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Southern Company

NDE Specialist- Vogtle

Company: 
Southern Company
City: 
Waynesboro
State: 
Georgia
Employment type: 
Full time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other

Description - Internal/External

NDE Specialist - Vogtle

This posting is for one NDE position to be filled at Plant Vogtle - Waynesboro, Ga.

Job Summary

Southern Nuclear has immediate openings for Nuclear Specialists in our Fleet Outage Services Department. This position reports to the Outages Services Non-destructive examination (NDE) Supervisor/NDE Manager and will be located at Vogtle Nuclear Plant, Southern Nuclear Operating facility. The candidate selected for this position shall have a working knowledge of applicable American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards, with a minimum level of certification to Level II in Ultrasonic, Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant, Radiography, Eddy Current Testing and Visual Examination. This position requires planning and performing inspections (in the field), evaluating inspection results including preparation, setup of test equipment, and travel to each of the Southern Nuclear Operating sites and Industry events.

Education Requirements:

  • High school diploma or equivalent


Background/Experience Requirements:

  • Experience meeting the following requirement:
    • Level II Ultrasonic PDI UT-1, UT-2 (Highly Desired)
    • Level II in Radiography (Highly Desired)
    • Level II in MT/PT/VT/ECT (Desired)
  • Industrial site experience (Desired)
  • Knowledge of nuclear power plants (Required)
  • Demonstrated leadership attributes (Desired)


Other Attributes:

  • High level of written and verbal communication skills
  • Motivated self-starter
  • Ability to manage multiple activities, e.g., outage support
  • Travel (domestic) is required, including work assignment at Fleet nuclear units (travel up to 50%)
  • Ability to obtain unescorted access


Technical Requirements:

  • Knowledge of ASME/NDE codes and standards
  • Knowledge of NDE methods


This posting is for one NDE position to be filled at Plant Vogtle site.

NOTE: Must be able to provide entire certification package for verification prior to employment

Together with our subsidiaries, we deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our 9 million customers. Our focus is doing so with service excellence.

That means we are leaders who take action to meet our customers’ and communities’ needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. We create community value through energy, social, economic, and environmental progress.

We do this through electric operating companies in three states and natural gas distribution companies in four. Our family of companies draw on diverse energy sources to create the best mix for our service areas, including electricity, natural gas, solar power, carbon-free nuclear, and other sustainable sources.

We leverage our leading distributed energy infrastructure company and other innovative technology to better serve every customer. Our competitive, national generation company serves wholesale customers, and our family includes a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services.

We have positioned diversity and inclusion as critical to our success enabling us to put the needs and well-being of the people we serve at the center of all that we do.

Southern Company believes all employees should feel welcome, valued, respected and heard. Our goal is a workplace in which all employees contribute to their fullest and a workforce that reflects our customers and communities. We accomplish this by valuing and leveraging the full range of differences and similarities we bring to our teams, customers and communities.

Workplace Awards

  • 2023 100% Corporate Equality Index Score - Human Rights Campaign (7th consecutive year)
  • 2023 America's Best-In-State Employers – Forbes
    • Southern Company (No. 1 in Alabama, No. 5 in Georgia)
  • 2023 Best Employers for Women (No. 9) - Forbes
  • 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces – Newsweek
  • 2023 Best Companies for Multicultural Women – Seramount
  • 2023 Top 50 Companies for Diversity - DiversityInc (8th consecutive year)
    • No. 1 Top Company for Black executives
    • No. 3 Top Company for Veterans
    • No. 5 Top Company for Supplier Diversity
    • No. 14 - Top Company for Executive Diversity Councils
  • 2022 Global 200 – Forbes
  • 2022 Best Employers for Women - Forbes
  • 2023 America’s Best Employers for Diversity - Forbes
  • 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity - Newsweek
  • 2023 America’s Best Large Employers – Forbes
    • No. 15 overall, top utility
  • 2023 Top 100 Military-Friendly Employer (No. 2) - GI Jobs magazine
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