I&C Technician for Nuclear Plant Outage (Onsite Richland)

Energy Northwest; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Northwest is seeking a temporary, on-site Instrumentation & Controls technician in Richland, WA to support the biennial outage. The role covers calibration, maintenance, and testing of plant instrumentation for nuclear generation operations.

Requires journeyman-level experience (5 years) in instrumentation and controls, with at least 2 years of related technical training and a high school diploma or GED. Hourly pay rate is $69.27 plus a pay-in-lieu of benefits amount of $1.50.

Qualifications

• Journeyman classification requires a minimum of five years of experience in instrumentation and controls.
• A minimum of two years of these five years of experience should be related technical training.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Instrumentation & controls

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Air conditioning controls

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

Energy Northwest is seeking a temporary, on-site Instrumentation & Controls technician in Richland, WA to support the biennial outage. The role covers calibration, maintenance, and testing of plant instrumentation for nuclear generation operations.

Requires journeyman-level experience (5 years) in instrumentation and controls, with at least 2 years of related technical training and a high school diploma or GED. Hourly pay rate is $69.27 plus a pay-in-lieu of benefits amount of $1.50.