Decontamination Technician & Nuclear Laborer (Outage Work)

The role

The Decontamination Technician / Nuclear Laborer supports TNC Services during commercial nuclear outages, maintenance projects, and other field activities. This person performs general labor, radiological decontamination, contamination control, and material handling.

What you will do

• Perform decontamination of tools, equipment, components, work areas, and plant surfaces
• Support contamination-control activities in radiologically controlled areas
• Assist with installation and removal of containment and contamination-control materials
• Perform general housekeeping and maintain clean, organized work areas
• Support collection, segregation, packaging, movement, and staging of contaminated materials
• Assist Radiation Protection personnel with implementation of radiological controls
• Follow Radiation Work Permits, postings, boundaries, PPE requirements, and Radiation Protection direction
• Support dress-out and undress activities
• Provide general labor support to mechanical, electrical, reactor, turbine, and other field-service teams
• Move, stage, organize, and inventory tools, equipment, materials, and consumables

Required qualifications

• Ability to follow written procedures and verbal instructions
• Ability to work safely in industrial and radiological environments
• Ability to successfully complete required nuclear-industry and customer-specific training
• Ability to obtain and maintain commercial nuclear site access as required
• Ability to satisfy applicable Fitness-for-Duty and drug-screening requirements
• Ability to wear required PPE and respiratory protection when qualified and required
• Ability to work days, nights, weekends, holidays, and extended outage schedules
• Ability to travel to customer facilities throughout the United States
• Stand and walk for extended periods
• Frequently bend, kneel, squat, climb, reach, push, and pull
• Climb ladders and stairs
• Work in confined or restricted spaces when properly trained and authorized

Nice to have

• High school diploma or GED
• Previous industrial, construction, power-generation, or nuclear experience
• Previous commercial nuclear outage experience
• Previous decontamination or nuclear laborer experience
• Familiarity with radiologically controlled areas and contamination-control practices
• Previous experience working under Radiation Work Permits
• NANTeL qualifications or previous nuclear-industry training
• Experience with foreign material exclusion programs
• Experience supporting mechanical, reactor, turbine, or electrical outage work
• Previous material-handling, industrial housekeeping, or construction experience

Benefits

• Per diem: $115 per day, paid seven days per week

Before you apply

• Ability to obtain and maintain commercial nuclear site access
• Ability to satisfy applicable Fitness-for-Duty and drug-screening requirements

About the company

The Nuclear Company is an AI-enabled startup in nuclear energy. TNC Services is the services division of The Nuclear Company that supports America's existing nuclear fleet.