Nuclear ISFSI Maintenance & Work Control Specialist
Westinghouse Electric · San Clemente, CA
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Controls
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
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A specialist controls role at Westinghouse Electric (industrial) in San Clemente, CA. Perform work following approved Nuclear Quality Assurance programs and implementing procedures.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree preferred
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About the role
Nuclear ISFSI Maintenance & Work Control Specialist
San Onofre Nuclear Station
San Clemente, CA
Reporting to Onsite Management
The Senior Nuclear ISFSI Maintenance & Work Control Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, and accomplishing activities. These activities include maintenance, inspection, testing, troubleshooting, and modification tasks associated with an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). Additionally, the specialist documents and oversees these activities.
You will be the technical lead for maintenance and work control activities involving several systems. These systems include radiological monitoring systems, emergency power systems, security-related infrastructure, civil structures, electrical distribution systems, and ISFSI support equipment.
requirements
and approved work instructions.
- ✓Verify repair quality, material suitability, and post-maintenance condition acceptance criteria.
Responsibilities
- ◆Perform work following approved Nuclear Quality Assurance programs and implementing procedures.
- ◆Maintain configuration control of safety and quality-affecting equipment.
- ◆Ensure maintenance documentation satisfies QA record requirements.
- ◆Verify traceability of replacement parts, materials, consumables, and vendor services.
- ◆Support audits, assessments, corrective action investigations, and regulatory inspections.
- ◆Review technical documents, drawings, procedures, vendor manuals, and engineering evaluations for applicability and adequacy.
- ◆Ensure work activities comply with approved procedures and approved work packages without unauthorized deviation.
- ◆Discover deficiencies, adverse conditions, or procedural non-compliances and initiate corrective actions.
- ◆Maintain records following regulatory retention and records management requirements.
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum 10 years of maintenance, work control, engineering support, operations, or technical experience in a nuclear power plant or similar regulated environment.
- ✓Demonstrated experience independently developing maintenance work packages.
- ✓Experience coordinating technical activities involving Engineering, Security, QA, Operations, and contractors.
- ✓Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation systems.
- ✓You must meet one of the following education or equivalency
requirements
- ✓A relevant Associate's degree, plus journeyman level training or qualification.·
- ✓In lieu of a degree: 10 years of relevant journeyman-level training or experience.
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Instrumentation and Control Systems
- •Troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, test, and maintain radiological monitoring equipment and wireless monitoring systems.
- •Diagnose communication failures, equipment degradation, battery issues, sensor failures, and system alarms.
- •Configure monitoring devices, perform component replacements, and verify proper post-maintenance operation.
- •Coordinate with Engineering regarding system configuration changes and monitoring system integration requirements.
Mechanical Maintenance
- •Perform inspection, testing, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of emergency diesel generators, support systems, batteries, chargers, fuel systems, cooling systems, and associated equipment.
- •Record performance data, operational trends, oil analyses, fuel samples, battery condition information, and equipment health indicators.
- •Oversee vendor maintenance activities and verify compliance with applicable procedures and technical requirements.
Electrical Maintenance
- •Maintain and modify site electrical systems, lighting systems, power distribution equipment, and support infrastructure.
- •Implement Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) controls and perform verification testing following electrical modifications.
- •Verify system operability, security system compatibility, and equipment functionality after maintenance activities.
Civil and Structural Maintenance
- •Perform inspections of ISFSI structures, concrete pads, expansion joints, sealants, and weatherproofing systems.
- •Evaluate structural deficiencies and coordinate repairs following engineering
Field Execution
- •Independently perform maintenance activities in protected-area environments.
- •Obtain required work authorizations and coordinate access with site security organizations.
- •Maintain Foreign Material Exclusion (FME) controls and housekeeping standards.
- •Perform post-maintenance testing and operational verification activities.
Maintenance Planning and Work Control
- •Develop, review, and complete preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergent maintenance work packages.
- •Prepare job plans, task instructions, hazard analyses, maintenance prerequisites, testing requirements, approvals, and restoration activities.
- •Evaluate work scope and determine required engineering, security, operations, quality assurance, and safety reviews.
- •Coordinate maintenance activities with Security, Engineering, Radiation Protection, Quality Assurance, and contractors.
- •Perform pre-job briefings and ensure appropriate risk mitigation measures are implemented before work execution.
- •Evaluate work packages for completeness and technical accuracy before release.
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