclear energy. newcleo is working to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) that are cooled by liquid lead and fuelled by reprocessed nuclear waste.
Through an innovative combination of existing and proven technologies, and by reviving a nuclear industry model based on the manufacture and multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies.
With a EUR 70m group turnover in 2024, EUR 645m of private funding and over 100 partnerships and collaborations across the nuclear industry, the growth of the newcleo group is supported through the targeted acquisition of key companies with strong capabilities in nuclear engineering, manufacturing, and waste management.
Through its workforce of over 900 highly qualified employees across France, the U.S., the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Slovakia, newcleo is not only developing and delivering the skills and services required for the group’s own ambitious project timelines, but also supporting the development of Small Modular Reactor supply chains in Europe and beyond.
Top Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Company Match
- Paid Time Off
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