I&C Technician - Outage

Energy Northwest • Richland, WA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This temporary position supports Energy Northwest’s biennial refueling outage at Columbia Generating Station. The I&C Technician installs, maintains, repairs, and calibrates plant and test instrumentation related to the operation of large nuclear generation plants. The selected applicant must work onsite in Richland, Washington.

This is a bargaining unit position. The hourly pay rate is $69.27, with $1.50 paid in lieu of benefits. Energy Northwest does not provide employment visa sponsorship; applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and throughout employment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• For the journeyman classification, at least five years of instrumentation and controls experience; at least two years of that experience should be related technical training. Up to four years of the five-year experience requirement may be fulfilled by related technical or academic training.
• For outage work, at least five years of applicable experience with instrumentation and controls in an industrial and/or commercial laboratory setting.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and throughout employment; employment visa sponsorship is not provided.
• Must be able to work onsite in Richland, Washington.

Responsibilities

• Perform surveillance tests and calibrate critical and non-critical instrumentation, including power range monitoring systems, control rod drive multiplexing systems, pressure instruments, measurement and test equipment, and the reactor simulator.
• Troubleshoot and repair pneumatic and electronic process instrumentation used to monitor and control flow, radiation, temperature, pressure, power level, and other processes.
• Assist with initial system lineup, calibration, pre-operational testing, and startup testing of installed systems.
• Assist assigned supervision with preparing tooling and spare-parts requirements, computer listings of instrumentation and spares, instructions, and a preventive maintenance program.
• Maintain auxiliary instruments and instrumentation systems, including assigned computers and air-conditioning controls.
• Perform other tasks as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED