AUKUS Program Manager - Nuclear Facilities ($25K Sign on bonus)- 30462

Requisition Number: 30462

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $135,000.00 - $190,000.00

Security Clearance: Ability to Obtain

Level of Experience: Senior

Employee Referral Amount: $5,500.00

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

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TAKE YOUR CAREER DOWN UNDER - Help Shape the Future of Global Security on the Historic AUKUS Program

Ready to make the biggest move of your career? HII - Australia is looking for experienced US talent to lead critical submarine sustainment and transition work under the landmark AUKUS partnership. We’ll make the move worth it:

- $25,000 sign-on bonus

- Full relocation benefit to get you and your family settled in Canberra

- 15% pay differential on top of your base salary

Trade your commute for coastal-country living, and take on work that matters on a program that will define allied defense for decades!

Job Description

HII-Australia is seeking a Program Manager - Nuclear Facilities to join the team! This position will be located in Henderson (Perth), Western Australia.

The Program Manager will lead the planning, integration, delivery, and assurance of facilities programmes that support safe, compliant, and effective nuclear and defence operations. The Program Manager, Facilities is responsible for ensuring that cardinal, technical, operational, and functional requirements are integrated across the facility lifecycle, from concept and design through construction, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness.

The role provides oversight of facility design and construction activities to ensure infrastructure solutions are fit for purpose, meet stakeholder needs, and comply with applicable nuclear, regulatory, safety, security, environmental, and engineering requirements. The Program Manager, Facilities develops, maintains, and manages the status of functional user requirements, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, traceable, and validated throughout design, construction, commissioning, and transition into operations.

Essential Job Responsibilities

- Oversees integration of cardinal, technical, and functional requirements

- Supports oversight of design and build to achieve functional, compliant delivery

- Develops, maintains, and manages status of functional user requirements, validating requirement achievement during design, construction, and commissioning

- Provides expert knowledge across the design process to develop solutions that will deliver the required capabilities

- Establishes the User Acceptance Group for requirements management

- Interfaces with the nuclear regulator, site developers, and site end-users

- Ensures site future-proofing as a 100+-year asset based upon current and future requirement

- Develops site as a digital twin as a planning and communications tool

- Collaborates with safety engineering teams to generate nuclear safety assessments that meet nuclear safety requirements while providing a bounding safety case that enables maximum flexibility in maintaining submarines as efficiently as possible

- Establish and execute a robust Program Management framework in alignment with H&B’s Project Management Framework ensuring that all H&B program outcomes are achieved in accordance with the customer’s expectations with respect to budget, schedule, and quality as well as policies and procedures.

- Integration of all functional resources (whether internal or contractor) to H&B Defence program activities ensuring the capability, capacity, services, and outputs satisfy the H&B Defence program objectives through adherence to all Program plans, processes, policies, systems, and tools for delivery of the scope of the function.

- Establishing and maintaining regular virtual and face to face communications with the program team and stakeholders reporting on progress, any issues, and risks including the delivery of routine and Ad hoc program reporting information for communication to the customer and H&B Defence.

- Contribute alongside the H&B Defence program team, to both the short-term tactical direction and the long-term strategic direction of H&B Defence’s interests applying diverse knowledge and experience and agility to align with new enterprise developments.

- Maintain an awareness of industry best practice and identify lessons learned or opportunities to improve Program and business operations to align with developments within the industry.

- Managing the Customer interface and internal interfaces including identification and monitoring of programme risks, planning and implementing responses

- Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of the programme

- Leading the programme to deliver world class performance by means of employee engagement, continuous improvement and identifying and implementing the latest technology

- Submitting regular performance reports indicating any deviations, corrective action taken and escalation of issues

Minimum Qualifications

- Extensive experience as a Program Manager focused on Nuclear Infrastructure.

- Extensive experience on any of the following phases of nuclear services, or infrastructure delivery:
o Functional specification, concept design, preliminary or detail design
o Procurement, construction, works testing and site installations
o Set to work / energisation
o Inactive or active commissioning
o Final handover and acceptance

- Strong understanding of Submarine Sustainment practices and Defense operating frameworks.

- Basic commercial and financial acumen, including understanding of contractual terms and conditions.

- Must be able to obtain and maintain a security cleareance.

- 6 years relevant progressive experience with Bachelors in related field; 4 years relevant progressive experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 10 years relevant progressive experience.

Physical Requirements

May be required to visit job site in an industrial or shipboard environment. Normally not required to lift more than 40 pounds higher than three feet above feet/floor level.
Benefits
We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.