Summary
ENEC is seeking a Senior Fuel Handling Technician for work at Barakah, UAE. The role leads and monitors outage and non-outage fuel activities, including reactor vessel disassembly and reassembly, core loading and unloading, spent fuel movements, equipment management, and work documentation. It also supports Foreign Materials Exclusion activities, emergency response, and compliance with health, safety, security, and business continuity requirements. Applicants need a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of relevant experience, including three years in a PWR nuclear plant or applicable reactor design, work management, or outage management experience.
The posting
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Job Purpose
Lead and monitor the preparation for and execution of all outage activities associated with Reactor Vessel Disassembly, Reactor Core Fuel removal, Shuffling, and reload, Spent Fuel Pool Fuel movements and non-outage fuel movement such as new fuel receipt and storage activities in accordance to Nawah standards and procedures.
Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability
Reactor Vessel Disassembly and Reassembly and Fuel Movement
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Lead, monitor and perform the preparatoin and execution of the following outage activities in accordance to Nawah standards and procedures:
o Fuel Receipt including the unloading and storage of the fuel shipping cask as well as the fuel handling, inspection and storage of the fuel assemblies.
o Initial Fuel Loading including, the handling of the neutron source, the calibration of the neutron flux monitoring, inspection and interlock tests of the fuel handling equipment, FME, installation of underwater lightings into the reactor core, transfer of the dummy fuel assembly to the RCB and repositioning of the temporary fuel load channel.
o Reactor Pressure Vessel (IHA) Integrated Head Assembly Disassembly & Re-assembly including vessel internals such as Upper Guide Structure (UGS) & Core Support Barrel (CSB).
o Removal and re-Installation of components such as but not limited to pressure boundary, push and pull cables, 54 Reactor Vessel-Stud bolts and plugs, stud hole inspection & plug installation.
o Core Loading & Unloading
o Management of Fuel Handling Systems and Equipment, including inspection, testing and maintenance of third-party certificates for the lifting and rigging equipment/accessories.
o Management and maintenance of FHA overhead crane and RCB Polar crane.
o Management of special tools and materials.
o Prepare the required documentation for the required work package including Work Order, Job Hazard Analysis, Work Method Statement, Final Report, etc.
o Development and improvement based on OE of all fuel handling equipment related procedures
o Support and oversee the inspection and repair of fuel handling equipment
o Perform the Foreign object search and retrieval (FOSAR) for the Fuel Handling Area and Reactor Refueling Pool
• Develop plans and schedules optimization of reacot vessel disassembly and reassembly activities.
• Ensure the availability of all infrastructure requirements (power, air, cooling, lighting, water filters, shielding, etc) to ensure that when the activities are ready to work, work can be performed.
• Report to Fuel Handling management team any issues related to personnel, materials, and equipment so that critical path activities can begin with zero delay.
• Monitor and maintain overall refuel floor and spent fuel building cleanliness via approved Foreign Materials Exclusion (FME) programs to ensure successful FME prevention and facilitate Containment inspection closure.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)
Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Support
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Support the ERO, as assigned, to ensure safe, reliable and continued operations; this may require shift work/off hours support.
Health, Safety and Environment, Security and Business Continuity
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• All individuals take personal responsibility for safety; follow company HSE policies, procedures and instructions; avoid complacency and continuously challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or in appropriate action; report any situation that could present a hazard; not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace in the interest of health, safety, welfare or protection or management of the environment.
• Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures, and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others, and corporate assets.
• Follow all relevant Business Continuity and Resilience requirements for compliance with, and adherence to, policies, procedures and instructions related to the effective planning for, and response to, incidents and/or business disruptions in order to continue critical business processes and activities with minimal adverse impact.
Qualifications
High School Diploma or Equivalent with 6 years of relevant experience.
Experience
3 years in Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Nuclear Power Plant experience at an operational site and or Advanced Pressurized water Reactor APR-1400, Open Pool Reactor (OPR)-1000 or Combustion
Engineering Nuclear Steam Supply System (CE NSSS) Design, Work Management or Outage Management experience, as applicable for position.