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Position is Responsible for collaborating across the enterprise to assess and improve TVA project performance, ensuring that TVA projects are planned and executed in a manner that meet or exceed stakeholder expectations; satisfying all safety, environmental, scope, cost, schedule, and quality goals. Position is responsible for assigned programmatic functional area performance and provides governance and oversight for assigned programmatic functional area(s). Responsibility includes project assurance through oversight of assigned programs to ensure that early warning signs of issues on projects are recognized and corrective actions are properly identified and taken.
Analyzes project and programmatic performance, identifies opportunities for improvement, and guides TVA project management and support teams in implementing best practices and project performance improvement initiatives and to ensure proper direction of multifunctional/cross-disciplinary teams of TVA employee and staff augmentation contractors. This position supports planning, estimation, contract & material management, and implementation of plant project modification activities ensuring that managed activities are conducted in accordance with applicable TVA, Federal, and state regulations. This Position supports the development, execution, and upkeep of a Projects Asset Management Plan to identify capital projects needed to sustain the Nuclear plant for 80-100 years of operation.
Supervisory Responsibility — None directly or full time, but will be required to temporarily and indirectly supervise others when leading an assessment team.
Budget Responsibility — None directly or full time, but will be expected to identify budget/spend plan gaps in projects, determine the extent of condition, recommend corrective actions, and propose measures to prevent recurrence.
The incumbent reports to a Nuclear Asset Sustainability Projects (NASP) Manager and interfaces with key stakeholders such as SVPs, VPs, GMs, Directors, Plant Management, Engineering, Finance/EPMO, and Information Technology to assess and improve project performance across TVA. As a Senior Program Manager, the incumbent is accountable for the following as related to their assigned NPG-SPP-19 Series defined Functional Area or Areas (can be more than 1 for Senior Prog Mgrs):
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Maintain Procedures, Process and Guidance documents up-to-date with relevant industry, Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, and regulatory requirements.
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide decision making and or recommendations for decision making, depending on subject’s level of approval authority.
Develop and Manage Peer team or Working Group meetings.
Participate in developing the new processes and procedures to support project performance requirements.
Propels standardization and process improvements across all TVA project management organizations.
Develop and execute oversight, benchmarking, and self-assessment plans.
Lead the compliance efforts to ensure project executing organizations are adhering to TVA Project Management SPPs.
Utilize the Corrective Action Program (CAP) and Issue Resolution Program to correct deficiencies and improve program performance.
Collaborate across the enterprise to maintain a high level of technical expertise and business acumen; including industry experience to ensure processes are successful, effective, and documented in a robust standardized procedure system and hierarchy.
Drives accountability throughout TVA project executing organizations for closing gaps to excellence in project performance
Develop and create project and or program KPIs, performance metrics, and define project and or program performance reporting requirements.
Develop and create the accountability and performance measurement systems to analyze, monitor, and trend key project performance indicators.
Collaborate with key stakeholders across project executing organizations to lead performance improvement initiatives.
Coordinate with Joint Project Teams, Plant Operations, Senior Management and other TVA organizations to conduct post-project reviews of significant projects to determine lessons learned and for dissemination and implementation of the best practices into future projects.
Participate in evaluating and implementing the project and or program management tools
Communicate and Escalate issues to leadership that pose nuclear safety, regulatory, personal safety, and financial risk.
Identify training for Self and others (TVA and Contractors).
Perform other duties, as assigned.
TVA is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunities. Any applicant or employee who believes s/he has a discrimination claim (including harassment or retaliation) must contact TVA’s Equal Opportunity Compliance office within 45 calendar days of the event or action s/he believes to constitute discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.
If you are requesting to be considered as a preference-eligible veteran as outlined in the application process, you must submit your military documents before the posting close date indicated above. Be sure to include all supporting documentation: Form DD214 (member 2 or member 4 copy), a Veterans Disability Rating Letter from the VA (if applicable), and a completed form TVA 3595. If you will not get your DD214 until you are separated or retired, you can request a Statement of Service through your military personnel office. The Statement of Service must list your dates of military service, character of service, expected date of separation and any service-connected disability rating that you have been awarded from your branch of military service. Please submit your military documents each time you apply for a position.
How to Submit Documentation:
Upload documents in Step 7 of the application process.
Email documents to careers@tva.gov
More information about preference eligibility and a link to form TVA 3595, can be found at https://www.tva.gov/Careers/Claiming-Veteran-Preference . If you have a question about preference eligibility, please email Careers@tva.gov .
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