
Role Player
Part-timeVienna, VAPart-time / Per Diem$103.17–126.11/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Role Player brings realistic training scenarios to life by portraying individuals and situations participants may encounter in real-world environments. The role follows established scenarios while adapting naturally as exercises unfold, taking direction from instructors and coordinators, and using written scripts to support an immersive training experience. Exercise assignments range from one to two days, and the position is on-site and part-time on call.
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Full job description
Title:
Role Player
At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.
Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.
Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.
As a Role Player, you’ll help bring realistic training scenarios to life by portraying individuals and situations participants may encounter in real-world environments. You’ll follow established scenarios while adapting naturally as exercises unfold, helping create an immersive and effective training experience. This role is ideal for someone who is dependable, flexible, comfortable taking direction, and enjoys being part of a hands-on training environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Scenario-based Training: Role Players fulfill scenario-based training and will be required to take direction from instructors and coordinators, as well as read and understand each of the training exercises conducted for the benefit of students in training. The specific roles and responsibilities will be identified prior to the start of each course running and the requirements will be provided before each course/exercise. For each role player exercise, the role player will be provided written guidance (scripts) that includes but is not limited to a description of the role, scenarios, expected student outcome of the interaction, anticipated student questions, and expected role player answers. Length of exercise assignments range from 1 - 2 days
Work Environment:
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Location: On-site
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Travel Requirements: Minimal
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Working Hours: Part-time on Call
Qualifications:
Required:
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Clearance: Active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
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Experience: Previous experience as an Operations Officer
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Script Concepts: Ability to understand the script concept and interact with the overarching scenario
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Critical Thinking: Excellent critical thinking skills, high attention to detail, and sound operational judgement
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Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills
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Intelligence Community: Experience working in Intelligence Community environment
Desired:
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High Threat Operations: Overseas experience supporting operations including in high threat areas
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Foreign Language: Foreign language skills
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Role Player: Previous experience as a Role Player
Basic Compensation:
$103.17 to $126.11 hourly
This range is for the Virginia area only.
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
Additional Compensation:
KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBRAt KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,510 open Trainer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$103.17–126.11/hr
- Virginia median$18–23/hr26 hourly ranges
- US median$25–32/hr641 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $114.64/hr, is 447% above the Virginia median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Trainer hourly ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 144 open Trainer jobs in Virginia and 2,510 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Serco26 open
- McDonald's16 open
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- Experience
- Trainer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (1,574 postings).
- Education
- 725 of the 2,510 open Trainer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Trainer jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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