Energetics Specialist

Energetics Specialist

Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Energetics Specialist to join our Federal Solutions and Commissioning teams. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in U.S. defense manufacturing, explosive and propellant processing validation, and production qualification for ammunition, energetics, and other high-hazard process facilities.

Parsons routinely supports secure, high-consequence federal and industrial facilities. Candidates must be upstanding, forthright, and capable of being entrusted with controlled technical information and site-sensitive data. The role demands the ability to perform effectively under concurrent design, construction, start-up, and government qualification pressures across complex manufacturing environments.

An attractive Parsons compensation and benefits package is offered. This position provides the opportunity to apply specialized energetics and process-validation expertise on major defense manufacturing programs while mentoring emerging commissioning professionals and strengthening Parsons' capabilities in hazardous-process commissioning.

Position requires substantial on-site presence at federal installations and client manufacturing facilities during design reviews, construction, start-up, and production qualification phases, plus travel to vendor facilities for Factory Acceptance Testing as required.

This position is based near Little Rock, Arkansas and is part of a 4–5 year contract. During the first year, remote work is permitted. After the first year, the selected candidate will be required to either reside within commuting distance of Little Rock, AR or be willing to relocate to the area.

Energetics Specialists safeguard process integrity and operational readiness of some of the most safety-critical production systems in the defense industrial base. You will guide multi-party project teams—including owners, design and technology partners, EPC/GC contractors, equipment vendors, and government stakeholders—to rigorous, defensible validation outcomes. Technical soundness, precise documentation, temperate conflict resolution, and the willingness to raise issues early to protect long-term operability are essential traits.

• Lead technical validation of energetic material processing systems, production equipment, and associated safety-critical systems in defense manufacturing environments.
• Develop, review, and refine commissioning, start-up, operational readiness, and production qualification requirements, plans, procedures, and stage-gate criteria tailored to energetic and hazardous process facilities.
• Direct, witness, and validate Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), Pre-Functional Checks, Functional Performance Tests, Integrated Systems Testing, and vendor start-up activities for process production equipment and critical utilities.
• Support production qualification and government acceptance readiness activities, including requirement traceability, sampling plans, acceptance criteria, configuration control verification, and independent readiness assessments.
• Review or witness First Article Testing, pilot and initial production runs, Lot Acceptance Testing, and related qualification activities; prepare independent technical readiness assessments and supporting documentation packages.
• Validate safety interlocks, emergency shutdown logic, hazardous exhaust systems, spark-proof HVAC, pressure cascade controls, redundancy and failover features, and other safety-critical elements specific to explosives and energetic material processing.
• Maintain issue, nonconformance, corrective-action, and retest registers for energetics systems; drive disciplined, team-oriented issue resolution and closure.
• Provide independent technical review of design submittals, technical data packages, specifications, test plans, and operations & maintenance documentation for energetic process systems and associated utilities.
• Support incorporation of commissioning, qualification, and acceptance requirements into procurement documents, scopes of work, responsibility matrices, and contract documents.
• Coordinate technical interfaces related to DoD…