Hiring: Procedure Writing Specialist Company: Y-12 National Security Complex Location: Oak Ridge, TN Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 11:47:27 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Office, Security Clearance About the job Experience: •2 years relevant experience •2+ years of experience in a National Security Complex, commercial nuclear industry, in the nuclear navy, or in chemical manufacturing Required Skills: •Serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and team lead for assigned Production or Quality area on topics of Y15-232, Technical Procedure Process, Y15-030GUD, Technical Procedure Writer’s Guide, Y15-235, Administrative Management Requirements, and the Technical Procedure Workflow (TPW) •Ensures day-to-day activities and procedure support meet customer needs and expectations within assigned area to meet surge needs when schedules, deadlines, and plant mission may be at risk •In conjunction with Responsible Managers, establishes and monitors procedure priorities and assigns procedure modification requests to technical writers •Provides technical leadership and work direction in the Verification and Validation (V&V) of technical procedures against applicable requirements and structures, systems, and components to ensure procedures are technically accurate and are formatted correctly •Supports maintenance of procedure database, compiling procedure data for the development of monthly metrics, coordinating procedure process assessments to verify compliance, and identifying, analyzing, and developing procedure process improvements •Walks down equipment with Engineers, SMEs, and end-users of procedures to research and develop new procedures, modify existing procedures, and validate the operational adequacy of procedures for applicable Production facilities, dimensional inspection, radiography, and product quality groups •Ensures procedures are written to a level of detail consistent with the qualifications and training of the expected users •Participates in procedure improvement activities (e.g., eFlow, cycle time reduction; metrics improvement) Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years relevant experience •Ten or more years of relevant education, tranining and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years of experience for this posting. •Associate of Science degree or a Bachelor's degree (preferred) in a communications, education, journalism, or science discipline •Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products and Adobe Acrobat Professional •The job level is based on relevant education and experience of the selected candidate •The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired. •If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level. •Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required. •This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination. •This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!