Nuclear Reactor Operations Trainer

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Nuclear Reactor Operations Trainer to work on our Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) Reactor Training team. Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our MFC with every Friday off.

This position is located at our Materials and Fuels Complex, which hosts the core of the U.S. nuclear research and development capabilities with a diverse array of facilities designed for remote work on highly irradiated fuels and materials. A new fuel idea can be designed, fabricated, tested, and analyzed at MFC to better understand the effects of irradiation. Many groups, such as universities, industry partners, other national laboratories, international research organizations, and other federal agencies are working at MFC.

You will conduct training for certified nuclear reactor operators. Utilize operational and technical knowledge and experience, develop, and implement training to meet DOE Order requirements utilizing the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT) principles. You will conduct classroom training, on the job training, simulator activities, and performance standards (written exams, walk-throughs, oral boards, etc.) and facilitate drills.

• Utilize highly specialized operational and technical knowledge and experience to implement DOE Order and company compliant Systematic Approach to Training (SAT)-based facility-specific training and qualification programs for the Category B Reactor Facilities at the Materials & Fuels Complex (MFC). Areas covered include nuclear theory, reactivity controls, facility operating characteristics and principles, operating limits (safety limits, limiting control settings, and limiting conditions for operation) and their bases, and integrated plant knowledge.
  
  Implement nuclear facility training programs by classroom instruction and on-the-job training using lesson plans, OJT checklists, training checklists, and other training materials, procedures, and processes.
• Instruct Operations and Operations Support personnel in the theory and operation of existing and future nuclear facilities. Some of the existing facilities include the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT), Neutron Radiography Reactor (NRAD), and the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME). Some of the future Advanced Reactor Demonstration projects include Project Pele, Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL), Space Reactor 1 (SR-1), Versatile Autonomous Lightweight Kilowatt-class Reactor Experiment (VALKRE), Kaleidos Demonstration Unit (KDU) and the UNITY Pilot Reactor.
• Develop performance-based initial and continuing training programs, using the systematic approach to training for nuclear facilities operator training programs, as well as other assigned operations support programs.
• Develop and facilitate operational drills.
• Present Simulator training and conduct simulator evaluations for Nuclear Reactor Operator personnel in the Glass Top Simulator, Basic Reactor Operator Simulator and reactor specific simulator/emulator/digital twin.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the systems, operating practices, procedures, and policies associated with nuclear facilities. May be required to maintain Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) level of knowledge.
• Ensure assigned training programs comply with the requirements of program documents, company procedures, training implementation matrices, and training program plans.
• Establish and maintain examination question banks for nuclear facility operations and operations support personnel. Develop, schedule, administer, grade, and evaluate written and oral examinations.
• May be responsible for instruction of Technical Safety Requirements, reactor…