Consultant and Specialist Management Level 5 (Work Planner)

Spectra Tech has a great opportunity for a Consultant and Specialist Management Level 5 (Work Planner) in Los Alamos, NM.

Duties include:
* Leads, communicates and collaborates with team members and project staff to plan, develop, and produce high- quality communication 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.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):
* Comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts, and techniques in technical writing and editing, composition, and document production.
* Detailed knowledge and understanding of nuclear facility requirements including conduct ofoperations, 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 publication projects, including establishing and maintaining schedules; communicating and collaborating with project team members to plan, develop, and produce high-quality communication products; and transmitting, organizing, maintaining, archiving, and retrieving project files.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal; communicates 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,