Decontamination Technician/Nuclear Laborer

VNS Federal Services•,

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Decontamination Technician / Nuclear Laborer supports VNSFS during commercial nuclear outages, maintenance projects, and other field activities. The role performs general labor, radiological decontamination, contamination control, housekeeping, material handling, equipment setup and breakdown, and other work needed to safely support outage execution. The position is field-based at commercial nuclear facilities throughout the United States, with significant travel potentially required during outage seasons. Assignments may involve extended periods away from home and 10- or 12-hour shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, in accordance with applicable work-hour requirements. A successful employee is safety-focused, dependable, physically capable of working in demanding environments, and able to follow procedures and direction as part of a team. The role may also provide an entry point to other VNSFS roles through experience, training, and demonstrated performance.

Requirements

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.
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
Ability to frequently bend, kneel, squat, climb, reach, push, and pull.
Ability to climb ladders and stairs.
Ability to work in confined or restricted spaces when properly trained and authorized.
Ability to lift and carry tools, materials, and equipment within established safe-lifting requirements.
Ability to wear protective clothing and PPE for extended periods.
Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, and physically demanding industrial environments and in radiologically controlled areas.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED (preferred).
Previous industrial, construction, power-generation, or nuclear experience (preferred, but not required for entry-level positions).
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.

Responsibilities

Decontaminate tools, equipment, components, work areas, and plant surfaces.
Support contamination-control activities in radiologically controlled areas.
Assist with installing and removing containment and contamination-control materials.
Perform housekeeping and maintain clean, organized work areas.
Collect, segregate, package, move, and stage contaminated materials as directed.
Assist Radiation Protection personnel with implementing radiological controls.
Follow Radiation Work Permits, postings, boundaries, PPE requirements, and Radiation Protection direction.
Support dress-out and undress activities as required.
Immediately report contamination concerns, changing conditions, spills, and other radiological issues.
Provide general labor support to mechanical, electrical, reactor, turbine, and other field-service teams.
Move, stage, organize, and inventory tools, equipment, materials, and consumables.
Assist craft personnel with job-site preparation and cleanup.
Set up and break down work areas, temporary facilities, barriers, equipment, and tooling.
Perform material handling and equipment movement within applicable training and qualification requirements.
Assist with fire-watch, foreign material exclusion, confined-space attendant, or similar support activities when properly trained and assigned.
Follow VNSFS and customer safety, quality, security, and radiological requirements.
Participate in pre-job briefs and understand assigned responsibilities before beginning work.
Properly use required PPE and radiological protective clothing.
Maintain awareness of industrial and radiological hazards; use applicable human-performance tools and follow procedures as written.
Stop work and notify supervision when unsafe, unexpected, or unclear conditions are identified.
Maintain a questioning attitude and immediately communicate safety or quality concerns.
Support foreign material exclusion and contamination-control requirements.
Maintain professional conduct while representing VNSFS at customer facilities.
Perform other outage and maintenance support duties as assigned.