Associate Project Manager

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an Associate Project Manager to join our team.

Position Description

The Associate Project Manager will spearhead communications among project team members, key stakeholders, and leadership while organizing efforts on the project site to accept contracted requirements for deliverables and services in support of the organizationʼs capital and revenue projects. Experience in startups and/or resource constrained environments is highly desired. Project teams will be cross-functional and technical resources are highly leveraged in the support of managing vendors for advanced reactor systems, validating requirements, and accepting deliverables.

Creativity with a detailed understanding of measured and well managed risk are highly valued. An engineering degree is preferred and technical management experience is required. A strong understanding of quality assurance standards is essential.

This position requires the candidate to be in-person in Austin, Texas for the duration of the project and available for collaboration with other remote employees.

Specific responsibilities may include:

* Management of Capital Projects:

* Organize project team efforts with concise statement of work, clear deliverables, and approved charters

* Develop Gantt charts and work breakdown structures as required for proper management and reporting of project status

* Hold the standard on project management policies, procedures, and standards for all related and supporting activities

* Vendor and Contract Management:

* Oversee the preparation and management of critical contracting vehicles to support the projects

* Manage project timelines, deliverables, and budgets, to quantify, manage and communicate risk to the project

* Ensure contracts include provisions to manage and mitigate risk to the project

* Project Team and Stakeholder Communications:

* Act as the central point of communications and updates regarding all details of the project

* Regularly update and communicate with supporting vendors, customers, and all stakeholders

* Act as a liaison between senior leadership, project teams, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and resolve conflicts

* Financial reporting and

Risk Management:

* Coordinate with finance and the project controller to regularly report on the project budget

* Identify and mitigate financial, timeline, and performance risks

* Quality and deliverable acceptance criteria:

* Coordinate with Engineering and Quality Assurance to verify requirements and accept deliverables

* Identify non-conformances and track corrections while updating impact to the project and managing required changes

* Ensure that Safety Related items' quality is properly documented and filed as a part of acceptance

* Team Leadership and management:

* Coordinate communications and maintain accountability for project milestones

* Through project management disciplines, foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and common purpose

* Monitor project performance and leverage leadership interest and sponsorship to bring additional resources as may be required

Minimum Qualifications:

* 5+ years in technical or industrial project management

* Bachelor's degree in engineering or 4-8 years relevant engineering experience

* Proficiency in Project Management Software (Primavera and MS Project)

Bonus

Qualifications:

* Nuclear experience in design, construction, commissioning, or operations

Competencies

We are looking for an Associate Project Manager that is:

* Experienced in technical industrial projects

* Creative when pursuing tasks in resource constrained environments

* An active and effective communicator of priorities

* Able to recognize, accept, and manage risk

* Passionate about Oklo's mission to design and deploy advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy

* Willing to think differently and do things in new ways

* Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment

* Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving, while not leaning only on what has been done before

* An excellent writer who can write in modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!

Who you are:

A startup person:
You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won't enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

Motivated:
You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn't about a fake or arbitrary "pieces of flair" mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

A team-player:
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