Are you a Respiratory Lab Technician? Are you looking for a change? If so we are growing our team at Chalk River. In this role you will be interacting with customers to meet their specific needs in respiratory protection services. You will be scheduling and conducting respirator fit testing for various models and types of respirator configurations. If you answered yes then this may be the job for you! Apply today!
What will you be doing!
- Performing routine and periodic maintenance, repairing and inspecting respiratory protection and related components, under well-defined procedures.
- Producing and maintaining maintenance records and reports in accordance with quality assurance standards.
- Interacting with customers to produce results appropriate to their specific needs.
- Scheduling and conducting respirator fit testing using a variety of models and types of respirator configurations.
- Instructing employees on the proper use of respiratory protection.
- Performing daily quality control checks to ensure fit test equipment is operating properly and maintaining performance records of these tests.
- Performing surveillance and restocking tasks at respirator storage locations around the CRL site.
- Evaluating and testing new respirator configurations with guidance from the appropriate subject matter experts.
- Maintaining laboratory equipment and performing troubleshooting as required.
- Interacting daily with team members, internal clients and service providers.
- Working collaboratively in a group to coordinate tasks or complete a project.
- Communicating with external vendors or service providers to gain information, order parts and supplies, or coordinate work.
- Participating in audits as they relate to the labs.
- Other duties as assigned by your manager.
What we are looking for:
- Education
- Graduation from a post-secondary institution, preferably in a field relating to occupational health and safety or industrial hygiene, and normally has six to eight years of pertinent technological experience. Alternatively, graduation from secondary school with a minimum of ten years of pertinent experience or, the equivalent in experience, additional education and/or training.
- Experience
- Experience in the care, maintenance and assembly of air purifying and/or supplied air respirators; and/or the fit testing of respirator protection, is required.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Good judgment and communication skills (oral and written).
- Ability to work independently conducting various tasks using a variety of instruments and techniques.
- Ability to work as an effective team member with administrative, professional and technical staff.
- Ability to respond to challenging schedule demands in a fast-paced environment.
- Must maintain confidentiality, as this position involves confidential personnel information.
- Attention to detail, accurate and legible data recording is essential.
- Demonstrated understanding and appreciation of safety culture.
- Working knowledge at the intermediate level or better of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook is required.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of respiratory protection, and experience with the use of respirators, including ability to identify faults, make minor repairs and manage the process for major repairs.
- Knowledge of the concepts and requirements of a Quality Assurance program and Quality Control, particularly related to instrumentation.
- Ability to determine creative solutions to new problems that have not previously been addressed, in their area of responsibility.
- Demonstrated ability to be a “self-starter”, independently motivated, and capable of scheduling their own workload appropriately on a prioritization basis.
- 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 requirement to be able to wear respiratory equipment and other PPE&C (e.g gloves, safety glasses).
- Visual concentration is required for maintenance and testing operations, creating and reviewing reports, certificates, procedures, analyzing information, etc.
- It is required to audibly hear indicators such as alarms, SCBA ring-downs, air leaks, etc.
- Standing or sitting for extended periods of time is required.
- Regular requirement to carry instrumentation to and from work areas (< 23 kg daily).
- Most work is performed in an office/laboratory setting, with routine monthly scheduled field work.
- Work with chemicals and compressed gas.
- The Respirator lab work environment is a high volume, high paced environment, with spontaneous demands.
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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