Fleet Project Manager
Summary
Leads large-scale nuclear projects in France, coordinating multi-site teams to meet safety, cost, and schedule goals while ensuring regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction.
If you are a Fleet Project Manager professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to lead complex, multi-site nuclear projects within Emerson’s Nuclear Business Unit in Cernay, France. You will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of large-scale projects, ensuring alignment with contractual commitments across safety, quality, cost, and schedule, while driving customer satisfaction and business performance in a highly regulated environment.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Lead and ensure successful execution of large-scale, multi-site nuclear projects (KOB1 – New Nuclear Installations) in a matrix organization
- Define and implement a multi-site execution strategy, including master scheduling, procurement strategy, resource allocation, and risk & opportunity management
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, project management, planning, procurement, manufacturing, quality, logistics and finance
- Monitor project execution and drive performance against safety, quality, cost, lead time, revenue, margin, and cash flow objectives
- Provide high-level reporting (planned vs. actuals vs. forecast) to leadership and customers
- Act as Emerson’s representative with key clients, including senior-level communication and stakeholder alignment
- Support bid/tender phases to ensure alignment on budget, timeline, technical, contractual, and quality aspects
- Drive profitability through internal optimization (engineering, procurement, manufacturing) and external levers (change orders, claims)
- Ensure consistency in quality and compliance with nuclear regulations, standards, and safety requirements across all sites
- Support financial planning, including revenue recognition, margin at completion, billing, and cash flow tracking
- Contribute to dispute resolution (quality, warranty, delay penalties) in collaboration with internal stakeholders
- Lead project close-out reviews and share lessons learned and best practices across sites
- Promote adherence to Emerson’s quality, safety, environmental, and regulatory policies, contributing to nuclear safety
Who You Are:
You build strong customer relationships and deliver solutions aligned with both customer expectations and business objectives. You collaborate effectively across functions and geographies, leveraging diverse perspectives to achieve results. You make sound and timely decisions in complex, high-stakes environments, balancing analysis, experience, and risk. You demonstrate resilience and a strong results orientation, driving execution and accountability across multiple priorities.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- Master’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field
- Minimum 8 years of proven experience in project management, preferably in the nuclear sector
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-site projects in a matrix organization
- Strong ability to influence, negotiate, and communicate with senior-level stakeholders and clients
- Solid understanding of project financials (cost control, revenue recognition, forecasting, cash flow)
- Technical knowledge of industrial products, manufacturing processes, and project execution environments
- Knowledge of nuclear quality requirements and regulatory frameworks
- Strong organizational agility and ability to manage priorities in a dynamic environment
- Fluency in English (required)
Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
- Experience managing projects across multiple international locations
- Advanced expertise in project planning tools such as Primavera P6
- Deep understanding of nuclear market dynamics and customer requirements
- Strong commercial acumen, including contract negotiation and change order management
- Experience contributing to project management process improvements and tools
Our Culture & Commitment to You:
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives - because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.