IVVI Specialist

Job Description Summary

The Lead Tiger Team Technician will support GE Hitachi’s (GEH) specialized, cross-functional team to deliver maximum impact across multiple projects at our customers nuclear power plant outages. This individual is a subject matter expert in their discipline of BWR Inspections Services and/or Reactor Maintenance.

Candidates for this position will be cross functional experts in multiple disciplines listed below:

• In Vessel Visual Inspections – with experience operating complex IVVI tooling including the Mantis, VISS, Firefly, or Overwatch tools.
• In Vessel Maintenance – Control Rod Blade (CRB) & Nuclear Instrumentation (NI) Exchange
• Fuel Movement
• Reactor Disassembly & Reassembly
• Under Vessel Maintenance – Control Rod Drive (CRD) Exchange, NI Exchange, Instrumentation and Control trouble shooting & corrective maintenance, Hydraulic Control Unit (HCU) preventive and corrective maintenance.

In addition to refueling outage support, this individual will be responsible for supporting off-season work, including but not limited to spent fuel pool cleanup projects, dry cask storage projects, and instructing GEH Technical Training Courses located in Wilmington, NC and San Jose, CA.

This unique position will continue to drive GEH’s excellence in outage execution but is also intended to offer candidates a position that prepares those individuals for roles of increasing responsibility within GEH.

As the Lead Tiger Team Technician, you will:

• Support multiple (4-6) Refueling Outages per year at various customer owned plants both domestically and internationally.
• Perform maintenance and/or inspections responsibilities in your area of expertise, delivering outage support.
• Perform supervisory responsibilities as necessary in your area of expertise.
• Instruct GEH Technical Training courses to further develop new technicians.
• Support Product Line activities including proposal development, product development, growth initiatives, and training development & implementation.
• Provide subject matter expertise on the operation of reactor maintenance and in vessel tooling, and GEH OEM equipment.
• Provide leadership to ensure high quality deliverables are produced in accordance with customer requirements, business procedures, and regulatory guidelines
• Drive standard GEH processes across projects and ensure procedural compliance.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma / GED
• Minimum of Five (5) years of technical experience in GE Hitachi Nuclear Field Services core functions related to your specific discipline
• RST Level II Certification

Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 75% domestically and internationally. Tiger team members are expected to travel direct from site to site, supporting multiple projects per season during critical GEH work scope windows.
• Ability and willingness to support off-season projects including Spent Fuel Pool cleanup and Dry Cask storage campaigns.
• Ability and willingness to instruct GEH Technical Training courses.
• Ability and willingness to pass Fitness for Duty requirements and site security requirements to obtain domestic and international site unescorted access.
• Ability and willingness to attend additional GEH training and certification programs to further develop your skillset and support cross-functional projects.
• Ability and willingness to work in radiation-controlled areas and radioactively contaminated areas.
• Ability and willingness to work 12 hrs. / day seven days per week (When delivering of field projects)
• Ability to lift to 50 lbs.
• Ability to climb ten flights of stairs twice per day.
  
  Ability to pass respirator fit test and physical.

Desired Characteristics:

• GEH CRD Level II Certification
• GEH Fuel Moving Certification
• Experience and knowledge regarding BWR reactor internals and modifications.
• Technical trouble shooting regarding GEH tooling.
• Prior experience supporting GEH Technical Training courses as an instructor.
  
  Proven leadership capabilities with the ability to motivate others to achieve a common goal.
• Strong communication skills and customer centric attitude.
• Ability to work under high stress conditions.
• Basic Microsoft Office computer skills…