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Operations Apprentice II/III

Job Title: Operations Apprentice II/III

Requisition: NUC00E5

Department: Operations

Location: Wolf Creek Burlington, KS

Pay: Apprentice II 37.92 Apprentice III 40.34

Position Summary: The Operations Apprentice I primary responsibility is to qualify in Operator fundamentals, safety tagger and fire brigade. The Operations Apprentice II primary responsibility is to learn building watch systems duties and responsibilities. The Operations Apprentice III primary responsibility is to qualify on at least one watch station.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for carrying out the normal shift routine and ensure all tests, logs and readings are performed or taken as appropriated.
• Ensure all maintenance and operational activities are conducted in accordance with established safety procedures.
• Adhere to all plant operational, administrative and emergency procedures.
• Maintain general cleanliness of the assigned work area.
• Participate in the NSO Training program to obtain and maintain qualifications for all systems or tasks which the individual is or will be required to operate.
• Review all operating data in the assigned work area to assure safe operations.
• Effectively communicate plant related problems or events with representatives within Operations and from other departments.
• Serve as required by procedure for watch stations, fire brigade, safety tagger and Emergency Response Organization.
• Support the operations department in areas such as corrective actions, procedure maintenance, and technical input for daily and outage work schedules.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervision/management.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Operations Apprentice II: This position requires a high school diploma or GED Equivalent and one or more of the following:

• experience as Operations Apprentice I and Fundamentals and Safety Tagger qualifications,
• Successful completion and honorable discharge from the Navy nuclear power program,
• or An engineering/engineering technology/physical science Bachelors of Science degree including course work in the physical, mathematical, or engineering sciences from an accredited institution.

Operations Apprentice III: This position requires a high school diploma or GED Equivalent and one or more of the following:

• experience as Operations Apprentice II with qualification in Fundamentals/Safety Tagger and 1 watch station, or
• An engineering/engineering technology/physical science Bachelors of Science degree including course work in the physical, mathematical, or engineering sciences from an accredited institution and 3 years previous commercial nuclear power plant experience, or
• previous commercial nuclear power plant experience (minimum 5 years) and qualification as a journeyman level operator equivalent. Option 3 will qualify for Intermediate NSO rate of pay.

Cognitive Skills (language, mathematics, reasoning): This position requires the ability to: read and interpret documents such as procedures, safety rules, pre-job briefs, radiation work permits, and mechanical, electrical, and logic drawings; write routine reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals; speak effectively to customers or employees of the organization; effectively present information and respond to questions from managers or members of other departments.

This position requires the ability to: add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s; perform these operations using units of weight, measurement, volume and distance; add subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs; calculate figures and amounts such as interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; apply concepts of basic algebra, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

This position requires the ability to: apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram format; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations; solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizations exists; interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Vision: These positions requires the ability to pass vision requirements associated with company physicals as well as identify and distinguish colors

Noise: This position requires the ability to work in loud environments.

Additional Information:

Management has the right to require this position to pass and maintain fire brigade physical, fire brigade physical agilities test and fire brigade qualification when necessary. This is not an essential job function for every position, but management retains its rights to ensure adequate numbers of fire brigade qualified personnel to meet licensing requirements. This position requires the incumbent to have successfully passed the POSS test.

This position requires the incumbent to have successfully passed the Operations Fundamentals exam. This position requires the physical ability to perform operator duties. This position requires the ability to qualify as a Hazardous Material First Responder, Technical Rescue per Administrative procedures. This position requires the ability to qualify for watch stander on the Site segment. This position requires a satisfactory work record including good attendance.

Evergy has a clear mission To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We are committed to building a team where everyone regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status has a voice and can bring their best every day. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.