Nuclear Security Training Instructor

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.”

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. 

Nuclear Security Training Instructor Job Summary

The Nuclear Security Training Instructor develops, delivers, administers, and evaluates initial, continuing, remedial, and requalification training for armed and unarmed security personnel assigned to an nuclear construction site and eventually an operating commercial nuclear power plant.

The instructor ensures that security personnel demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform assigned security duties before independent assignment and maintain those qualifications thereafter. Training shall be conducted in accordance with the station’s NRC-approved Training and Qualification Plan, Physical Security Plan, Safeguards Contingency Plan, protective strategy, security implementing procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.

The position supports the safe and secure operation of the nuclear facility by maintaining a fully qualified security organization capable of protecting against radiological sabotage, preventing significant core damage and spent-fuel sabotage, responding to security contingencies, and performing assigned duties during construction phase and operating at normal, abnormal, outage, and emergency conditions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain qualification, training, examination, evaluation, and instructor records.
• Track qualification and requalification dates and notify management of potential lapses.
• Update training materials to reflect regulatory, procedural, equipment, and operational changes.
• Evaluate training effectiveness using performance results, observations, drills, audits, and corrective-action trends.
• Provide subject-matter expertise during inspections, audits, assessments, and security-program reviews.
• Coordinate training activities with Nuclear Security and other station organizations.
• Protect Safeguards Information, examination materials, security plans, and other sensitive information.
• Reinforce nuclear safety and security culture, procedural adherence, accountability, and timely reporting.
• Maintain instructor qualifications, certifications, access authorization, and technical proficiency.
• Participate in continuing professional and instructor-development activities.
• Deliver emergent, outage, backshift, weekend, and holiday training as required.
• Support drills, exercises, NRC inspections, and station emergencies.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or recognized equivalent.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in commercial nuclear security, military protective-force operations, law enforcement, critical-infrastructure security, or a comparable armed-security environment.
• At least two years of experience in commercial nuclear power security is strongly preferred for independent instructor qualification.
• Demonstrated experience conducting classroom instruction, on-the-job training, task-performance evaluations, practical exercises, or security-force qualification activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of performance-based training and systematic instructional-development principles.
• Working knowledge of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B to Part 73, applicable portions of 10 CFR Part 26, and the security requirements applicable to an operating nuclear power reactor.
• Ability to complete the station’s instructor qualification process before independently conducting or documenting regulated qualification activities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain unescorted access authorization.
• Ability to obtain and maintain authorization for access to Safeguards Information based on need-to-know, trustworthiness, and reliability.
• Ability to meet applicable fitness-for-duty requirements.
• Ability to complete applicable firearms background checks when duties require access to covered weapons.
• Valid driver’s license where required by assigned duties.
• Effective written, oral, instructional, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Seven or more years of nuclear security, military, law-enforcement, or protective-force experience.
• Previous qualification as a commercial nuclear armed security officer, response team leader, alarm-station operator, security supervisor, or security instructor.
• Experience with NRC force-on-force exercises and security baseline inspections.
• Qualification as an OJT instructor, task-performance evaluator, drill controller, or drill evaluator.
• Certified firearms, tactical, defensive-tactics, use-of-force, armorer, or range-safety instructor.
• Experience with learning-management systems, electronic training records, examination banks, and qualification-tracking systems.
• Experience initiating and resolving corrective-action program conditions.

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.  Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.  An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 0-25%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government.  TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements.  To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States.  Government export authorization approval times vary.  Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range: $98,382 - $127,768

* We typically place offers in the lower to middle portion of the range to maintain internal equity and allow room for growth. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications experience.  This range is specific to Kemmerer, WY.

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  •   Medical
  •   Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

TerraPower Career and Benefits information:  https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/