ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Procedures & Planning Lead, Nuclear Operations to join our team supporting N3B! This position is full-time and will be based out of Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Responsibilities

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, 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.

Requirements

Education & Years of Experience – Bachelor’s Degree and 14+ years of relevant experience.

Citizenship – To be considered, you must be a United States (U.S.) citizen due to the federal nature of the work.

Clearance – To be considered, you must be able to obtain and maintain a government issued clearance, if needed.

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.

About the Site

N3B manages the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management’s Los Alamos Field Office, which is responsible for cleaning up contamination that resulted from LANL operations before 1999 and packaging and shipping radioactive and hazardous waste off-site for permanent disposal (n3b-la.com).

ABOUT GEM

GEM Technologies, Inc. (GEM) is an award-winning federal contractor with more than 30 years of experience providing environmental, construction, facility management, and technical services to federal agencies, state and local governments, and commercial organizations. Founded in 1994 as a nuclear engineering firm to support federal operations in East Tennessee, GEM has since expanded into a nationwide, multi-disciplinary provider with over 270 employees and a diverse portfolio of contracts in the environmental, nuclear, and defense sectors. Some reasons to join GEM are: