valaratomics

valaratomics

Maintenance Technician

Orangeville, Utah · Mid

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PLCCommunicationSCADA

About the role

  • The Maintenance Technician ensures safe, reliable, and compliant operation of the Valar Atomics TRISO Fuel Facility.
  • This is a mid-level role requiring 3-7 years of industrial maintenance experience; ideally in a nuclear, chemical, or advanced manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on CVD coater furnaces, calcining furnaces, sintering furnaces, chemical systems, and AWD units per approved work orders.
  • Maintain gas feed systems including mass flow meters, gas lines, valves, and associated instrumentation (accuracy maintained to ±1 % FS).
  • Perform maintenance on material-handling equipment
  • issue calibration certificates and maintain records per equipment data sheets and P&IDs.
  • Interpret instrument loop diagrams and PLC ladder logic to support fault isolation
  • Identify, order, and manage critical spare parts inventory (heating elements, pyrometers, seals, etc.).
  • Perform maintenance on material-handling equipment; disassemble and reassemble for radiological safety compliance.
  • Execute instrument calibration tasks; issue calibration certificates and maintain records per equipment data sheets and P&IDs.
  • Interpret instrument loop diagrams and PLC ladder logic to support fault isolation; liaise with controls engineers on SCADA/OIS issues.

Requirements

  • 3-7 years of maintenance technician experience in a nuclear, chemical process, or precision manufacturing facility.
  • Support configuration management by documenting modifications and updating maintenance procedures as required.

Nice to have

  • This is a mid-level role requiring 3-7 years of industrial maintenance experience
  • ideally in a nuclear, chemical, or advanced manufacturing setting.

Skills

  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, instrument loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, and maintenance manuals.
  • Familiarity with maintenance software for workorder creation and closure.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. person eligible to access HALEU material under DOE/NRC regulations.
  • Strong written communication skills for procedure authoring and maintenance record-keeping.
  • Experience maintaining CVD furnaces, high-temperature kilns, or gas-phase deposition equipment.
  • Nuclear Maintenance qualification or radiological worker training.
  • Experience with PLC-controlled process systems and OIS/SCADA interfaces (Allen-Bradley, Siemens).
  • Familiarity with criticality safe geometry controls and ALARA work practices in uranium-processing environments.
  • calibration, loop checking, 480 V industrial electrical systems.
  • Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
  • Valar Atomics is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

  • Demonstrates ownership of equipment health and proactively identifies deterioration before failure occurs.

Equal opportunity

  • We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.
  • We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment and will provide reasonable accommodation as required by law.
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

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