Conversion Specialist jobs in the United States

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• COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS - MCS offers comprehensive medical benefits with a PPO option
• 401-K - You vest on your first day, with 4% match, and 2.5% non-elective contribution!
• GROWTH - MCS focuses on developing and growing its internal talent for promotion within, and supports that culture with an educational reimbursement program.
• FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES- MCS offers flexible work arrangements, and over 27 days of PTO & Holiday your first year!

Who is MCS? Mid-America Conversion Services (MCS) is cleaning up the environment! We manage the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites near Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio. The conversion facilities were designed and constructed to convert DOE’s inventory of DUF6 produced by the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plants to a more stable uranium oxide form for reuse, storage, and/or transportation and disposition.

Position Overview
Under general supervision responsible for supporting project or proposal planning and scheduling activities including engineering, materials management, construction, start-up and operations to support the DUF6 conversion project. The specific work assignment may include duties or activities that assist and support the organization in one or more of the following functional areas, in addition to other duties as assigned:
Functional:

• Assists in the analysis and utilization of schedule data to identify key project issues
• Aids in gathering and assembling data for schedule development and updating appropriate to task
• Supports the identification and analysis of project schedule variances
• Contributes to collecting and updating data to produce scheduling reports
• Assists in the development and maintenance of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Ensures project coding is effectively used for all cornerstone applications
• Utilizes drawings and specifications for schedule development
• Promotes tracking of subcontractor performance
• Supports the measurement of progress and review of schedule performance
• Assists with monthly report preparation
• Helps create and maintain baseline schedule
• Contributes to the cost analysis function through cross-training
• Participates in planning and scheduling meetings to gain insight to planning and scheduling issues
• Promotes gathering of data for procedure development

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction, Business or related field or equivalent
• 0-2 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) credential