Decontamination Technician & Nuclear Laborer

The Nuclear Company · Multiple Locations (Traveling Project Work)

  • Junior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-09-30
  • Confirmed live on 28 October 2026

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Job description

The Nuclear Company is the fastest-growing AI-enabled startup in nuclear energy, bringing together experienced nuclear professionals, technologists, engineers, and builders to deliver the next generation of nuclear power. Through our design-once, build-many approach, we are creating a repeatable model for deploying nuclear fleets—combining the industry’s highest standards for safety, quality, and regulatory rigor with the speed and innovation required to meet the world’s growing energy needs.

We are building the future of nuclear work. Every employee is expected to use AI, technology, and our Nuclear Operating System (NOS) to strengthen engineering and operational decision-making, improve quality, eliminate inefficiencies, and accelerate execution without compromising safety. Our nuclear expertise shapes the continued evolution of NOS, enabling us to capture institutional knowledge, standardize best practices, and deliver complex projects with greater consistency and certainty.

We hire people who believe nuclear energy is essential to human progress. Our team is made up of mission-driven experts who respect the rigor of the industry while challenging outdated ways of working. They bring deep technical judgment, intellectual curiosity, high agency, and the humility to learn from others. Our values—Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions. Together, they form TRUST, the foundation of our safety culture and our commitment to intellectual honesty, personal accountability, open communication, and operational excellence.

TNC Services, the services division of The Nuclear Company, supports America's existing nuclear fleet by delivering specialized maintenance, outage execution, technical expertise, and workforce solutions. The organization includes the 25-year legacy and expertise of Powerhouse Resources while continuing to expand its capabilities through strategic growth, helping utilities maximize the reliability of today's nuclear fleet while advancing the next generation of nuclear energy.

Please Note [[OUTAGE - TRAVEL - PROJECT WORK]]:

Location: Brunswick Nuclear Station, Southport, North Carolina

Outage Date: March 27, 2027 - April 28, 2027

Pay Rate: $25 - $30 per hour

Pier diem: $115 per day, paid seven days per week

About the role

The Decontamination Technician / Nuclear Laborer supports TNC Services during commercial nuclear outages, maintenance projects, and other field activities.

This position performs general labor, radiological decontamination, contamination control, housekeeping, material handling, equipment setup and breakdown, and other activities necessary to safely support outage execution.

The ideal candidate is safety-focused, dependable, willing to work in physically demanding environments, and able to follow procedures and direction while working as part of a team.

Work Environment & Travel

This is a field-based position supporting commercial nuclear facilities throughout the United States. Significant travel may be required during outage seasons.

Assignments may require extended periods away from home and schedules that include 10- or 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays in accordance with applicable work-hour requirements.

Responsibilities

Decontamination & Radiological Support

• Perform decontamination of tools, equipment, components, work areas, and plant surfaces.

• Support contamination-control activities in radiologically controlled areas.

• Assist with installation and removal of containment and contamination-control materials.

• Perform general housekeeping and maintain clean, organized work areas.

• Support collection, segregation, packaging, movement, and staging of contaminated materials as directed.

• Assist Radiation Protection personnel with implementation of radiological controls.

• Follow Radiation Work Permits, postings, boundaries, PPE requirements, and Radiation Protection direction.

• Support dress-out and undress activities as required.

• Immediately report contamination concerns, changing conditions, spills, or other radiological issues.

General Labor & Outage Support

• Provide general labor support to mechanical, electrical, reactor, turbine, and other field-service teams.

• Move, stage, organize, and inventory tools, equipment, materials, and consumables.

• Assist craft personnel with job-site preparation and cleanup.

• Support setup and breakdown of work areas, temporary facilities, barriers, equipment, and tooling.

• Perform material handling and equipment movement within applicable training and qualification requirements.

• Assist with fire-watch, foreign material exclusion, confined-space attendant, or similar support activities when properly trained and assigned.

• Maintain work areas in accordance with housekeeping and safety expectations.

• Perform other outage and maintenance support duties as assigned.

Safety & Quality

• Follow all TNC Serv

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