Requisition ID: 94426
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Position Specific Description
Florida Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. is seeking Nuclear Radiation Protection Technician roles at their Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. This dual unit nuclear facility, located in beautiful Florida City, Florida, produces 100% carbon-free energy. Please apply now to start your career in this exciting career path!
Job Overview
The Radiation Protection Technician job classification shall meet the requirements of the ANSI/AN-3.1-1978 "American National Standard for Selection and Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel". Radiation Protection Technician shall meet or exceed the experience requirements of ANSI/AN-1978, which states: "4.5.2 Technicians. Technicians shall have three years of working experience in their specialty of which one year should be related technical training."
The following guidelines should be used when evaluating technician resumes for compliance with ANSI-3.1 at PSL, ANSI 18.1: Minimum requirements for job: An ANSI qualified health physics technician shall have a minimum of 6000 hours (PSL) or 5000 hours (PTN) of health physics experience (junior or senior level) in commercial nuclear power plants, of which, a maximum of 50 hours per week may be accumulated in any single year. Related education, training and experience may be credited as defined below. Equivalent health physics technician experience for decontamination technician experience in commercial nuclear power plants may be credited at a rate of no more than 0.5 hours/hour worked up to a maximum of 1000 hours credit. A Navy ELT qualification is equivalent to 5000 hours of commercial health physics technician experience. Shipyard experience in health physics (108 qualification) is credited on an hour for hour basis up to a maximum of 5000 hours. Shipyard hours cannot be accumulated at a rate of more than 50 hours per week.
An associate degree in a related technical field or a bachelor of science degree is equivalent to 2000 hours of commercial health physics technician experience. One year of training is equivalent to 500 academic hours. Or completes the JR RPT program.
Accountabilities: The Radiation Protection Technician is responsible for performing and documenting the following:
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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Employee Group: Bargaining Unit
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Nuclear Bargaining Unit
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: No
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.5 billion and approximately 14,300 employees in 27 states and Canada as of year-end 2015, as well as approximately 45,000 megawatts of generating capacity, which includes megawatts associated with noncontrolling interests related to NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) as of April 2016. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy’s principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company, which serves more than 4.8 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the United States, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included in the S&P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2016 list of “World's Most Admired Companies.”