Program Implementation Manager Jobs in Chattanooga, TN

Johnson Service Group (JSG) is a Tier 1 vendor for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and we are recruiting for an experienced, Implementation Manager, for a 6-month contract assignment supporting TVA’s nuclear fleet.  

• Target Start Date:  09/14/26
• Duration:  6+ months
• Target W2 Pay Rate:  Up to $68.00/hour (time and a half for overtime)
• Project Office Location:  Onsite in Chattanooga, TN
• Proximity: Local or Regional candidates highly preferred

Position Summary:
This role will provide direction and oversight for Maintenance, Outage, and or Projects personnel to drive standards and expectations in behaviors. Position develops contract terms and conditions for implementation and execution of work associated with their assigned projects, tasks, and work orders.
Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for field work job safety, execution requirements, financial planning, human performance, and operational risk.
• Responsible for performing or reviewing estimates for assigned work (conceptual, design, and or implementation).
• Responsible for field work activities for safety, standardization, quality, and housekeeping compliance.
• Responsible for the assigned activities related to programmatic requirements, such as safety manual, fatigue rule, asbestos abatement, Appendix R, scaffolding, painting programs, etc.
• When applicable, responsible for and performs field observations of work and documents in the approved observation database; ensures appropriate issues are captured in CAP; and provides input for appropriate actions and completion of actions to support exemplary performance of the department.
• Develop project or work requirements to ensure implementation success.
• Ensure design packages are implemented in a manner that is standard and consistent with the fleet approach, which meets quality, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Review the scope, cost, and schedule of assigned work. Provide status and solutions, with emphasis on early identification of problem areas for assigned work.
• Develop implementation solutions efficiently and innovatively that meet operational and technical requirements, as well as ensuring ease of maintenance and operability.
• Coordinates with members of the integrated joint project/work teams to plan, scope, and estimate work across all phases within their purview.
• Identify and obtain resources required to support estimation, work requirements, planning, and implementation.
• Administer, manage, and maintain responsibility for all contractors who will perform services on assigned work.
• Develop and review change documents to obtain approval for scope funding and schedule changes.
• Ensure additional contract partners are aligned for support of work to ensure budget and schedule/milestone adherence.
• Review and provide recommendations for technical sections of proposals during the competitive bidding process.
• Provide approved contractor work release forms before initiation of work, and control spending on each.
• Provide the contractor with an approved copy of the work document, funding estimates, and schedule associated with the assigned work.
• Present the modifications data and input at design review meetings during the design phase of assigned work.
• Provide the implementation input for the project scoping document, engineering study, or engineering scoping document from the study phase through to the implementation phase on any assigned projects.
• Review and approve supplemental oversight plans and safety plans.
• Serve as CTS (contract technical steward) and or FIA (field invoice approver) when requested for assigned work.
• Ensures compliance to the Adverse Employment Actions process for work within their purview and provides input and documentation to support this process when necessary.
• Support Outage or Project Control Center and Emergent Issue Management.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• 8+ years' experience in the field of nuclear plant modification, maintenance, design, operation, or quality assurance.
• Should have prior supervisory experience in maintenance, modifications, projects, site services, or planning and technical activities.
• Shall have nondestructive testing familiarity, craft knowledge, and an understanding of electrical, pressure vessel, and piping codes and standards.

Job #416719

Johnson Service Group, Inc. (JSG) is a North American leader in the staffing and consulting services industry, with over 40 years of experience investing in people and companies. We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, 401(k), weekly pay, and more.

Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.