Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Full job description

Overview:

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today. In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters. As such, MSTS places great value on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is committed to a diverse and equitable workforce, with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, and perspectives.

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Responsibilities:

The Remote Sensing Laboratory Division (RSL), located on Nellis Air Force Base, seeks a talented individual to support the RSL as a Senior Technical Writer.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and collect classified and unclassified background information and technical data needed to write technical reports; analyzes the information for relevancy and rewrites the information in a clear, concise manner to meet authoritative organizational requirements for producing an unclassified report.
• Write, edit, and develop technical documents for approval to publish.
• Ensure that documents meet company-established quality standards and are completed on time.
• Design and prepare graphics by graphics specialist for use in documents.
• Coordinate with all levels of management to resolve problems that affect company procedure workflow and quality.
• Interface, on a routine basis, with professional contacts at DOE, DNA, contractors, and the national laboratories to obtain specific subject matter expertise required to prepare special technical reports.
• Perform related work assigned by manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent training and experience and at least 5 years’ relevant experience.
• Able to utilize independent judgment, creativity, initiative, and ability to apply knowledge and experience to resolve problems and compose technical correspondence and reports.
• Able to prioritize and schedule multiple activities in the most efficient manner and meet required deadlines.
• Able to communicate with all types of people in a tactful, professional, and effective manner while screening and maintaining confidentiality.
• Able to remember extensive policies, procedures, terminology, schedules, personnel, and other details.
• Able to follow oral and written instruction and follow through on all assignments.
• Able to deal with pressure of handling multiple tasks, complaints, frequent interruptions, and time constraints.
• Knowledge of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Familiar with software applications used in the position.
• Able to delegate, direct, and supervise work of assigned personnel.
• Flexible work schedule can be negotiated with the manager; employees can work 5/8’s, 9/80’s or 4/10’s work-weeks.
• The primary work location will be based at the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV (RSL-N).
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2, “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.