I&C Technician - Outage

Energy Northwest • Richland, WA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a temporary position supporting the plant’s biennial refueling outage at Columbia Generating Station. The selected applicant must work onsite in Richland, Washington. The role is responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and calibrating plant and test instrumentation related to the operation of large nuclear generation plants.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least five years of applicable instrumentation and controls experience for outage work; applicable experience is in instrumentation and controls in an industrial and/or commercial laboratory setting.
• The journeyman classification requires a minimum of five years of instrumentation and controls experience, including at least two years of related technical training; up to four years of the five-year experience requirement may be fulfilled by related technical or academic training.
• 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, and instructions, and with establishing a preventive maintenance program.
• Maintain auxiliary instruments and instrumentation systems, such as assigned computers and air-conditioning controls.
• Perform other tasks as required.

What This Job Offers

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