Rafik Zekri

Combustion Technologist at NrCan.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Skills Safety, security, nuclear safeguard and radiation protection qualifications.
Leadership (supervisor, project manager between 2010 and 2013).
Versatile, adaptable, initiative and team worker.
Conducting tests, detecting anomalies, collect and analyze data, good communicator.
Languages: Fluent in oral and written English, French and Arabic
Computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), QCVS, Protocol Helper.

About with 8 years of experience as an engineer specialized in nuclear fuel fabrication at the division of fuel technology in a nuclear research center in Algeria and holder of a master's degree in materials physics. Having already a specialized training in post- graduation of one year on Fuel fabrication carried out within the Algerian Institute of Nuclear Engineering. In my former experiences I participated in different projects that involve several processes, I will cite as an example the fabrication of a nuclear fuel element. In this experience, I fabricated, assembled, installed, repaired, and operated both pilot and the prototype and the results was a full production of an assembly qualified to use in nuclear research reactor. I conducted meeting, I trained new hires, I also ensure that the environmental standards were respected, and I made multiple tests to verify the quality of the product and assure that all the process is conform.
Since I moved to Canada, Now I work at Natural Resources Canada (Canmet Energy Ottawa) as a combustion research technologist. This position allows me to be familiar with the federal environment of work and matches my previous position as a research engineer in a nuclear facility.