Job Summary:The Senior Training Program Instructional Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive industrial, nuclear, and health and safety-related training programs. This role supports high-consequence projects across the Department of Energy (DOE) complex, ensuring strict compliance with site-specific, agency-wide, and federal/state regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will leverage extensive field experience in facility maintenance, operations, and engineering to deliver tailored, performance-based instruction and oversee the full lifecycle of training program administration.
Roles and Responsibilities1. Training Program Management & Administration
- Records & Compliance Tracking: Ensure the maintenance of Training Implementation Matrices (TIM), Training Requirements Matrices (TRM), Qualification Standards, and individual qualification cards/procedures.
- Resource Management: Practical instructions, coordinate course reviews, and subcontractor training support teams.
2. Instructional Design & Course Development
- Instructional Systems Design (ISD): Utilize the ISD model to conduct comprehensive needs assessments, job/task analyses (JTA), and gap analyses for management, technical, and craft positions.
- Curriculum Development: Design, storyboard, write scripts, and develop complete classroom, web-based, and hands-on training programs using specialized software (e.g., Articulate, Captivate, Visual Basic).
- Technical Writing: Author and maintain training procedures, qualification guidelines, white papers, and instructional manuals aligned with safety basis requirements.
3. Training Delivery & Instruction
- Safety & Compliance Instruction: Deliver critical regulatory training, including OSHA-mandated courses (Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout, Hazardous Energy Control, HAZWOPER, and Lead/Arsenic worker protections).
- Nuclear & Radiological Operations: Instruct specialized courses in Nuclear Criticality Safety, Radiation Worker (Rad Worker) protocols, Safety Basis guidelines, and Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A).
- Technical & Craft Training: Provide on-the-job training (OJT), rigging/competent rigger certifications, heavy equipment operations, and facility maintenance procedures.
- Train-the-Trainer: Conduct coaching and mentoring seminars to qualify, evaluate, and certify subordinate instructors and field evaluators.
4. Stakeholder & Liaison Coordination
- Liaison Duties: Act as the primary interface between the training division, site managers, quality assurance teams, safety committees, and prime contractor leadership.
Requirements and Education:- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, Education, Engineering, Technical Education, or a closely related scientific/technical discipline.
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and managing industrial, nuclear, and health/safety-related training programs within the DOE, Department of Defense (DoD), or highly regulated commercial nuclear complexes.
- Field Experience: Minimum of 10 years of direct hands-on or supervisory experience in nuclear facility maintenance, operations, or craft shops (e.g., sheet metal, fabrication, mechanical systems) to ensure technical relevance in curriculum design.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Deep familiarity with DOE directives, OSHA regulations, EPA standards, and DOT requirements.
- Database & Tools Proficiency: Proven experience administering LMS databases (LEARN, Moodle) and utilizing eLearning authoring tools (Captivate, Articulate) alongside standard project management software (Microsoft Project).
- Security Clearance: Active or reinstatement-eligible DOE "Q" clearance (or equivalent DoD Top Secret) is highly preferred.
- Professional Certifications:
- Environmental Restoration Waste Management Certified Instructor.
- Affiliations with professional bodies such as the Association for Talent Development (ATD) or the Associated General Contractors (AGC).
- First Aid / CPR certification.
Preferred Requirements and Education:- Direct experience supporting major Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) projects (e.g., K-25, Gaseous Diffusion Plants) or nuclear construction projects (e.g., Uranium Processing Facility).
- Prior service as a Training Manager or Program Manager for a prime DOE contractor (e.g., UCOR, Bechtel).
- Master of Science (MS) in Technological & Adult Education, Instructional Design, or a related field.
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) to support strategic program management and financial tracking.
Clearance and Health Regiments- Criminal Background Check
- Pre-placement Drug Screening
This position requires a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or identification card; or a U.S. passport as long as it clearly displays issuance date, expiration date, and color photo image. This is a mandatory requirement necessary for access to company facilities and/or for travel purposes. REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses are identifiable by a gold star in the upper right corner.
