Overview
On Site
USD 99,193.03 - 154,255.09 per year
Full Time
Skills
Evaluation
Leadership
Content management
Configuration Management
Change management
Preventive maintenance
Performance management
Project management
Regulatory Compliance
Budget
Training
Supervision
Science
Chemistry
Planning
Corrective maintenance
Materials management
CMMS
Writing
Testing
Equipment maintenance
Analytical skill
Laboratory equipment
Documentation
Design of experiments
Market analysis
Energy
Operations
Digital asset management
Management
Design
Supply chain management
WAR
SAFE
Confluence
Solaris
RADIUS
Recruiting
Military
Law
Job Details
The Lab Specialist job family is responsible for all activities relating to operation and maintenance of the analytical radiological laboratory equipment system (ARL) including development, implementation, and interaction with WTP requirement areas. This specialist will be specifically scoped to support work planning for the laboratory. Under direction of the Analytical Manager or Supervisor, may develop and perform administrative or technical assignments of various complexities within approved procedures, schedules, and budgets. May coordinate activities with employees in other disciplines and other functional work groups participating on an assigned project. May assist in the training and evaluation of assigned scientific personnel.
This position shall be performed under the day-to-day direction, control, and supervision of WTCC
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Education: High School Diploma or GED. Associate or bachelor's degree in engineering or science or equivalent education desired. Degree in engineering or science may be substituted with two years of experience.
Experience: 6+ years of experience through a combination of education and experience in chemistry, laboratory operations, work control and work planning, job hazard analysis, preventative and corrective maintenance coordination, and materials management.
Preferred Experience: WTP work planner qualification, CMMS proficiency
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
(EFNM-LAB) Exposed Field Non-Manual Laboratory. Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes and telephone operations. Oversees field activities through inspections, testing and equipment operations, which requires walking, standing, bending, and turning along with wearing personal protective equipment and carrying measuring tools. Occasional loading, transport, and unloading of tools and/or supplies, equipment and compresses gas cylinders specific to activity. Prepares laboratory standards and analytical equipment within approved technical procedures or activity level work control document boundaries. Operate and maintain laboratory equipment within the scope of approved procedures or activity level documents.
This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Must be able to work in the United States without Sponsorship
Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy (DOE) badge for access to the Hanford site.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $99,193.03 - $154,255.09 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site:
Amentum is a global company with a heritage dating back more than 100 years and delivering solutions in nuclear energy, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and national security. Our predecessors helped build Hoover Dam, protected fighting forces in World War II, and supported the Manhattan Project. Today, our teams clean up legacy nuclear waste around the world, manage the United Kingdom's defense portfolio, design programs and tests for Navy submarine electronic systems, and provide integrated supply chain services needed in developing countries during the pandemic.
Amentum has joined with Bechtel to create an LLC, known as the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at and .
This position shall be performed under the day-to-day direction, control, and supervision of WTCC
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS
- Work with Lab Method SME to develop work instructions for CM and PM work packages
- Lead Job Hazard Analysis
- Manage and maintain CM and PM lab work control
- Perform all work safely and with the utmost concern for the safety of self and other employees
- Perform all work in compliance with environmental permits and regulations
- Keeps the supervisor advised as to status of assignment(s) with respect to schedule, budget, delays and adverse conditions
- Maintain expert knowledge and technical expertise in assigned area as it applies to Analytical Lab activities and implementing those standards into assigned area
- Provides technical assistance and guidance to technical and scientific personnel
- Assures quality, quantity, and completeness of the work required
- Plans and schedules activities associated with assigned projects
- Maintain timeliness and accuracy of oral and written technical reports regarding assigned activities and tasks
- Maintains proper document files and records
- Builds productive relationships within the Lab and interfacing functional work groups
- Support the Waste Treatment Plant Nuclear Safety Quality Culture by emphasizing the values of safety and quality in the performance of work to protect self, others, and the environment
- This job description is not intended to include every duty, task or instruction for which an employee is responsible. Other tasks may be assigned, based on business needs and the management request
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- NA
Education: High School Diploma or GED. Associate or bachelor's degree in engineering or science or equivalent education desired. Degree in engineering or science may be substituted with two years of experience.
Experience: 6+ years of experience through a combination of education and experience in chemistry, laboratory operations, work control and work planning, job hazard analysis, preventative and corrective maintenance coordination, and materials management.
Preferred Experience: WTP work planner qualification, CMMS proficiency
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
(EFNM-LAB) Exposed Field Non-Manual Laboratory. Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes and telephone operations. Oversees field activities through inspections, testing and equipment operations, which requires walking, standing, bending, and turning along with wearing personal protective equipment and carrying measuring tools. Occasional loading, transport, and unloading of tools and/or supplies, equipment and compresses gas cylinders specific to activity. Prepares laboratory standards and analytical equipment within approved technical procedures or activity level work control document boundaries. Operate and maintain laboratory equipment within the scope of approved procedures or activity level documents.
This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Must be able to work in the United States without Sponsorship
Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy (DOE) badge for access to the Hanford site.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $99,193.03 - $154,255.09 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site:
Amentum is a global company with a heritage dating back more than 100 years and delivering solutions in nuclear energy, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and national security. Our predecessors helped build Hoover Dam, protected fighting forces in World War II, and supported the Manhattan Project. Today, our teams clean up legacy nuclear waste around the world, manage the United Kingdom's defense portfolio, design programs and tests for Navy submarine electronic systems, and provide integrated supply chain services needed in developing countries during the pandemic.
Amentum has joined with Bechtel to create an LLC, known as the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at and .
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