Who’s hiring
Tri-Cities jobs, explained in plain language
Pay, shift, degree and clearance requirements pulled out of the fine print — in English and Spanish. Standard job posts are free for local employers.
Results: 10
Shift Ops Manager (Hanford)
$131.9k–$183.1k per year
U.S. citizenship required. Shift operations manager (Grades 20–21). Shift work required.
Deputy Director – D4 End States (Hanford)
$208.7k–$365.1k per year
U.S. citizenship required. Senior management role over facility deactivation, decommissioning and end-state work for CPCCo. Posted at Deputy Grade Level 25.
Scientist (Hanford)
$99.1k–$166.3k per year
U.S. citizenship required. Scientist position (Grades 17–20) supporting site environmental and technical programs.
Fire Protection Engineer – Career (Hanford)
$104.2k–$202k per year
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…
Fire Protection Engineer – Intermediate (Hanford)
$81.5k–$151.8k per year
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.
Co-Op Intern (CBC/WSU-TC) (Hanford)
$19.09–$35.37 per hour
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:…
Hiring now at Hanford Site prime contractors
More than 13,000 people work on Hanford cleanup. The Department of Energy’s careers page links each prime contractor’s job board — CPCCo,…
Hiring now at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
The Department of Energy national laboratory in north Richland hires scientists, engineers, IT, operations and business staff, plus interns and postdocs.
Hiring now at Bechtel (Hanford Waste Treatment Plant)
Bechtel’s Richland openings for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant: engineering, operations, craft and project roles.
Hiring now at Energy Northwest
Public power agency operating the Columbia Generating Station nuclear plant north of Richland; hires operators, technicians, engineers and security staff.
Working at Hanford, in plain language
- Citizenship: nearly every contractor posting requires U.S. citizenship.
- Clearance: most postings we reviewed say “Clearance Required: No.” Some require an active clearance or the ability to obtain a DOE “L” or “Q” clearance — we flag those.
- Union craft jobs (HAMTC) list a starting hourly rate set by the bargaining agreement — e.g., $41.51/hr for heavy truck drivers, $53.85/hr for journeyman ironworker-riggers, $61.06/hr for linemen.
- Students: H2C runs paid co-ops for Columbia Basin College and WSU Tri-Cities students.
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Standard job posts are free for employers in Benton and Franklin counties. Include pay — listings with pay get more applicants.
How we list jobs: individual postings come from employers’ public job boards that permit indexing, with only the facts needed for search and a link to the official application. Employer “hiring now” pages link straight to official careers sites. Expired roles drop off automatically.