Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? If you answered yes, our Chalk River location is looking for a Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Officer to provide the expert leadership, direction, and technical infrastructure necessary to ensure that operations involving fissionable material are performed safely, and in compliance with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulations for Nuclear Criticality Safety. Can you see yourself being part of a team that possess an equal balance of the technical skills necessary to perform criticality safety analyses, and the interpersonal skills necessary to develop strong, positive relationships with operations staff, and to work collaboratively with the team to solve complex problems? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!
What you will be doing!
- Keeping up-to-date with changes in Nuclear Criticality Safety regulatory requirements and maintain expertise in the requirements for implementing Nuclear Criticality Safety regulations at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.
- Interface with Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission staff.
- Reviewing both regulatory and technical documentation related to Nuclear Criticality Safety.
- Supporting the development and maintenance of Nuclear Criticality Safety Program documentation.
- Delivering Nuclear Criticality Safety training to operations staff.
- Interacting with customers to provide oversight and expert regulatory and technical guidance and support (including existing operations, decommissioning and waste management projects, input to the design of new facilities, and emergency preparedness).
- Developing concise and unambiguous material limits and operational rules based on the supporting criticality safety analysis.
- Developing clear, logical, and well-written documentation of the nuclear criticality safety case.
- Supporting the development and execution of reviews and assessments of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program.
- Establishing plans to meet prescribed objectives and carry out activities in accordance with the established plans.
- Developing and author documentation demonstrating that operations involving fissionable material will remain subcritical under all normal and credible abnormal conditions.
- Interacting with the customer to ensure that the operations are well-understood.
- Interacting with other service providers required to develop the nuclear criticality safety case.
- Performing rigorous technical analysis demonstrating that all normal and credible abnormal conditions will be subcritical. This may include modelling operational activities and experiments using verified and validated computer codes (such as SCALE or MCNP) and performing post-processing and analysis of the results.
What we are looking for:
- Technical experience in Nuclear Criticality Safety would be considered an asset.
- Experience in the nuclear industry (particularly in a compliance-related environment) would be considered an asset.
- Ability to work effectively in a highly regulated environment.
- Strong oral communication and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional written communication skills (technical writing is a significant component of this position).
- Ability to develop and maintain specialized scientific knowledge of nuclear criticality safety including nuclear data and related libraries, processes and procedures.
- Ability to plan and prioritize tasks to ensure deliverables are met on schedule and to work both independently and in a team environment.
- Proficient use of software such as MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.
- Proficient in the use of software such as MCNP and SCALE.
- Nuclear-related experience would be considered an asset.
- Minimum, a Bachelors (Honour) in Engineering, Physics or Science from a university of recognized standing.
- Security clearance eligibility required: Level 2 Secret which has a minimum requirement of 7 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security”.
Why CNL?
Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pace setters, so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.
We offer a complete total rewards package:
o paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
o benefits effective day one, that’s right no waiting period;
o tuition support
o and a pension!
Location:
CNL’s Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an area that is environmentally pristine with extensive forests, hills and numerous small lakes, all of which support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa and Deep River provide you need with unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep! In fact, Deep River was named as the fourth best place to live in Canada in a recent ranking by movingwaldo.com.
About CNL:
CNL is Canada's premier nuclear science and technology organization and a world leader in developing nuclear technology for peaceful and innovative applications. Using our unique expertise, we are restoring and protecting the Environment, we are advancing clean energy technology, and our medical breakthroughs continue to improve the health of people around the world.
Our Priorities:
- Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
- Restore and protect the Environment.
- Contribute to the health of Canadians.
CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities.
CNL also supports a workplace environment and a corporate culture that is built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity and Excellence which encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects inclusive of accommodations for all employees.
CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received in relation to accommodation requests will be kept confidential.
The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
