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Procedure Writer - Maintenance

Energy Northwest
Richland, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2026
General Summary

Develop, review, revise, and maintain Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Administrative, and other station procedures; ensure that they are technically correct and in accordance with human factor principles. Ensure documents comply with station and regulatory requirements and commitments. Interpret complex tasks, drawings, manuals, instructions, guidelines and requirements, and convert them to an easily understandable sequence of steps to be used by Energy Northwest personnel and contractors. Participate as part of the team to improve station performance and as a member of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO).

Principal Accountabilities

Technical: (1) Create and revise station Maintenance procedures and assist when appropriate with impacted Operations, Engineering, Administrative, and other station procedures. (2) Implement recommendations from Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other station organizations. (3) Ensure station procedures comply with and implement the requirements of License Bases Documents. (4) Ensure station procedures are consistent with source documents. (5) Ensure changes are consistent with ALARA, chemical, environmental and industrial safety requirements and practices. (6) Prepare and implement Procedure Change Notices. (7) Provide technical expertise on procedure issues. (8) Resolve procedure issues with reviewers. (9) Assist Engineering in determining the correct operation and testing of systems to ensure compliance with standards, requirements, and commitments. (10) Select appropriate test equipment consistent with engineering calculations and manufacturer’s requirements. (11) Review design changes for procedural impact.

Administrative: (1) Ensure station documents comply with administrative requirements. (2) Disposition and implement corrective actions and other items as assigned. (3) Support planned and forced outages. (4) Develop and revise procedures in support of other organizations. (5) Serve as a Qualified Procedure Reviewer. (6) Represent the Maintenance Department during review processes. (7) Recommend and implement changes to administrative processes. (8) Coordinate with customers to ensure accuracy and timeliness of products.

Required Education & Experience

Procedure Writer II

  • A bachelor’s degree in engineering, technical writing or a similar field from an accredited college or university and six years of experience in a technical capacity
  • OR an associate’s degree in engineering, technical writing or a similar field from an accredited college or university and eight years of experience in a technical capacity.
  • OR a high school diploma or GED and ten years of experience in a technical capacity.


Procedure Writer I

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university AND three years of experience at a commercial nuclear power plant, two of which must be in operations and/or include procedure writing;
  • OR a high school diploma or GED and six years of experience at a commercial nuclear power plant, two of which must be in operations, Maintenance, Engineering, or related field


PAY RANGE

Procedure Writer II Salary: $106,670 - $160,006

Midpoint: $133,338

Procedure Writer I Salary: $92,750 - $139,124

Midpoint: $115,937

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Incentive Compensation

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

This role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average.

EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

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Salary : $92,750 - $139,124

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