Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself coordinating and performing independent technical reviews for a Safety Review Committee (SRC)? Would you like to coordinate and perform independent technical reviews for the Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) Panel? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Chalk River location is looking for a Nuclear Safety Specialist; apply today!
What will you be doing!
- Coordinating and performing independent technical reviews for the Safety Review Committee (SRC).
- Engaging with stakeholders such as Facility Authorities and Facility Managers and receiving submissions to the SRC for independent technical review of nuclear safety and nuclear facilities decommissioning-related documentation.
- Supporting the Manager, SRC Reviews with setting up meetings for SRC technical reviewers and coordinating the performance of the independent technical review of submissions to the SRC.
- Consolidating review comments from independent technical reviewers and communicating consolidated comments to the stakeholders following the SRC review via a technical memorandum.
- Interacting with stakeholders and assisting them when requests for clarification of SRC comments arise. Facilitating such requests with meetings with SRC reviewers as needed. Facilitating engagement between stakeholders and SRC technical reviewers to build consensus in finalizing agreed-upon dispositions to SRC review comments. Engaging the Manager, SRC Reviews, as needed.
- Receiving finalized and agreed-upon dispositions to SRC comments from stakeholders, providing those dispositions to the Manager, SRC Reviews and SRC technical reviewers, and securing acceptance of dispositions received.
- Supporting the Manager, SRC Reviews with providing formal SRC acceptance, via memorandum, of stakeholder submissions once all SRC review comments are dispositioned.
- Coordinating and performing independent technical reviews for the Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) Panel.
- Working with the Compliance Business Administrator to schedule regular quarterly meetings of the NCS Panel, receiving submissions from stakeholders such as Facility Authorities, Facility Managers and the NCS Program for such meetings, organizing the submissions in the NCS Panel SharePoint site, preparing meeting agenda, and providing the agenda and material for review to NCS Panel Members two weeks prior to each quarterly meeting.
- Working with stakeholders to receive submissions and schedule special meetings of the NCS Panel to facilitate urgent review of nuclear-criticality-safety-related documentation outside of the regular quarterly meetings.
- Consolidating review comments from independent technical reviewers of the NCS Panel following NCS Panel review, and assisting the NCS Panel Chair in communicating consolidated comments to the stakeholders via a technical memorandum.
- Interacting with stakeholders and assisting them when requests for clarification of NCS Panel comments arise. Facilitating such requests with meetings with NCS Panel reviewers as needed. Facilitating engagement between stakeholders and NCS Panel reviewers to build consensus in finalizing agreed-upon dispositions to NCS Panel review comments. Engaging the Manager, SRC Reviews, as needed.
- Receiving finalized and agreed-upon dispositions to NCS Panel comments from stakeholders, providing those dispositions to the Manager, SRC Reviews and NCS Panel reviewers, and securing acceptance of dispositions received.
- Supporting the Manager, SRC Reviews and the NCS Panel Chair with providing formal NCS Panel acceptance, via memorandum, of stakeholder submissions once all NCS Panel review comments are dispositioned.
- Providing support to the Manager, Regulatory Affairs and the Regulatory Affairs Department.
- Reviewing documentation such as Licensing Basis documents, Licensing Plan documents, and other documents of a regulatory nature that are relevant to nuclear safety and licensing, when requested.
- Providing regulatory assistance and guidance to CNL, especially to Designated Representatives of the Licensee, when requested.
Other duties as assigned by your manager.
What we are looking for:
- Education
- A Bachelor (Honours) in Engineering or Science (associated with Nuclear Engineering), from a university of recognized standing, is required. An honours degree in Nuclear Engineering is preferred, or an advanced degree in nuclear engineering is an asset. Or a membership in an engineering or scientific professional organization authorized by statute to establish qualifications for membership in that organization.
- Experience
- Significant related experience in a mix of the following areas is required:
- Nuclear facilities design.
- Nuclear facilities operation.
- Nuclear safety analysis.
- Nuclear technology and related processes.
- Nuclear criticality safety.
- Experience in nuclear safety analysis and nuclear criticality safety will be weighted over other areas of expertise when evaluating candidates for the position.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrated good interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to communicate verbally and in writing to convey information accurately with discretion and diplomacy, are required.
- Effective time management skills, recognizing that simultaneous submissions from multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to evaluate and prioritize competing demands, provide the rationale for prioritization to the Manager, SRC Reviews, and stakeholders, and adapt based on feedback from stakeholders.
- A sound understanding of nuclear safety and experience with nuclear safety analysis to effectively support the SRC Reviews Manager and the SRC Secretariat with independent technical reviews of CNL facilities and activities related to the SRC mandate is required.
- A thorough technical understanding of nuclear criticality safety principles and practices, as demonstrated through either a degree in nuclear engineering or work experience in nuclear criticality safety, is required.
- Security Clearance Eligibility Required
- Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”
Working Conditions:
- Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work week.
This position is part of the CRPEG Union and is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in the CRPEG Collective Agreement. As a member of this bargaining unit, you’ll benefit from clear expectations around hours of work, wages, vacation, and other conditions that support a fair and consistent working environment.
Why CNL?
Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world excite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.
From building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developing targeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership in environmental remediation—we are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.
What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package
We believe in taking care of our people. Here’s what you can expect as part of our team:
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
- Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period
- Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing
- A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security
Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?
- Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow
- Restoring and protecting the environment
- Contributing to the health of Canadians
If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL!
Location: Fully Remote Eligible
CNL works with employees across Canada to enable a remote workforce where possible. This role requires occasional work at CNL’s Chalk River Laboratory site, permitting the employee to primarily work remotely, should they so desire. CNL employees who choose to work remotely the majority of the time are provided with the equipment required to be successful at their remote workplace (laptop, chair, monitor, etc.); however, they are not provided a dedicated onsite office.
Please note: This is a remote position supporting the Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario.
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!
We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in our Core Values:
- Respect
- Teamwork
- Accountability
- Safety
- Integrity
- Excellence
These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.
CNL is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via jobs@cnl.ca. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.
CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.
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