Are you seeing real openings for SMR safety engineering, or is the near-term market still decommissioning and Part 72 dry cask programs? I focus on ALARA and long‑lived waste streams and am weighing a move in Q1 2025, but I want to stay in roles where safety culture and accountable waste management aren’t afterthoughts.
SMR safety hiring is ramping, but Q1 2025 favors ‘Part 72’/decon ALARA. Set USAJOBS alerts; watch OPG/GEH: https://www.usajobs.gov.
Hybrid turf is hot right now: vendors doing both decon/Part 72 and SMR starts (Holtec, Orano, NAC) let you stay deep in ‘ALARA’ while nudging into new build — the belt‑and‑suspenders safety crowd. Concrete step: set alerts for ISFSI/Part 72, RP/ALARA, and PRA/HFE at those three and at TVA’s Clinch River and OPG’s BWRX‑300 partners; Holtec posts these here: Recruitment. Are you open to vendor‑side roles, or do you want to stay on a licensee team?