What You’ve Accomplished

You have completed a High School Diploma. You are ready to join Framatome and help deliver clean, safe energy and advance nuclear technology.

Who You Are

Your actions, behaviors, and decisions are made in a manner consistent with our Core Values: https://www.framatome.com/en/jobseekers/our-values/

You may have also acquired the following skills:

• Health Physics or Radiation Technician experience
• Teamwork, collaboration and a Positive Attitude
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Professionalism and strong work ethic
• Oral and written communication skills
• Leadership

Your Opportunity

This full-time role is about making an impact on people’s lives and the future of clean energy. You will leverage your skills and experience to be part of an innovative team and make a difference for our customers. As a Health and Safety Technician/Radiation Technician in Richland, WA, you will be part of the proven team in the Fuel Business Unit. Your work will include:

• Providing radiological control functions
• Radiological sample collection/analysis
• Contamination/radiation exposure control
• Radiological area postings/identification
• Radiological monitoring for control purposes
• Radiological release of materials
• Emergency response (including Plant Emergency Response Team (PERT) qualification)
• Surface survey for radiological characterization
• Tracking radiological exposures for access control
• Shipping radioactive material
• Maintaining the respiratory protection program
• Maintaining specified aspects of the dosimetry program
• Perform personnel decontamination
• First-aid/medical support
• Maintaining radiological instrument program
• Participate in specified pre-job briefings
• Work with routine and/or special detection equipment
• Perform special studies in the evaluation of radiological protection for personnel/environmental/plant areas, prepare/maintain records as required
• Provide assistance in the preparation of radiation control documents such as Radiation Work Procedures/Radiation Job Permits/Standard Operating Procedures
• Imatic calibration setups, collection of the sewer samples/ambient air samples/environmental samples,
• Technical assistance with unusual problem solving
• Interpretation of procedures/practices/regulations/license standards, providing mentoring and training to lower level HSTs as requested
• Changing out occupational and environmental TLDs
• Will assist in training
• Sending out reminders and restrictions for the urine program
• Surveying and packaging TLDs for shipment
• Collect/enter/preparation/delivery urine/fecal samples
• Stock bioassay supplies, collect/submit samples
• Make program schedule notifications and program compliance notifications
• Downloading dose tracking touch probes, and uploading touch probe downloads
• Create and distribute dose tracking report

Together we will enable clean, safe, and economical low-carbon energy to meet the global ambition for a better tomorrow.

Who We Are

Framatome is an international leader in nuclear energy recognized for its innovative solutions and value-added technologies for the global nuclear fleet. More than 2,000 dedicated U.S. Framatome employees work every day to supply ever cleaner, safer, and more economical low-carbon energy for our communities and world. As well as supporting new nuclear builds, advancing new technology and advancing nuclear energy in the U.S. and abroad. Like you, we want a brighter future.

See how the Fuel Business Unit contributes to this future: https://www.framatome.com/en/expertise/design-and-fuel-manufacturing/

Discover Richland: https://discoverrichland.com/advantages/

Your Total Rewards Package

The starting rate for this position is $39.42 per hour. After a successfully completed introductory period the pay increases to $43.80 per hour, and may also include annual incentives and benefits. Framatome offers a broad employee benefits portfolio as a key component of your total rewards. This includes:

Multiple medical plans; dental and vision plans; Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment; long- and short-term disability; optional plans including dependent life, accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance; retirement savings plans (401k) with employer match; paid time off including up to 3 weeks of vacation, 56 hours of PTO, and 11 paid holidays; education reimbursement; adoption assistance; employee assistance programs; opportunities for professional development.

Positions within Framatome may require access to proprietary information that is subject to U.S. export control regulations. As such, the Company must ensure that any hires for these job openings fully comply with all US regulations. Foreign national applicants that are citizens or residents of countries not included on the Department of Energy’s Generally Authorized Destinations list may not be eligible for immediate need positions. See list here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/chapter-III/part-810/appendix-Appendix%20A%20to%20Part%20810

Framatome is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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