Energy, Science & Hanford

More than 13,000 people work on Hanford cleanup. The Department of Energy’s careers page links each prime contractor’s job board — CPCCo, HMIS, H2C, Bechtel’s Waste Treatment Plant and the site’s occupational-medicine provider — plus federal DOE jobs on USAJobs.

The Department of Energy national laboratory in north Richland hires scientists, engineers, IT, operations and business staff, plus interns and postdocs.

Bechtel’s Richland openings for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant: engineering, operations, craft and project roles.

Public power agency operating the Columbia Generating Station nuclear plant north of Richland; hires operators, technicians, engineers and security staff.

U.S. citizenship required. Shift operations manager (Grades 20–21). Shift work required.

U.S. citizenship required. Senior management role over facility deactivation, decommissioning and end-state work for CPCCo. Posted at Deputy Grade Level 25.

U.S. citizenship required. Scientist position (Grades 17–20) supporting site environmental and technical programs.

U.S. citizenship required. Career-level fire protection engineer supporting Central Plateau cleanup. Bachelor’s in engineering or science plus 8+ years’ experience at Grade 19; posted range spans Grades 19–21.

U.S. citizenship required. Intermediate fire protection engineer (Grades 16–18). Bachelor’s in engineering or science with 2+ years’ experience at the entry grade.

U.S. citizenship required. Twenty part-time paid co-op internships for Columbia Basin College and WSU Tri-Cities students. Hourly pay rises by class standing: freshman $19.09; seniors up to $35.37.