Senior Radiation Protection Specialist (Outage Work)

The role

The Senior Radiation Protection Specialist provides radiation protection support, technical leadership, and field oversight for TNC Services projects. This role supports outage, maintenance, construction, and specialty service activities in commercial nuclear power environments.

What you will do

• Provide senior-level Radiation Protection support for commercial nuclear outages and maintenance projects
• Perform radiological job coverage in controlled environments
• Conduct radiation, contamination, and airborne radioactivity surveys
• Establish and maintain radiological boundaries, postings, and controls
• Support personnel monitoring, dosimetry, and contamination control
• Monitor changing radiological conditions and communicate hazards
• Stop or suspend work when radiological conditions do not meet requirements
• Support response to radiological events or emergent issues
• Support pre-job planning and ALARA reviews
• Provide coaching and mentoring to less-experienced RP personnel

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of Radiation Protection experience in commercial nuclear power or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Previous experience supporting commercial nuclear outages and maintenance activities
• Knowledge of radiation protection fundamentals, contamination control, radiological surveys, dosimetry, ALARA, and radiological work controls
• Working knowledge of applicable NRC requirements, including 10 CFR Part 20
• Ability to read and apply Radiation Work Permits, procedures, work packages, survey maps, and technical documentation
• Experience performing independent radiological job coverage in industrial and nuclear environments
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively with craft personnel, supervisors, project management, and utility leadership
• Ability to obtain and maintain commercial nuclear unescorted access authorization
• Ability to meet applicable Fitness-for-Duty requirements
• Ability to work extended hours, rotating shifts, nights, weekends, and outage schedules
• Ability to travel extensively throughout the United States

Nice to have

• Waste packaging, performing package and truck surveys to prepare the conveyance for shipment experience
• ANSI 3.1 Senior Radiation Protection Technician qualification or equivalent commercial nuclear experience
• Previous Senior RP Technician, Lead RP Technician, RP Supervisor, or comparable experience
• Experience supporting high-risk or high-dose maintenance evolutions
• Experience with rotating equipment, reactor maintenance, refueling, turbine, mechanical, or major outage work scopes
• Experience developing or supporting ALARA plans and dose estimates
• Experience leading or mentoring Radiation Protection personnel
• Multi-site or fleet commercial nuclear experience
• Familiarity with industry training and qualification programs, including NANTeL where applicable

Before you apply

• Ability to obtain and maintain commercial nuclear unescorted access authorization
• Ability to meet applicable Fitness-for-Duty requirements

About the company

The Nuclear Company is an AI-enabled startup in nuclear energy. TNC Services is its services division which supports America's existing nuclear fleet through specialized maintenance, outage execution, and technical expertise.