Resident Site Manager – Nuclear Commissioning

About the role

The Resident Site Manager will lead all on‑site activities for the Xudapu CAP1000 nuclear commissioning, ensuring coordination of equipment receipt, installation, testing, and system optimisation in line with Westinghouse and nuclear safety standards.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary Westinghouse on‑site authority for technical supervision, team coordination and stakeholder interface management.
• Oversee equipment receipt, inspection, storage, installation, testing, troubleshooting, commissioning and optimisation for AP1000 I&C systems.
• Manage scheduling, planning, security, training, material shipping and receiving for both regular work and outage periods.
• Serve as Outage Manager for all WEC nuclear service commitments, including Health Physics/ALARA activities.
• Conduct project kick‑offs, commissioning coordination meetings and pre/post‑job briefings.
• Prepare and deliver regular reports on scope, schedule, budget, performance and lessons learned.
• Provide leadership, coaching and mentorship to Westinghouse technical leads and site engineers.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in nuclear plant commissioning, preferably with AP1000 projects.
• Proven ability to lead on‑site teams and manage complex multi‑disciplinary interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of nuclear quality and safety standards and ALARA principles.
• Excellent communication skills with customers, contractors and internal stakeholders.

Required skills

• Distributed Control System (DCS) expertise.
• AP1000 Instrumentation & Control (I&C) systems.
• Health Physics and ALARA practices.
• Nuclear commissioning and system optimisation.