Operations Specialist 2

United Global Technologies, Inc.; Los Alamos, Northern (NM, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

United Global Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Operations Specialist to provide direction, data analysis, and program support for a nuclear facility operations environment.

The role involves coordinating cross-functional activities, ensuring DOE requirements are met, and translating complex operational needs into clear plans and procedures. You will build relationships, support walkdowns, assessments, and documentation while working onsite at a site with regulated operations and potential for

Qualifications

• Must understand and apply DOE orders and procedures.
• Experience coordinating schedules and actions across teams.
• Experience with field-based activities and facility walkdowns.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Build productive relationships with facility, programming, and operational personnel.
• Coordinate project activities, schedules, deliverables, and action tracking across multiple organizations.
• Participate in facility and area walkdowns to understand operating conditions.
• Support assessments and evaluate whether operational requirements are implemented.
• Serve as central coordination point for facility and programmatic customers.
• Gather information from subject-matter experts and convert needs into plans and procedures.
• Research and apply practices in operational readiness and process improvement.
• Help ensure work products meet DOE requirements.
• Communicate WFO activities through written, verbal, and visual media.

Skills

Coordination across stakeholders

Verbal & written communication

Regulated/DOE-like environment

Microsoft Office proficiency

Documentation/technical writing

Tools

PDMLink

SharePoint

Oracle

UTrain

MS Office Suite

Job description

Summary
Provides general direction, guidance, data analysis, and/or operational support to a facility to ensure the implementation and integration of operational and programmatic functions. Provides direction in administering, implementing, and resolving performance, compliance, administrative, or technical programs and issues in direct or indirect support of operations functions including, but not limited to, unusual facility occurrences, internal assessments, external audits, and new program implementation.

You will support facilities that include nuclear and tritium operations at the Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility. The position offers broad exposure to facility operations and the opportunity to see the direct effect of your work.

As an Operations Specialist, you will be expected to meet the following duties.

• Build productive working relationships with facility, programming, and operational personnel.
• Coordinate project activities, schedules, deliverables, and action tracking across multiple organizations.
• Participate in facility and area walkdowns to understand operating conditions and identify ready-made needs.
• Support assessments and help evaluate whether operational requirements have been effectively implemented.
• Serve as a central coordination point for facility and programmatic customers.
• Gather information from subject-matter experts and convert operational needs into practical plans, communications, procedures, and other controlled documents.
• Research and apply effective practices in operational readiness, process improvement, and procedure development.
• Help ensure work products meet applicable DOE requirements.
• Communicate WFO activities and needs through written, verbal, and visual media projects under dynamic conditions.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Microsoft suites and PDM Link within SharePoint
• Demonstrated experience supporting work in an operational, technical, regulated, or compliance-driven environment.
• intermediate-level knowledge and experience in coordinating activities, schedules, assessments, or action tracking across multiple stakeholders.
• intermediate-level knowledge and experience in participating in or supporting facility walkdowns, workplace observations, assessments, or similar field-based activities.
• Intermediate-level knowledge and experience to understand and apply organizational policies, procedures, and institutional requirements.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer-service skills, including the ability to build productive working relationships across different organizations and levels of responsibility.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information clearly to different audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze technical or operational information and convert it into clear, accurate, and usable work products.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Training/Certifications:

None

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to learn and implement DOE Orders and Procedures pertinent to nuclear facility operations
• Intermediate-level knowledge and experience with working and updating project schedules.
• Intermediate-level knowledge and experience with our business systems (Oracle, UTrain, PDMLink, etc.).
• intermediate-level knowledge and experience with process improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma
• DOE Q Clearance

1. Is position remote or on-site? 100% Onsite
2. Work schedule (9/80A or 5-8s or 4-10s) 9/80s or 5/8s
3. On Call/ OT? None
4. Any “Deal Breakers” that will cause a candidate rejection? Inability to get a Q clearance, otherwise, nothing I can think of other than education and years of experience required. If they can come preloaded with Technical writing experience that’s great but not needed. No phones, medical devices would require approval, etc. but no deal breakers outsides.
5. What are your top 3 skills that are desired? Demonstrated ability to understand and implement DOE orders. Intermediate or higher level knowledge of our systems (Utrain, Oracle, etc.) and Technical Writing. Or ability to collaborate effectively