Operations Specialist II

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. seeks an Operations Support Specialist II to support Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM. The role centers on coordinating readiness activities with facility personnel, supporting assessments, and maintaining clear documentation to enable safe, compliant operations.

You will build relationships across operations, program teams, and contractors, ensuring alignment with DOE and LANL requirements while communicating effectively under dynamic conditions.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Experience supporting work in an operational, technical, regulated, or compliance-driven environment.
• Intermediate-level knowledge coordinating activities, schedules, assessments, or action tracking across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience participating in or supporting facility walkdowns, workplace observations, assessments, or similar field-based activities.
• Ability to understand and apply organizational policies, procedures, and institutional requirements.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer-service skills and ability to build productive relationships across organizations.

Responsibilities

• 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 needs.
• Support assessments and help evaluate whether operational requirements have been implemented.
• Serve as a central coordination point for facility and programmatic customers.
• Gather information from subject-matter experts and translate needs into actionable plans and documents.
• Research and apply effective practices in readiness, process improvement, and procedure development.
• Help ensure work products meet relevant DOE and LANL requirements.
• Communicate WFO activities and needs through written, verbal, and visual media under dynamic conditions.

Skills

Operational readiness coordination

Project coordination

Communication skills

Regulated environment experience

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Associate's Degree and 4 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE's nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Operations Support Specialist II to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Los Alamos National Lab in Los Alamos, NM.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The role involves regular collaboration with facility personnel, participation in facility and area walkdowns, support for assessments, and coordination of readiness activities with operational and programmatic customers.

The specialist also develops and maintains documentation that supports operational readiness, clear communication, and effective execution.

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.

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.

• 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 and LANL requirements.


• Communicate WFO activities and needs through written, verbal, and visual media projects under dynamic conditions.

Education and Licensure

Associate's Degree and 4 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation (Required)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 4 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)


• 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.


• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)


• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)


• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)