Hardware Services Technician

Dominion Engineering, Inc.; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dominion Engineering, Inc. in Reston, VA is seeking a Hardware Services Technician to assemble, test, pack, and maintain our custom hardware systems in-office lab and during on-site deployments at nuclear power plants worldwide.

You will travel extensively, troubleshoot equipment, train customers, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance with industry procedures. The role requires hands-on technical aptitude and proactive problem solving.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience operating or maintaining industrial equipment in the nuclear, oil and gas, or similar industrial environment.
• Preferred: Forklift and/or heavy machinery operating experience.
• Willingness to travel worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Travel worldwide to install, operate, and demobilize equipment in commercial nuclear plants, complying with procedures.
• Troubleshoot equipment performance via remote or on-site methods and coordinate repairs.
• Communicate logistics, describe and coordinate complex work activities, and train customers.
• Assist assembly and testing activities at Dominion’s laboratory facility, including assembly of materials and factory acceptance testing.
• Maintain a tidy, well-organized laboratory workspace and inventory of tools and supplies.
• Follow safety rules and regulations, and continuously learn new technologies.

Skills

Travel readiness

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Detail oriented

Organized

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Machinery operation

Job description

Location Dominion Engineering, Inc. HQ – Reston, VA

Job Type

Position Description

As a Hardware Services Technician, you will contribute to the assembly, testing, packing, and maintenance of Dominion Engineering Inc.’s (Dominion) custom hardware systems as part of in-office laboratory work as well as installs, operates, and maintains the systems once deployed in nuclear power plants around the world.

Dominion takes pride in delivering high-quality custom tooling and control systems to our customers in the nuclear power industry.

This position requires strict adherence to nuclear industry principles, including but not limited to:

• Commitment to personal, industrial, and nuclear safety
• Verbatim compliance with written work instructions and procedures
• Fitness for Duty – Drug and Alcohol-Free workplace
• Use of Human Performance Tools

Reports to: Director of Field Services – Products and Technology Division

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Significant travel (worldwide) to install, operate, and demobilize equipment in commercial nuclear power plants, conforming to plant dress-out requirements, standard operating procedures, and industry norms.
• Troubleshoot equipment performance via remote or on-site methods, extrapolating solutions from a limited data set and coordinating/performing equipment repairs.
• Excellent communication abilities to convey logistics, describe and coordinate complex work activities, and perform training activities for a variety of customer archetypes.
• Support equipment assembly and testing activities at Dominion’s laboratory facility, including:
  • Assembly of materials to design drawings;
  • Set up for and execution of factory acceptance testing;
  • Packing, boxing, and crating final shipments to customer sites according to packing lists.
• Maintain a tidy and well-organized laboratory workspace as well as an inventory of commonly used tools and supplies.
• Using a variety of hand tools, machines, and power tools safely and in accordance with regulations, as required.
• Observe all company and OSHA safety rules and regulations.
• Flexibility to learn and work with new technologies independently in diverse environments.
• Technical aptitude for using and maintaining industrial equipment, exercising learning opportunities to rapidly become a subject matter expert in a variety of equipment systems.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Self-motivated to execute tasks to the best of his/her abilities even without direct supervision.
• Readily navigates the logistical requirements associated with significant, occasionally international, work travel.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use fine motor skills, employing good hand-eye coordination. The employee is regularly required to carry heavy tools, equipment, and materials, and may be required to stand for long periods of time. The employee is frequently required to navigate industrial environments while wearing PPE, including climbing over and around obstacles, and up and down stairs or ladders. The employee must occasionally work at heights (up to approximately 30 feet above the floor) without experiencing vertigo and may be required to work in awkward positions, such as kneeling or bending for extended periods. The employee must frequently lift or move objects up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Required Education, Experience, Certification and Licenses

• High school diploma required.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience operating or maintaining industrial equipment in the nuclear, oil and gas, or similar industrial environment.
• Preferred: Forklift and/or heavy machinery operating experience.