Senior Reactor Operator – PG&E Careers


Website Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Position Summary:

You will be responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the DCPP Units 1 and 2 with emphasis on safety and adherence to established regulations and standards of performance.
The SRO license program will be approximately 8 months in order to obtain a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) SRO license. You must be able to travel at least 10% of the time.
To obtain and maintain unescorted access at DCPP and employment in this position, you must be able to pass a drug and alcohol screen, a security background check, psychological screening, computer-based training, fitness test and medical exam as required by the NRC, the SRO license exam, and be subject to random drug and alcohol screening.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support refueling activities
  • Ensure all operating records are maintained to preserve documentation of operations activities and responses to any unusual conditions in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) specifications.
  • Ensure completion of scheduled activities.
  • Analyze complex plant activities and evolutions to provide proper operations focus and ensure error-free performance
  • Obtain additional qualifications
  • Maintain all required qualifications
  • Coordinate and control maintenance and testing activities
  • SRO with line authority over the shift operators for one of two nuclear units
  • Study for and take SRO program and license exams
  • Maintain and improve Human Performance

Required Education & Experience:

  • One or more years as an active Reactor Operator (RO) at DCPP
  • BS degree or equivalent in engineering, engineering technology, or related sciences
  • Obtained a commercial PWR NRC GFES Docket Number
  • Two or more years in a position equivalent to a Reactor Operator position at a military reactor (Reactor Operator; Engineering Officer of the Watch; Propulsion Plant Watch Officer; Engineering Watch Supervisor; Propulsion Plant Watch Supervisor)
  • Currently or previously Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) or Reactor Operator (RO) license at a commercial pressurized water reactor facility
  • Previously held an RO or SRO license at DCPP within the past 20 months
  • One or more years as an active Reactor Operator (RO) at the site or a commercial power facility of the same Westinghouse vintage
  • Previous nuclear plant operational experience