NEW JOB OPENING
PROGRAM MANAGER
IN CHATTANOOGA, TN, USA!

 

Date Posted: 04/22/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 500175
Industry: Utility
Job Title: Program Manager
Job Location: Chattanooga, TN, USA, 37402
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: 70% remote or office, 30% travel to project sites
Shift: Monday-Friday (8.00AM-5.00PM)
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 9
Min Hourly Rate($): 50.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 77.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Nuclear Energy, PMI Methodology, PMP, Program management, Program Manager, Progress Report
Experience Desired: Capital projects, including scoping, study, design, procurement, and construction (5 yrs); Project design control, compliance with industry standards, QA/QC processes (5 yrs)
Preferred Certifications/Licenses: PMP Project management professional

**C2C is not available**

 

Job Description
Location Notes: The position right now is 70/30 split. With 30% travel. The individual needs to be in the areas provided in the job posting as they will need to come into the office periodically and can be remote some of the time. This is subject to change based on any client's policy changes.

Required experience:
• Experience in engineering and technical oversight associated with capital projects, including scoping, study, design, procurement, and construction
• Experience working with engineering contracts, project design control, compliance with industry standards, QA/QC processes, and managing engineering budgets and schedules

Job Overview:
This position is responsible for all engineering and technical oversight associated with assigned capital projects developed and executed by the respective department within GPFS. Duties include development of engineering contracts, control of project design, compliance with client's & industry standards, QA/QC, and management of engineering budgets & schedules. For assigned projects, this position leads engineering for scoping, study, design, procurement, construction, and ensures replication of engineering solutions. This role establishes and communicates engineering priorities to contract partners, project team members, and management. It also provides leadership and technical direction to the project design and execution team while ensuring quality products from design firms, contractors and OEMs meet or exceed project requirements.

Job Responsibilities:
• Weekly in-person or teams’ meetings or more often if needed to review all projects going over the PM and PrgMrgs separate to do list to help keep each other from missing anything
• Keeps a log of all engineering milestones to make sure engineering partners and projects in phase one and phase two are tracking the milestones and doing everything needed to not miss these milestones
• Raises the flags as early as possible if any milestones are not on track
• Facilitates all JPTs for phase 1 and 2 meetings, leading the meetings with the engineering partners
• Ensures all items needed for design packages are being turned in in a timely manner
• Go-to between the engineering partners and the plant engineering teams
• Works with vendor engineering teams if needing items from them
• Keeps tracks of the engineering POs, making sure they are in budget and informs partner and myself if they are getting close to cost and if there needs to be a revision
• Notifies PM when invoices are in and approved in an expeditious manner
• Reaches out to engineering partners to make sure fee evaluations are done in a timely manner and not holding up the project from closing
• Follows the project tracking method that the PM keeps seeing when RFP packages are needed for projects beginning or changing from phase to phase
• Keeps PM informed of the proposal reviews and discuss together their thought process on the best partner for that project
• Captures lessons learned along the way
• Clean up late DCN reports from prior program managers
• Responds to emails and calls in a very timely manner
• Makes PM/PrgMgr communication a priority
• Goes to all sites visits required plus visits that are not
• Emphasizes safety expectations during meetings

  • **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

  • **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

 

Benefits:
For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here. Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website.

California Pay Equity:
For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here.

Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).

 

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