Consultant and Specialist Management Level 5 ( CH-TRU Work Planner/Procedure Development)

Spectra Tech has a great opportunity for a Consultant and Specialist Management Level 5 (CH-TRU Work Planner/Procedure Development) in Los Alamos, NM.

Duties include:

• Experienced work planner and non-supervisory team lead for CH-TRU technical procedures group, responsible for nuclear operations procedures used for nuclear facility management and the storage, processing, and shipment of radioactive waste.
• This position will provide organizational senior level support to the CH-TRU organization and project personnel while providing leadership and management of routine and emergent technical procedure development and implementation.
• Leads, communicates and collaborates with team members and project staff to plan, develop, and produce high- quality work products in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Ensures projects adhere to schedules and deadlines; works simultaneously on multiple projects, independently setting work priorities to meet changing deadlines and scope-of-work definitions.
• Ensures prioritization for deliverables are set and relayed and managed with team.
• Performs mechanical and substantive edits, correcting grammar, technical usage, content, and organizational problems.
• Performs proofreading, grammar, and full edits on technical, general-audience, and administrative documents; may rewrite or produce original writing.
• Composites (compiles and formats) large, complex technical documents using a variety of software and equipment; determines file formats for graphic images and imports and integrates with text; imports and formats tables; reviews final print and web quality and adjusts processes to accommodate changes and resolve issues.
• Creates and uses templates and style sheets to ensure product consistency and quality; tailors and improves templates and style sheets to fit project needs; responsible for helping to update and maintain team templates, checklists, and guidelines.

• Maintains electronic drafts, reviews, finals, and archived files; organizes and retrieves archived files.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts, and techniques in work control, work planning, technical writing and editing, composition, and document production.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of nuclear facility requirements including conduct of operations, engineering, and maintenance. * Ability to communicate effectively at the highest levels.
• Ability to train and mentor more junior staff.
• Expertise and advanced experience in technical editing, including correcting grammar, usage, style, content, and organizational problems; experience editing technical documents as well as other high-quality communication materials.
• Expertise and demonstrated experience in composition, including compiling, formatting, and producing regulatory documents for both print and web publications; experience compositing technical documents as well as other high-quality communication materials.
• Project management knowledge and experience in coordinating projects, including establishing and maintaining schedules; communicating and collaborating with project team members to plan, develop, and produce high-quality work products; and transmitting, organizing, maintaining, archiving, and retrieving project files. * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal; communicate clearly and professionally via phone, email, and in person with multiple team members on multiple projects.
• Uses knowledge, experience, and judgment to solve problems, increase efficiency, and improve services and products.
• Can be viewed as a capable independent contributor and is also effective and flexible in a team environment.
• Is detail-oriented, highly knowledgeable, and organized; takes initiative and has proven ability to multitask, trouble-shoot, and follow projects to completion.

A bachelor's degree in a closely related field with at least 14 years of related experience. Experience should include a minimum of three (3) years of management responsibility. However, a combination of education and relevant experience wherein the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the position's duties and responsibilities have been adequately demonstrated is acceptable,