WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is a project solutions organization committed to implementing lean constructions, collaborative contracting, and execution approaches to enable breakthroughs in performance.
Worldwide Professional Solutions is seeking a highly skilled, experienced, and motivated Korean Translator/Project Coordinator to join our growing team in the Peoria, Arizona area near North Phoenix for a large-scale manufacturing construction project.
As a Korean translator, your main job is to help everyone work together smoothly. You'll talk with our Korean-speaking project stakeholders and make sure their needs are understood by our cross-functional team. You'll also keep an eye on business requirements, project schedules, make plans, and make sure things are done on time. The candidate for this position must be a pro-active and self-motivated individual with the ability to work in teams and in a highly dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders and timelines.
The ideal candidate would have experience in construction, engineering of high-tech manufacturing facilities or a background in construction or engineering.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Translate documents related to construction management. Including technical documents, drawings, design documents, and communications.
- Handling and translation of specialized documents such as construction contracts, specifications, building permits, and safety manuals
- Ensure that specific terms, like construction codes or regulatory terms, are consistently translated across all materials.
- Implement a quality assurance (QA) process to ensure translations are contextually and technically correct
- Provide simultaneous interpretation at business meetings, and other events.
- Assist with administrative duties such as report processing, award issuance, and record keeping.
- Support other divisions and departments with their language needs.
- Provide cultural expertise
- Conduct tours for non-English-speaking visitors.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned.
- Maintain translation database by using translation management software
- Provide quality assurance for the translation process
- Work with a wide range of media and translation software
- Resolve issues associated with translation, localization, and culture
- Engage with other departments to provide translation services
- Implement feedback and changes whenever possible
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in communications or linguistics preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
- The ideal candidate would have experience in construction, engineering of high-tech manufacturing facilities or a background in construction or engineering.
- Minimum five years’ experience in the translation field
- Familiarity with technical jargon and terminology used in construction management
- Familiarity with the history, culture, and traditions of the Korean language region
- Native fluency in Korean highly preferred
- Experience with stakeholder engagement and project management
- Translation Certifications highly preferred (ATA, NAATI, etc.)
- Familiarity with both the cultural and professional contexts of both Korea and English-speaking countries (e.g., the U.S., Canada, UK) preferred
- Proficiency in translation tools and software such as Déjà Vu, memoQ, Wordfast, and Trados
- Knowledge of the translation process, terminology, and localization techniques
- Familiarity with localization guidelines and standards
- Ability to convert written materials into a second language
- Excellent translation, writing, and communication skills
- Fluency in English and Korean
- Ability to work under tight deadlines
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite
This is a full-time position for World Wide Professional Solutions. We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short term disability, long term disability, and a company match retirement plan. All benefits begin the first of the month following your start date.
World Wide Professional Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.