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• Provide overall leadership and accountability for physical, information, and personnel security across NS&E Commercial Nuclear Projects, ensuring full compliance with 10 CFR Part 73, DOE O 474.3B, IAEA INFCIRC/225/Rev. 5, and host-nation requirements.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of project-specific security plans, including Design Basis Threat (DBT) analyses, vulnerability assessments, insider threat programs, and force-on-force exercises.
• Identify security deficiencies and ensure timely, effective corrective actions.
• Develop and oversee security strategies and programs to respond to incidents and evolving threat conditions, mitigating risk to personnel, assets, information, and customer property.
• Direct and supervise investigations involving threats or acts against Bechtel personnel, property, or interests at commercial nuclear projects.
• Plan, organize, and lead nuclear security staff, ensuring compliance with all legal, regulatory, corporate, and customer requirements.
• Serve as the primary security liaison with federal regulators (NRC, DOE/NNSA), host-nation authorities, the U.S. intelligence community, and local law enforcement, representing Bechtel during inspections, audits, and incident response activities.
• Implement security awareness and training programs to promote a secure work environment across NS&E Commercial Nuclear Projects.
• Develop and manage security budgets in alignment with approved funding and project requirements.
• Represent the NS&E Manager of Security in engagements with clients, government agencies, and industry partners as required.
• Conduct routine security assessments, drills, and exercises to ensure project readiness for a range of threat scenarios.
• Act as the central point of contact for all security matters in the absence of a designated project security manager or team.
• Lead preparation for and coordination of regulatory inspections, audits, and investigations.
• Recruit, develop, and manage a team of qualified and certified security professionals.
• Establish and maintain GBU security policies, procedures, and protocols for commercial nuclear projects, including physical, information (e.g., ECI, SRI, SGI), and personnel security documentation.
• Support NS&E Business Development and Proposal teams on commercial nuclear pursuits.
• Travel regularly to assigned project sites.

• Experience in Commercial Nuclear Security EPC projects. 
• Knowledge of Federal, State and International Regulations/Laws as they relate to Commercial Nuclear Security.   
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 
• Demonstrate good computer skills; knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel. 

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