Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Experience: 5–12 Years
Employment Type: W-2 Contract
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead project delivery and supplier team operations within nuclear and defense engineering environments. The ideal candidate will have experience managing regulated engineering projects, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), export-controlled programs, resource planning, performance reporting, and quality governance.
This role requires strong project leadership, stakeholder communication, KPI reporting, and risk management capabilities to ensure delivery commitments, regulatory requirements, and service-level objectives are consistently met.
Important: This is a 100% onsite opportunity at the designated facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hybrid and remote work arrangements are not available.
Primary Skills
- Project Management and Delivery Leadership,
- Nuclear and Defense Industry Experience,
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM),
- Export Control / ITAR-Regulated Projects
- Resource Planning and Allocation
- Project Governance and Compliance
- KPI Reporting and Performance Management
- Risk, Issue, and Dependency Management
- Supplier and Stakeholder Management
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Compliance
Secondary Skills
- Change Action Throughput and Cycle-Time Analysis,
- Backlog Aging and First Pass Yield (FPY),
- Rejection and Rework Analysis,
- PLM Object Creation and Revision Tracking
- Technical Writing Performance Reporting
- Document Control Reporting
- Resource Utilization Reporting
- Continuous Improvement Planning
- Personnel Rosters and Skills Matrices
- Customer Satisfaction Measurement
- Plant Design Engineering – Process
Key Responsibilities
Project Management and Leadership
- Lead and oversee project delivery activities across supplier teams.
- Serve as the primary contact for project-related communications and coordination.
- Manage work assignments, resource allocation, and delivery priorities.
- Conduct regular project meetings and communicate progress, risks, issues, and blockers.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, business procedures, and quality standards.
- Coordinate onboarding, training, continuity planning, backup coverage, and governance reviews.
KPI Reporting and Performance Management
- Prepare and deliver weekly KPI reports covering the previous week's performance.
- Track change action throughput, cycle time, backlog aging, and First Pass Yield.
- Analyze rejection rates, rework trends, and opportunities for process improvement.
- Monitor PLM object creation, revision activity, and overall workflow performance.
- Prepare weekly performance reports for technical writing and document control activities.
- Identify delivery bottlenecks and recommend corrective actions.
Project Governance and Reporting
- Prepare monthly performance summaries.
- Maintain resource utilization reports and personnel skills matrices.
- Maintain project risk and issue logs.
- Develop and track continuous improvement plans.
- Monitor SLA compliance and delivery performance.
- Coordinate customer satisfaction surveys and follow-up actions.
- Provide transparent project status updates to stakeholders and leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 5–12 years of relevant project management experience; 6–8 years preferred.
- Experience managing projects in nuclear, defense, or other regulated engineering environments.
- Experience with PLM systems and engineering project workflows.
- Experience with export-controlled nuclear or defense programs.
- Strong understanding of project governance, resource management, and performance reporting.
- Experience developing and analyzing KPIs, risk registers, and project status reports.
- Strong stakeholder communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work onsite in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the duration of the assignment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
