Job Category: Engineering
Location: Saskatoon
Work Contract: Reg Full-Time (K1)
At Cameco we understand the value of a diverse workforce and we embrace, encourage and support workplace inclusion and diversity. New ideas, perspectives, experiences, and expertise make Cameco stronger. We are committed to building a diverse workforce reflective of the communities we operate in. Our vision is to create a culture where inclusion is the goal, and a diverse and representative workforce is our measure of success. Cameco is committed to providing an inclusive selection process, free from systemic barriers. support employment equity and encourage all members of underrepresented groups (i.e., women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of racialized groups/visible minorities) to voluntarily disclose. Cameco welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, abilities, and experiences to apply.
About Us
Cameco is one of the largest global providers of the uranium fuel needed to energize a clean-air world. Utilities around the world rely on our nuclear fuel products to generate safe, reliable, emissions-free nuclear power. Cameco’s corporate office is based in Saskatoon. We have mining operations and projects in northern Saskatchewan, Kazakhstan, the United States and Australia. We are also a leading supplier of uranium refining, conversion, and fuel manufacturing services from our operations in Ontario.
The Role
Reporting to the manager, reliability engineering, you will play an essential role as a member of the reliability team in supporting Cameco's transition to becoming a high reliability organization. Your responsibilities will include developing and implementing asset maintenance strategies, conducting root cause analyses, creating risk mitigation plans, minimizing asset life cycle costs, and optimizing preventative maintenance processes. You will also support the loss elimination process and ensure the seamless implementation of these strategies into Bently APM. While this role is a corporate office position, you will be required to travel to site on a regular basis to fulfill operational needs.
In this role, you will:
- Work a hybrid role, with one week remote and one week (Monday-Thursday) at Cameco’s Key Lake operation.
- Create and optimize asset strategies to increase equipment availability using reliability methodologies.
- Lead the loss elimination program at Key Lake to identify bad actors and reduce the impact to the operation.
- Perform root cause failure analysis on a range of physical equipment, plans, and processes to determine solutions to repeated or major equipment failures.
- Execute the reliability portion of capital projects by reviewing project designs and equipment selection for concerns related to overall lifetime reliability.
- Develop, with other reliability engineers and process owners, programs and procedures in support of Cameco’s journey to industry leading reliability.
- Collaborate with on-site operators, tradespersons, superintendents, managers, and other engineers in the delivery of your work.
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, chemical, or electrical)
Professional Engineer designation (P. Eng)
Minimum of seven years of progressive industrial engineering experience with several years focussed on reliability engineering
Equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered
Experience with reliability engineering principles such as RCM, RCA, FMEA, FTA, RBD, CA and LCCA
Eligible for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
Travel to site every other week by aircraft
Recommended:
- Knowledge of SAP or Bentley AssetWise APM software
- Strong background in RCA, FMEA, RBD, FTA, MTA, RCM, PM, CA, Pd.M. or LCC
- Familiarity with AWB Reliability Modelling Software
- Skilled in Weibull/Crow-AMSAA Analysis, System Modelling or Optimization of Asset Life Cycle decisions
- Continuous improvement certification (Lean Six Sigma Green Belt)
- Effective communication, collaboration, coaching/mentoring and interpersonal skills
- Excellent time management, analytical and technical writing skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Conditions of Employment:
Cameco is proud to offer a competitive total reward package which includes:
- Competitive compensation program with base and variable pay
- Flexible health, drug, dental, and vision plan with a health spending and personal spending account
- Fixed benefits including employee and dependant life, AD&D, disability benefits and paid vacation leave
- Employee & Family Assistance Programs
- RRSP and RPP matching program
- Career development opportunities Relocation costs
Cameco is an employment equity employer and aims to achieve gender parity, and as such, preference will be given to qualified members of equity groups. We are strengthened by the diverse backgrounds of experiences and encourage applicants with various levels of expertise to apply, as equivalent combination of education and work experience are considered.
This position is eligible for the employee referral bonus.
Req ID #: 40639
Posted: December 10, 2024
Posting end date: January 7, 2025
Salary Range: $127,000 - $158,000
The physical and psychological safety of our employee’s is a top priority at Cameco. We invite candidates to voluntarily disclose accommodation requirements, if contacted in relation to a job opportunity. Information received will be addressed confidentially and Cameco’s Workplace Inclusion and Accommodation Program document is available upon request. Successful candidates for all positions that will work at Safety Sensitive Sites or Safety Sensitive Positions must take and pass a Substance Test, which includes marijuana, as a condition of employment. Marijuana remains in a user’s system for about 30 days, so applicants who recently used marijuana recreationally should not expect to pass a substance test.
