Vice President - New Nuclear Energy - Mpr Associates, Inc.

MPR is the leading US technical, engineering and management services firm, delivering innovative and difference-making services and solutions to clients across the country and worldwide.  Based in Alexandria, VA, MPR’s mission is to meaningfully shape the future through excellent and high value solutions delivered by industry leading professionals. 

In 1964, Harry Mandil, Bob Panoff, and Ted Rockwell, three leaders who had been instrumental in the development of the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) under Admiral Rickover, set out to create a company built around technical excellence and the strong culture and values developed from their NNPP experience.  MPR continues to achieve its mission 60 years later, by growing its impact, influencing client and industry success, and expanding its stable of top tier talent.  “Punching above its weight” has always been a hallmark of MPR, providing the impact and achieving the outcomes of a firm multiple times the size of MPR.

MPR’s focus is in three primary industries:

• Power & Energy – “Keeping the lights on” and maintaining a reliable, resilient, and cost-effect power grid remains MPR’s primary business area. MPR partners with industry clients (customers and suppliers) to develop, deploy, and operate innovative technologies that achieve those outcomes through the de-carbonization of the energy landscape.  MPR subject matter experts are leaders shaping the future of our power system.  Industry-leading expertise and insight in nuclear energy, advanced reactor technology and deployment, renewables, energy storage, hydrogen, natural gas, and transmission & distribution enable MPR to make outsized contributions in this rapidly changing – and critically important – environment.
• Federal Government – MPR experts and difference-makers partner with Federal clients in DOE, DOD, and DHS to manage, oversee, and deliver some of the most strategically important programs in the Federal Government. With a focus on security – national security and energy security, and recognizing the important relationship between them – MPR provides project management and risk management services and solutions which enable the US to maintain and strengthen its worldwide leadership in technology and defense.
• Health & Life Sciences – MPR’s innovative engineers and designers develop and deliver cutting edge medical products and devices for diagnosis and treatment that are improving health outcomes, reducing health care costs, and making health care easier and more effective. With a focus on innovation through technology coupled with a game-changing vision of the future health care landscape, MPR is designing products that improve health outcomes and benefit our entire society.

MPR achieves these outcomes and impacts building on core values of excellence, accountability, integrity, teamwork, and leadership, and prioritizing on three core areas of services and solutions that are applied across all our business areas:

• Product Development – The design, testing, demonstration, and deployment of innovative products and solutions that move clients and industry forward and provide increased capabilities and value.
• Asset Management & Reliability – Bringing industry leading technical expertise to the operation and maintenance of critical infrastructure and facilities to ensure performance at the levels demanded by customers and society.
• Project Execution & Risk Management – Understanding and characterizing the needs, threats, and opportunities involved to plan and deliver complex capital assets, providing the execution and risk management plans and strategies, and then providing the services and support to enable successful delivery and completion.

MPR’s business landscape and impact continue to expand, driven by an increasing stable of premier clients seeking to partner with MPR to address their most important and challenging opportunities and problems.  That foundation creates a firm foundation to capture an even brighter and more impactful future.

MPR is seeking a dynamic and effective executive leader to join our leadership team with primary responsibility for our business, work, and teams in the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy technology. 

As a strategic partner to premier industry clients, MPR is a leading provider of products, services, and solutions to two primary groups of clients:

• Companies who are creating nuclear energy designs and products. MPR teams develop designs, perform analyses, develop specifications, support testing, and provide other engineering and consulting services to make important contributions in the development of nuclear technology products.
• Owner/operators and project developers seeking to deploy and utilize nuclear energy. MPR teams partner with clients to plan, lead, and oversee nuclear technology deployment projects, utilizing risk management, project planning, regulatory support, contractor and supply chain oversight, and technical evaluation and oversight skills and expertise. 

Our business and opportunity in this area are strong; we are making important and industry-influencing contributions, and we see significant opportunity building on MPR’s nuclear industry-leading expertise and reputation.  We seek to further strengthen and grow our team, our client base, our business volume, and our impact in this key segment of industry. 

We seek to bring into MPR a new leader to lead this segment of business, strengthen our teams, mentor our next generation of leaders, ensure our products, services, and solutions deliver high value, and to grow MPR’s impact, reputation, and business.  This new leader will also share leadership responsibilities in MPR beyond our new nuclear energy work, serving as a member of the MPR Leadership Team overseeing and sharing in the responsibility, and opportunity, to influence MPR’s overall success and company-wide team.

This position leads MPR’s services to support and enable the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy technology.  The Vice-President responsibilities include:

• Lead the team of MPR personnel responsible for managing and overseeing of MPR’s new nuclear energy business, including growing and strengthening that team
• Set and promulgate direction and strategy for MPR’s new nuclear energy business; develop and pursue a business plan aligned with MPR’s corporate vision and objectives
• Build and maintain executive level relationships with clients and partners
• Direct commercial activities, including prioritize opportunities and investments, review proposals, sign contracts within limits, and manage risk across the new nuclear energy business
• Be the internal customer for client projects, providing a holistic business landscape perspective and/or technical support as needed to ensure MPR delivers excellence and value for our clients and to manage MPR risk (if necessary, engaging deeply with the team to enable success)
• Define and sponsor investment activities (business development, training, research & development, etc.) needed to support the new nuclear energy business, with a particular focus on a forward-looking view of skills, knowledge, and capabilities needed to best enable client success
• Support the professional development and growth of MPR personnel engaged in our new nuclear energy business
• Participate as a member of the MPR Leadership Team, collaborating with other Vice-Presidents and the Principal Officers to lead and strengthen MPR and achieve shared success for MPR, our clients, and our staff

Travel

As required by business and project needs.  Estimated to average about 20%-25%.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

Education

• BS in an Engineering discipline preferred

Skills and Experience

• 20+ years experience providing engineering, technical, and consulting services to the nuclear energy industry; equipped with a base of understanding of technical, licensing, and project development services
• Self-starter; a proven track record demonstrating initiative and achievement
• Demonstrated leader with the ability to mentor, grow, and strengthen the team
• Ability to multi-task across teams of engineers and managers on various projects
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand client needs and identify, capture, and grow business
• Working knowledge of business development, customer relationships, negotiation, and award of contracts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and senior leaders
• Persistent, questioning attitude and ability to accept that in others

MPR Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, who participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other classification as required by applicable laws.  MPR is a certified Virginia Values Veterans (V3) employer.