Pre- Coordinator

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitment s are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success.

Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents.

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Pre-Employment Coordinator to support the candidate onboarding/pre-employment process within a fast-paced global environment. This role is ideal for an individual who thrives in a remote work setting, demonstrates strong communication and accountability, and can manage multiple priorities with professionalism and urgency.

The Pre-Employment Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring candidates move efficiently through the hiring lifecycle by maintaining accurate data, monitoring workflows, coordinating next steps, and providing timely communication to candidates, recruiters, and internal stakeholders. Success in this role requires responsiveness, agility, process discipline, and a strong focus on operational excellence.

In this role, the Pre-Employment Coordinator will provide critical support to an international team of Talent Acquisition, Human Resources and Security team members. In this role, you will use your administrative, customer service and coordination skills to process the pre-employment actions for our candidates. The goal of our Pre-Employment team is to provide a world class experience to all of our candidates while following company policies, procedures and team guidelines.

This position is US Remote Telework and US Citizenship is required.

As a Pre-Employment Coordinator with Amentum, you will provide a wide range of support including but not limited to:

• Processing candidates compliantly and tracking candidate activity through Amentum’s Talent Acquisition and Security processes and systems (Workday and Track Via) including initiating background checks, drug screens, collaborating with Security regarding security clearance processing, issuing new hire notifications, and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of data in our systems of record

• Liaising with other functional departments including Security, HR, and Operations to ensure all pre-employment requirements are met as expeditiously as possible

• Independently managing a high volume of new hires’ activities

• Follow complex workflows applying standard operating procedures and policies to ensure a consistent application of Company Policies and Procedures, legal compliance, and contract specific requirements

• Documents actions and outcomes in multiple systems working within established Service Level Agreements

• Develop an understanding of the business and organization structure, aligning requests to TA objectives

• Perform other qualified duties as assigned

• Assisting with various Talent Acquisition and Security projects as needed

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Customer service oriented; helpful, patient, honest and transparent with strong attention to detail.

• Effective communicator; clearly outlines expectations and respectfully holds people accountable.

• Able to effectively multi-task and balance several priorities simultaneously.

• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Excel and Teams;
  SharePoint skills are a plus.

• Proactive self-starter able to engage candidates, anticipate and preemptively critically think and solve…