Senior Training Program Instructional Specialist - Oak Ridge, TN

Company Overview

RSI provides full-service environmental and nuclear solutions supporting clients through all phases of cleanup, nuclear operations and security, and facility lifecycle management. Built on a strong foundation of collaboration and a people-first culture, RSI delivers safe, technically sound solutions that help clients achieve mission success in some of the nation's most complex environments.

RSI is part of the ASRC Industrial Services family of companies unified by purpose to deliver safe, reliable solutions to our clients' unique challenges. We are committed to providing technically superior service, adding value at every stage, and leaving things better than we found them.

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.

1. 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Liaison Duties:
  Act as the primary interface between the training division, site managers, quality assurance teams, safety committees, and prime contractor leadership.

• 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…