Editor jobs in Farmington, NM

GEM Technologies, Inc. (GEM) is seeking a Communications Specialist to join our team. This position is full-time and will support the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience with technical editing of large publications.
• Experience with Chicago Manual but able to learn to work with whichever style guide the SMEs prefer.
• Experience with technical editing.
• Wide-ranging experience, uses best practices to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
• Sophisticated understanding of Laboratory objectives, organizational relationships inside and outside the Laboratory, and highly developed interpersonal skills.
• Adept at solving a wide range of complex problems.
• Works well independently.
• Actively attaining management and leadership skills.
• Effective at giving and receiving coaching and constructive criticism.

• Responsible for a variety of internal and external communications activities, strategic and tactical, conceptual and deliverable.
• Attains measurable results and improves continuously.
• Frequently innovates and contributes to the development of new and improved approaches.
• May direct or coordinate activities of other personnel.
• Perform detailed technical editing that may require some writing/rewriting of documents.

• To be considered, you must be able to obtain and maintain a government issued clearance, if needed.
• Due to the federal nature of the work, a U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Graduate degree or postgraduate coursework, desirable.

The NNSA's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is a design laboratory responsible for the safety and reliability of the nuclear explosives package in nuclear weapons. This lab possesses unique capabilities in neutron scattering, enhanced surveillance, radiography, and plutonium science and engineering (energy.gov).