Senior Engineering Technician (TPI)

About the role

TerraPower Isotopes (TPI) develops medical isotopes and supplies radioisotopes for cancer radiotherapy, and is expanding its production of actinium-225. The Senior Engineering Technician reports to the Manager, Equipment Services Engineering and acts as a senior technical resource and hands-on leader for the installation, troubleshooting, maintenance and reliability of TPI's production equipment and facility systems. The role also helps build and develop the equipment maintenance team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and perform preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance on hot cells, gloveboxes, manipulators, transfer systems, process equipment, instrumentation and utilities, and coordinate repairs, testing and return-to-service.
• Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and instrumentation failures using technical drawings and engineering principles.
• Recruit, onboard, qualify and mentor technicians, and lead daily maintenance activities and work priorities.
• Help establish preventive maintenance programs, maintenance procedures, equipment records, spare-parts strategies and root-cause analyses.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, modifications and technical improvements.
• Carry out all work in line with radiological protection, ALARA principles, approved work controls and cGMP practices, and document activities properly.

Required profile

• Associate degree or equivalent technical training in a technical discipline, or equivalent education, military training and industrial experience.
• 10+ years of industrial maintenance, equipment service or test engineering.
• Nuclear or radiopharmaceutical experience highly desired; experience with hot cells, gloveboxes or remote-handling systems particularly valuable.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring and coordination of maintenance activities.
• Willingness to work flexible schedules, including occasional evenings or weekends.

Required skills

• Mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, electromechanical and instrumentation systems, including industrial controls and troubleshooting.
• Reading mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, P&ID, equipment specs and technical manuals.
• Familiarity with preventive maintenance, maintenance planning, equipment reliability and technical documentation.
• Ability to work safely in chemical and radiological environments with required PPE.