Update on the TP project: Scheduled to be a 5 year project with removal of most of the secondary system including moisture separators, FW heaters, valves, FW pump upgrades, new Flow path for Turb, generator rewind. This will be the most comprehensive modification for any plant in the US (per FPL) and will be more difficult than a new contruction.
Should be plenty of opportunities down here for long term work. the project is staffed about 25% and should have 130 people or more at 100% staffing. Schedulers, planners, construction, proj eng, PM, etc openings. Work week is 4-10's, OT up to 45hrs is optional. Trip outta here once a week. I think they are pretty generous with the mullah, I should gross $1.5-2M over 5 years. The other Project Managers might be pulling more then I am, so I might be on the low end of the scale. The trip home every month is sweet. Can go anywhere. I'm heading to chicago next month and plan on ski trips over winter.
If the nuke build in this country goes as planned and this project is a success; anyone associated with this highly complex project will be in the kill zone for mullah after the projects completion. the new builds should be just hitting stride and the people on this project will be seasoned veterans in a field sparely populated with proven professional with recent experience. The ol supply and demand chart looks like $$$$$$ for people rolling off this project in 2012.