Risk Management Program Executive (Nuclear)

Johnson Service Group (JSG) is a nationally recognized professional staffing firm, and we are recruiting for a Principal Risk Management Program Executive to support advanced nuclear innovation and next-generation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) deployment.

Work Status: Full Time / Remote (location in Houston, TX or Corvallis, OR preferred)

Annual Base Salary: $170,000 - $180,000 Citizen Status: Due to DOE Federal regulations, U.S. Citizenship is required

Travel: 10-25%

Position Summary:

This direct hire position will report to the Director of the Project Management Centre of Excellence (PMCoE), and will assume a lead role in the development, implementation, and management of Project Risk Management strategy, processes, tools and procedures for the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the planning, assessment, and monitoring aspects of the risk process and uses project and risk data to inform the organization for planning, forecasting, and decision making.
• Maintains existing project risk management processes and procedures or develops new ones.
• Manages the interfaces between project risk and other risk processes.
• Develops and delivers risk management training and provides user support to the organization for the client risk software and tools ensuring broad adoption and consistent application across teams.
• Mentors assigned project risk managers on best practices for project risk management.
• Manages information systems; including accuracy of data entered into existing databases, integration of data across multiple platforms, process and tool development and improvements, and risk and program reporting templates and standards.
• In coordination with proposal teams, leads risk identification and assessment in support of the commercial proposal process.
• Develops and maintains standard risk checklists to support commercial activities.
• Reviews project risk management plans for new projects.
• Participates in project risk review meetings.
• Monitors and supports project risk management implementation.
• Provides subject matter expertise (SME) to project risk managers and project teams to facilitate the identification, assessment, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of project risk and opportunities.
• In support of project teams, performs quantitative analysis of risk impacts to project cost and schedule and provides data-driven insights to inform decision-making.
• Conducts what-if, root cause, and other decision making/issue identification analyses to inform handling strategy selection.
• Develops, oversees, and integrates project risk management frameworks across multiple departments, from small to large-scale projects.
• Defines criteria for elevating project risks and transferring risk to or from other processes.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field is required. (An advanced degree is preferred.)
• 8+ years of full-time Risk Management experience working in a project/program management or in engineering organization is required.  (Nuclear industry experience is preferred.)  
• Familiarity with project risk management implementation, planning/scheduling tools and techniques, PMO processes, spreadsheets and databases is also required.
• ARM certification strongly desired. (The 
  Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation
   is designed to equip professionals with skills to identify, assess, and treat risks, ultimately reducing an organization's total cost of risk.)
• Preferred experience with Primavera P6, PRISM, Primavera Risk Analysis, and Palisade @Risk).  
• Must possess strong technical writing skills and be able to clearly communicate with executive management teams via written, oral, and electronic means.  
• Must have exceptional organization skills and the ability to manage complex projects with multiple work phases with minimal supervision.
• Must be eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.