Principal Emergency Response Specialist Exercise Coordinator

Job Description

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.

• 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.

Serve as an Exercise Coordinator (Principal Emergency Response Specialist) for nuclear and/or non‑nuclear facilities/activities on the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), North Las Vegas Facility (NLVF) and other Outlying locations for a DOE Order 151.1D‑compliant Emergency Management Program.

• Exercise planning and development.
• Develop programmatic hazards and specifically assessed hazard‑based scenarios.
• Interface with DOE/NNSA Nevada Field Office (NFO) Emergency Management Program Manager, individual Facility Managers and NFO Facility Representatives involving any and related activities and documentation in keeping with facility and site preparedness programs.
• Exercise coordination with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with exercise objectives and goals.
• Facilitate planning meetings to design and develop exercise scenarios.
• Prepare and maintain exercise documentation, including the Exercise Plan (ExPlan), Master Scenario Events List (MSEL), Exercise Injects, and After‑Action Report (AAR).
• Provide training and briefings to exercise participants, including players, controllers, evaluators, and support staff on their roles and responsibilities.
• Oversee the execution of exercises, ensuring all activities are conducted safely, in accordance with the ExPlan and exercise objectives.
• Facilitate post‑exercise debriefings and hot washes to capture participant feedback, analyze exercise performance and identify strengths, areas for improvement, and corrective actions.
• Travel between multiple locations in support of these functions.
• Understand and apply the principles associated with the Mission Support & Test Services, LLC (MSTS) safety concepts.
• Perform other duties assigned by Management.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent training and experience and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Continuity or Emergency Management is preferred.
• Must have good technical writing (including strong proofing/editing ability with skills to develop and analyze information for studies and reports) and oral communications skills and be comfortable communicating with all levels of MSTS, NNSA/NFO management, and off‑site agencies.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required.
• Must possess interpersonal communication skills to effectively work with on‑site/off‑site agencies and organizations in a professional manner.
• Must possess the ability to work under minimal supervision and be a self‑starter.
• Must be able to multi‑task with numerous interruptions and changing priorities.
• The primary work location will be at the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada). Work at remote locations such as but not…