Director – Value Engineering and Product Management

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Job Description

The Director, Value Engineering and Product Management at X-energy will work cross functionally across Project Controls, Engineering, Procurement / Supply Chain, Construction, Operations and Project Finance/Commercial Development. This role will help to inform engineering design and technical decision-making in real-time by providing relevant cost and value data and implications, enabling the organization to make smart design choices based on trade-offs between cost and value / efficiency and between CAPEX and OPEX to optimize the whole-life value of Xe products and projects.

A major part of this role is to work with Engineering to identify and constructively challenge:

• Over-engineering
• Excessive conservatism
• Redundant scope
• Complex interfaces
• Low-value requirements

This role will be the ‘voice of the customer’ within our projects—enabling engineering teams to make design decisions with short and long-term cost and schedule implications fully in mind. They will build the connective tissue between disparate parts of the organization. They will sit alongside engineers, understand design challenges, and then turn around and deliver fast, usable cost estimates that help them make trade-off decisions. They will build both the framework and the habit: the tools that make rapid cost / value estimates possible, and the culture that incentivizes the engineering teams to use them.

This work will directly influence which design paths X-energy pursues and how it successfully delivers its first-of-a-kind and nth-of-a-kind megaprojects.

This role requires deep megaproject cost estimating experience, strong organizational savvy, ability to communicate effectively at all levels in the organization, and the confidence to build something from scratch. When people tell you something isn't possible, you find a way.
This position serves as the executive voice of the customer within projects by translating technical decisions into short- and long-term cost and schedule implications and ensuring those trade-offs are visible, understood, and acted upon at the point of decision. The role builds and institutionalizes the connective structure between disparate parts of the organization by establishing the strategy, tools, processes, governance, and working relationships that allow engineering teams to access fast, usable cost and value estimates in real time.

The Director, Value Engineering and Product Management also plays a key role in setting the enterprise approach to identifying and constructively challenging over-engineering, excessive conservatism, redundant scope, complex interfaces, and low-value requirements. This work directly influences design path decisions, portfolio outcomes, and the successful delivery of first-of-a-kind and nth-of-a-kind megaprojects.

Location:  9801 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Travel Expectations: 10%   
Work Site Expectations:  4 days a week in office     
Hours: 8:00am ET to 5:00pm ET, Monday - Friday 

Compensation

As required by Maryland and other applicable state law, X Energy, LLC (X-energy) lists the expected compensation range for a publicly advertised job opportunity based upon the job requirements (e.g. education/training, experience, skill sets, etc.). Individual candidates who meet the job requirements for the posted position will be offered a salary within this range based on their respective levels of education/training, experience, and other qualifications unique to them. Salary ranges may vary based on the specific office location and region referenced in the posting to take into consideration differences in cost of living and may not be reflective of all regions. Please note that compensation ranges listed for US job postings reflect base salary only and do not include benefits or other incentives.

Offers within the posted salary range are commensurate with the individual’s qualifications for the position, along with a view on internal equity, market data, and room for growth. The salary range for this position is:

$220,000- $240,000. The compensation for this position is comprised of base salary plus an annual short term incentive which is variable, based on scope of responsibility and achievement of goals.

Position Job Classification

Full time - Exempt

Benefits 

X Energy, LLC offers a robust benefits package that includes a 401K plan with an employer match, Medical/Dental /Vision Insurance, Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off, and a Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Development policy that supports the continuing education of our employees. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.   

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