Project Manager F / H

G - PROJECT MANAGEMENT - G3 - Contract management

Job Opening Title: Project Manager

Job Type: Non-fixed term

Salary Range: Competitive

The Fuel Business Unit (BU) of Framatome offers innovative safe fuels with high performance to worldwide utility customers. The BU scope includes the design, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of fuel assemblies and the associated technologies.

Within the BU, the mission of the Contracts & Services Asia-Middle East-Africa (AMEA) platform is to manage the customer contracts signed with AMEA regions, mostly for China, with a team located in Lyon.

One of the main contracts concerns the delivery of components kits, gadolinium rods, and services contract with a Kazakh customer, who is locally assembling to supply fuel assemblies to the Chinese market.

The Fuel BU is looking for an experienced project manager located in Lyon (France) to take charge of the execution of the components part of this contract.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as Project and Contract manager for a fuel assembly supply contract with the target to deliver products in the expected safety, quality, schedule, and cost. The concerned contract is in the range of 40 M€ per year.
• Coordination of the internal team contributing to the project, management of the interface to the customer, manufacturing plant, and main supplier(s).
• Managing the project schedule with the support of the scheduling team.
• Managing the corresponding risks and opportunities.
• Applying the recommended project management methods as part of the Operational Excellence initiative developed by Framatome.
• Regularly reporting project progress to stakeholders.
• Contributing to the offer team in charge of winning additional contracts.
• Negotiating Variation Orders with the customer as needed.

Profile:

At least 5 years of experience in a project management function within an international and industrial environment.

Experience in contract negotiation and manufacturing.

Nuclear experience would be a plus.

Leadership skills: Team spirit, assertiveness, autonomy, capacity to lead hard negotiations with the customer, and strongly defend Framatome's interests.

Minimum Level of Education Required: Master

Minimum Level of Experience Required: Experienced

Languages: English (Good knowledge)

Extra Information: Background checking required?