TITLE: Design Authority Project Account Engineer LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Design Authority Project Account Engineer The Design Authority Project Account Engineer (PAE) reports to the Natrium Engineering Process Manager and is given responsibility and authority for the performance management of selected control accounts within the Design Authority organization, and for planning and managing performance of the resources authorized to accomplish such work. The PAE is a project management-oriented role focusing on project performance management. PAE responsibilities include schedule planning and status, cost planning and management, measurement of accomplishment, actual cost collection, variance analysis and resultant corrective action, estimating costs at completion, and risk management. The PAE manages at the control account point where technical scope, schedule, and budget are integrated. Responsibilities Responsibility for Cost Account Performance Management, including: Statusing of schedule activities, including soliciting inputs from engineering staff. Monitor team performance against the schedule baseline, provide feedback to management, develop plans address areas of underperformance and recovery. Monitor and analyze cost and schedule variances using the EV data recorded, actual costs, and IMCS data compared to the time-phased budget. Identify and manage trends, provide input to the trend register and serve as the group representative in the trend register meetings. Identify, assess, and monitor risks and ensure effective mitigations are established and incorporated into the schedule. Assists Senior Manager(s) in reviewing and approving assignments and commitments involving the control account, including: Work with the engineering leads to develop planning inputs and schedules Organize and conduct management reviews of plans/proposed schedules on a regular cadence. Monitor and analyze outstanding (external) commitments within the assigned control accounts. Ensure that actual costs are accurately recorded against the proper charge numbers for work performed. Lead/drive the planning process for the work scope within the control account Primary point of contact for interfacing with project controls in the implementation of plans in the IMCS. Be responsible for Control Account Performance, including: Assist to develop staffing/resource plans, and maintain and adjust the schedule to be resource leveled. Assist to establish performance metrics, and