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(NYSE: BWXT), we are People Strong, Innovation Driven. A U.S.-based company, BWXT is a Fortune 1000 and Defense News Top 100 manufacturing and engineering innovator that provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for global security, clean energy, environmental restoration, nuclear medicine and space exploration.With more than 7,800 employees, BWXT has 14 major operating sites in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We are the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors for U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers. Our company supplies precision manufactured components, services and fuel for the commercial nuclear power industry across four continents. Our joint ventures provide environmental restoration and operations management at a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities. BWXT’s technology is driving advances in medical radioisotope production in North America and microreactors for various defense and space applications. For more information, visit www.bwxt.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.\nWelcome to BWXT\nWe believe in empowering our employees and cultivating a dynamic workplace that fosters growth, collaboration, and technical excellence. At our Oak Ridge, Tennessee Enrichment Operations site, you will join teams working at the forefront of advanced nuclear manufacturing, precision engineering, and mission-critical national security programs. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your career, you’ll find opportunities to challenge yourself, partner with seasoned experts, and contribute to innovation shaping the future of nuclear technology. Our work requires a wide range of skills, and we welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and career stages who share a passion for meaningful impact and technical advancement.\nPosition Overview\nThe Manager, Risk Management leads the program-management risk and opportunity management framework for BWXT Enrichment Operations. This role establishes risk governance, ensures consistent identification and assessment of uncertainty, and provides leadership with clear, decision-oriented analysis. The Manager works across program management, engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, safety, finance, and security to integrate risk management directly into planning and execution. This role requires strong analytical capability, facilitation skill, executive communication, and the ability to challenge assumptions constructively in a regulated nuclear environment.\nYour Day to Day as Manager, Risk Management\nOwn and maintain the EO risk-management framework, including methods, standards, templates, review cadences, scoring, and escalation thresholds.\nLead portfolio-level risk identification, aggregation, and analysis; ensure systemic, correlated, or cross-project risks are surfaced early.\nFacilitate risk reviews, assumption reviews, supplier-risk assessments, and readiness-risk sessions for complex or high-consequence initiatives.\nEnsure risks are well-defined with clear causes, probability, impact, triggers, owners, and actionable mitigations.\nLead qualitative and quantitative risk analysis (cost, schedule, Monte Carlo, scenario modeling) when uncertainty materially affects decisions.\nEnsure mitigation plans have clear actions, owners, dates, and are integrated into schedules, budgets, procurement plans, readiness plans, and resource plans.\nPartner with Project Controls and Finance to integrate risk exposure into forecasts, contingency, reserves, and management reporting.\nProvide clear, decision-focused risk reporting including trends, major drivers, mitigation status, exposure summaries, and required leadership actions.\nConduct deep dives when exposure is unclear, mitigation is ineffective, or forecasts conflict with risk signals.\nLead opportunity-management processes that identify ways to improve cost, schedule, safety, reliability, or long-term business value.\nEnsure risk-management practices align with safety, security, quality, regulatory, and compliance requirements.\nCoach Program and Project Managers in risk identification, analysis, mitigation, escalation, and risk-informed decision-making.\nMaintain risk-management tools, dashboards, and data quality; promote consistent risk definitions and information structures across EO.\nSupport the Director, Program Management with independent risk assessments, readiness reviews, major decisions, recoveries, and portfolio exposure analysis.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Project/Program Management, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.\nA minimum of ten (10) years of related experience is required.\nSignificant experience in project/program management, project controls, risk management, engineering, operations, or finance.\nDemonstrated experience establishing or leading structured risk-management processes for complex technical programs or projects.\nStrong knowledge of qualitative and quantitative risk-analysis methods.\nDemonstrated ability to integrate risk with scope, schedule, cost, forecasting, technical planning, and executive reporting.\nExcellent communication, facilitation, and executive-presentation skills.\nStrong analytical capability and judgment; able to challenge assumptions constructively.\nAbility to lead and influence across a matrixed organization.\nMust meet BWXT employment, security, and regulatory requirements.\nMust be a U.S. Citizen.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) or Department of Defense (DOD) security clearance, whichever is required.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster’s degree in Engineering, Business, Program/Project Management, Finance, Operations Research, Statistics, or related field.\nPMP, PMI-RMP, AACE certification, or equivalent.\nExperience in nuclear, DOE, enrichment, defense, chemical processing, or other high-consequence regulated industries.\nExperience with Monte Carlo, cost/schedule risk analysis, sensitivity analysis, or probabilistic forecasting.\nExperience managing or developing risk analysts, project-controls staff, or project managers.\nExperience leading risk reviews for capital projects, construction, facility mods, commissioning, or major operational transitions.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive salary and benefits package.\nFlexible schedules and paid time off (as applicable).\nProfessional development and continuing education opportunities.\nA mission-driven culture focused on safety, accountability, and nuclear excellence.\nOpportunities for long-term career growth across BWXT.\nPay: $86,450 - $136,000\nThe base salary range for this position in Tennessee (US-TN) at the start of employment is expected to be between $86,450 and $136,000 per year. However, the base salary offered is based on local job market factors, and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, the selected job candidate will be employed 'at-will,’ unless employed at a location and in a position subject to a collective bargaining agreement. The company further reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment, compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and other market factors.\nAs a federal government contractor, BWX Technologies, Inc. and any subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities (“BWXT” or the “Company”) complies with all federal, state, and local laws and customer requirements regarding health and safety protocols. As such, all BWXT new hires will be required to adhere to applicable Company health and safety requirements within the workplace as a condition of employment.\nAll candidates must be U.S. citizens. Selected applicants are required to successfully complete a pre-employment check and drug screening. In addition, the position may require the ability to obtain and maintain applicable federal eligibility requirements for access to classified/sensitive information or matter which involves an extensive criminal and financial background investigation, drug test, previous employment, and reference verifications.\nBWXT is committed to the concept of Equal Employment Opportunity. We have established procedures to ensure that all personnel actions such as recruitment, compensation, career development, benefits, company-sponsored training and social recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran or other protected status.\nBWX Technologies, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (BWXT) is not responsible for and does not accept any liability for fees or other costs associated with resumes or candidates presented by recruiters or employment agencies, unless a binding, written recruitment agreement between BWXT and the recruiter or agency exists prior to the presentation of candidates or resumes to BWXT and includes the specific services, job openings, and fees to be paid (“Agreement”). BWXT may consider any candidate for whom a recruiter or agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire such candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency unless an Agreement is in place prior to presentation and such Agreement explicitly encompasses the job opening for which such fees or costs are sought. An email, verbal or other informal contact with any person within BWXT will not create a binding agreement. Agencies or recruiters without an Agreement are directed not to contact any hiring managers of BWXT with recruiting inquiries or resumes. 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