Decontamination Technician & Nuclear Laborer

The Nuclear Company; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nuclear Company is seeking a Decontamination Technician / Nuclear Laborer to support TNC Services during commercial nuclear outages and field projects across the United States. This field-based role involves decontamination, contamination control, housekeeping, and material handling in demanding environments.

The ideal candidate is safety-focused, dependable, and able to follow procedures, with willingness to travel and work long shifts, including nights and weekends during outages.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to follow written procedures and verbal instructions.
• Ability to work safely in industrial and radiological environments.
• Ability to obtain and maintain commercial nuclear site access as required.
• Ability to travel to customer facilities throughout the United States.
• Ability to satisfy Fitness-for-Duty and drug-screening requirements.

Responsibilities

• 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 as directed.
• 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 as required.
• Immediately report contamination concerns, changing conditions, spills, or other radiological issues.

Skills

Safety-minded

Dependable

Team player

Procedural compliance

PPE awareness

Travel-ready

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Multiple Locations (Traveling Project Work)

The Nuclear Companyis the fastest-growing AI-enabled startup in nuclear energy,bringing together experienced nuclear professionals, technologists, engineers,and builders to deliver the next generation of nuclear power. Through our design-once, build-many approach, we are creating a repeatable model for deploying nuclear fleets—combining the industry’s highest standards for safety, quality, and regulatory rigor with the speed and innovation required to meet the world’s growing energy needs.

We are building the future of nuclear work.Every employee is expected to use AI, technology, and our Nuclear Operating System (NOS) to strengthen engineering and operational decision-making, improve quality, eliminate inefficiencies, and accelerate execution without compromising safety.Our nuclear expertise shapes the continued evolution of NOS, enabling us to capture institutional knowledge, standardize best practices, and deliver complex projects with greater consistency and certainty.

We hire people who believe nuclear energy is essential to human progress.Our team is made up of mission-driven experts who respect the rigor of the industry while challenging outdated ways of working.They bring deep technical judgment, intellectual curiosity, high agency, and the humility to learn from others.Our values—Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions.Together, they form TRUST, the foundation of our safety cultureand our commitment to intellectual honesty, personal accountability, open communication, and operational excellence.

TNC Services, the services division of The Nuclear Company, supports America's existing nuclear fleet by delivering specialized maintenance, outage execution, technical expertise, and workforce solutions. The organization includes the 25-year legacy and expertise of Powerhouse Resources while continuing to expand its capabilities through strategic growth, helping utilities maximize the reliability of today's nuclear fleet while advancing the next generation of nuclear energy.

Please Note [[OUTAGE - TRAVEL - PROJECT WORK]]:

Outage Date: March 27, 2027 - April 28, 2027

Pay Rate: $25 - $30 per hour

About the role

The Decontamination Technician / Nuclear Laborer supports TNC Services during commercial nuclear outages, maintenance projects, and other field activities.

This position performs general labor, radiological decontamination, contamination control, housekeeping, material handling, equipment setup and breakdown, and other activities necessary to safely support outage execution.

The ideal candidate is safety-focused, dependable, willing to work in physically demanding environments, and able to follow procedures and direction while working as part of a team.

This is a field-based position supporting commercial nuclear facilities throughout the United States. Significant travel may be required during outage seasons.

Assignments may require extended periods away from home and schedules that include 10- or 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays in accordance with applicable work-hour requirements.

Responsibilities

Decontamination & Radiological Support

• 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 as directed.
• 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 as required.
• Immediately report contamination concerns, changing conditions, spills, or other radiological issues.

General Labor & Outage Support

• 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.
• Support setup and breakdown of 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.
• Maintain work areas in accordance with housekeeping and safety expectations.
• Perform other outage and maintenance support duties as assigned.

Safety & Quality

• Follow all TNC Services 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 TNC Services at customer facilities.

Experience / Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous industrial, construction, power-generation, or nuclear experience preferred but not required for entry-level positions.
• 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 workdays, nights, weekends, holidays, and extended outage schedules.
• Ability to travel to customer facilities throughout the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Physical Requirements

This position may require employees to:

• 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.
• Lift and carry tools, materials, and equipment within established safe-lifting requirements.
• Wear protective clothing and PPE for extended periods.
• Work in hot, cold, noisy, and physically demanding industrial environments.
• Work in radiologically controlled areas.

EEO Statement
The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.

Export Control
Certain positions at The Nuclear Company may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in The Nuclear Company limiting its consideration of certain applicants.