Are you a Senior Manager eager to make a difference? We're seeking a Deputy Vice President(DVP) Chalk River Site Operations to join our Stewardship & Renewal Group (SRG) & Environmental Remediation Management (ERM) to provide direct oversight of Chalk River Laboratory (CRL) site operations. Can you see yourself providing direct oversight of the delivery of the Infrastructure Development Group (IDG) for services, projects, and activities and ensuring safety measures are adhered to and followed? Does the challenge of managing complex projects while working with internal and external stakeholders excite you? If you're motivated to lead and guide our IDG team, we want to hear from you and discover what inspires you to take on such impactful responsibilities! Apply today!
What will you be doing!
Providing strategic direction and leadership for the framework, programs, and business processes to the IDG Team and the overall safe operations of the CRL site.
Engaging leadership and oversight to drive operational excellence in human performance and commitment management.
Providing the necessary leadership and oversight for new activities, projects, and facilities planned for the organization.
Ensuring the organization strives to meet "best practices" for operations, with a focus on strong interface management from a "demanding customer" perspective, to ensure these activities/projects/new facilities transition effectively and efficiently from the planning, design, construction, and commissioning stages, to safe, compliant and cost-effective operations within the organization.
Meeting and developing corporate targets for safety and financial performance and supporting implementing ongoing work on policies and procedures.
Recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating department staff.
Interpreting and applying knowledge of National, Provincial, and local laws, codes, and regulations that implement established policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
Maintaining effective interactions with union trades, subcontractors, clients, regulators, citizen groups, and other stakeholders including compliance with CNL contract specifications.
Coordinating prompt resolution of field problems and issues regarding non-conformance reports, condition reports, stop work orders, and corrective action reports.
Providing a field presence to monitor activities and verify safe workmanship, quality, and procedure compliance.
Ensuring adequate and qualified staff to fulfill the regulatory and business needs of the project.
Understanding, complying with, and holding all employees accountable to environmental health and safety policies and procedures and providing or attending training as required.
Supporting the Vice President (VP) SRG & ERM in the effective oversight and execution of the IDG Mission.
Acting as a delegate for the VP SRG & ERM during absences or conflicts for meetings.
Contributing to the delivery of the monthly ERM VP report and Performance Management reports, which are delivered to Business Management and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
Participating in all appropriate Gating and Sanctioning internal meetings as part of the gate review team.
Other duties as assigned.
What we are looking for:
Education
An engineering or science degree or equivalent in education/training and experience.
Experience
15-20 years of significant and varied experience in site operations.
Established track record for oversight and delivery of site operations, including maintenance and/or construction activities.
Proven record in demonstrating leadership of large organizations ( >350) dealing with diverse internal and external customers.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Ability to anticipate and articulate longer-range implications of current or planned activities.
Robust knowledge of processes, techniques, and applications for managing scope, cost, schedule, and other key operations parameters.
Ability to initiate and follow through with change initiatives both on their own and by leveraging a matrixed team of staff within SRG & ERM and across the organization.
Ability to work with a broad direction and provide appropriate input to executive management to set strategic direction.
Ability to think strategically and globally to help achieve operational mandate and maximize opportunities to change how IDG's services are delivered.
Good time management and work scheduling skills to meet shifting priorities.
Ability to analyze complex organizational problems and issues and identify appropriate causes and corrective actions.
Excellent written, verbal, and listening communication skills.
Skills in fostering an inclusive, cooperative, and safe working environment and fostering a working culture that delivers on IDG's mandate - excelling together, with a particular emphasis on seeking improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.
Strong interpersonal skills to support leading a large and complex organization, to ensure stakeholder needs are understood and met, and to support interactions with external organizations, stakeholders, line leaders, and staff across CNL.
Create and articulate a meaningful vision and attract, mobilize, and inspire team members to achieve goals in support of the vision.
Ability to form effective relationships to focus on cross-organizational priorities, integrate results, manage change, and concentrate problem-solving efforts while keeping sight of long-term objectives.
Ability to create and sustain a professional environment that fosters teamwork, continuous learning, stakeholder satisfaction, and a high level of personal accountability.
Ability to develop business plans, balance risks, and make timely operational decisions within a legal, political, and project framework characterized by competing commitments, rule sets, and evolving interests.
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:
The Deputy VP Chalk River Site Operations needs to be able to maintain a flexible work schedule to accommodate a variable work load, late-breaking corporate priorities, and off-hours corporate engagements.
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 pacesetters 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 :
Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
Benefits effective day one, that's right, no waiting period;
Tuition support
and a pension!
Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?
Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
Restore and protect the Environment.
Contribute to the health of Canadians.
Location:
CNL's Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an environmentally pristine area with extensive forests, hills, and numerous small lakes. These 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 unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!
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. Please read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.
CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects, including 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 regarding 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.
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