Senior Controls Specialist - Project Risk Management - Strategic Nuclear Projects Innsbrook

Nuclear Power Industry

Nuclear Power has played an important role in meeting the world’s electrical energy needs for 50+ years.  With power demand rising dramatically in the decades ahead, Nuclear Power will be indispensable in meeting the concurrent challenges of Reliability and Affordability while also limiting air pollution. 

To help ensure that its four nuclear power stations are ready to meet the challenges ahead, Dominion Energy is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to update and upgrade key equipment at each site.  These improvements are generally large in scale and complexity and require exceptional project management to be implemented with excellence.  To support these ongoing efforts, Dominion Energy’s Nuclear Project Team is actively seeking an experienced Senior Controls Specialist – Project Risk Manager (“Specialist”).

Job Summary

Each of Dominion Energy’s four nuclear power stations has onsite Project Managers who are directly accountable for the effective execution of assigned projects.  The Specialist, however, is a member of a central project controls office which provides support to the entire fleet and ensures that the highest standards of performance are being achieved.  The Speicalist will be responsible for overseeing the risk management governance, procedures, and tools utilized at the local level.  Further, they will work to standardize processes across the nuclear fleet and ensure that best practices and lessons are shared between site teams. 

More specifically, the Specialist will:

• Lead the development, implementation, and governance of enterprise-level project risk management processes for nuclear construction and capital projects
• Establish a standardized, fleet-wide approach to risk identification, analysis, mitigation, and reporting to ensure early visibility and proactive management of risks that may impact project cost, schedule, and performance
• Develops the end-to-end project risk management lifecycle, including development and maintenance of risk analyses, risk registers, heat maps, and mitigation/contingency plans
• Partner closely with Project Managers across all sites to ensure risks are identified early, clearly defined, and actively managed through the engagement of appropriate stakeholders, resources, and response strategies
• Maintain oversight of risk activities throughout the full project lifecycle to ensure alignment with project objectives and timely escalation of emerging issues
• Serve as the central point of coordination for project risk reporting within the Project Controls department, consolidating site-level inputs into a comprehensive, fleet-wide risk profile
• Ensure consistent execution of risk processes across projects by establishing and enforcing governance frameworks, procedures, tools, and reporting standards
• Provide leadership visibility into aggregate risk exposure, trends, and potential impacts, enabling informed, real-time decision-making at the executive level
• Identify and escalate significant project risks to the enterprise risk review board to ensure appropriate awareness, evaluation, and adjudication of risks with broader organizational impact
• Integrate project-level risk insights into enterprise risk considerations, supporting alignment with corporate risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and strategic objectives
• Partner with project controls, finance, and operations teams to align risk management with planning, estimating, scheduling, and cost control processes
• Monitor project status, risk exposure, and performance metrics to ensure projects remain on track and within approved budgets and timelines
• Support the development and evaluation of capital and O&M budgets through integrated risk-informed analysis
• Leads coordination with contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders on risk and controls matters, ensuring alignment of expectations and execution across all parties.

In summary, the Specialist will function as the subject matter expert for project risk management, providing guidance, training, and support to Project Managers, controls personnel, and cross-functional teams. They will be expected to drive continuous improvement through the identification and sharing of lessons learned, best practices, and common risk patterns across the nuclear fleet to strengthen overall project performance and risk maturity.  In all aspects of their role, the PM will be expected to establish and nurture productive relationships with stakeholders from across the organization. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

The knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences that are required for entry into this job include the following:

• Five (5) or more years of work experience related to the fields of project management, risk management, or business administration (with a preferred Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management or closely related degree)
• In lieu of the preferred Bachelor's degree, a candidate may substitute a related Associate's degree and seven (7) or more years of work experience related to the fields of project management, risk management, or business administration
• In lieu of the preferred Bachelor’s degree, a candidate may substitute a High School diploma/GED and nine (9) or more years of work experience related to the fields of project management, risk management, or business administration

-Strong knowledge of cost controls principles
-Strong Verbal/writing/presentation skills
-Strong work and project management skills
-Strong decision making and problem solving
-Strong math and computer skills
-Strong analytical skills
-Works effectively with employees at all levels and external personnel
-Consistently applies good business judgment
-Applies analytical abilities to diverse issues
-Manages multiple priorities and meet deadlines
-Must be able to verify data and present statistical reports and documentation

Education Requirements

Degree or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be accepted in lieu of preferred level of education:

Bachelor

Preferred Disciplines:  Business, Finance, Risk Management, or closely related degree

Other disciplines may be substituted for the preferred discipline(s) listed above

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Preferred Candidates will possess additional training or certifications to include the Project Management Professional (PMP). 

Working Conditions

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