Director, Wl Waste Management & Spent Fuel

Our Whiteshell Laboratories (WL) location is looking for a Director, WL Waste Management & Spent Fuel. Can you see yourself overseeing the day-to-day direction and implementation of departments, maintaining an integrated relationship with CNL on corporate waste management initiatives, policies and/or procedures, and managing the prioritization of waste risk reduction? Would you like to be in a role where you will lead a multi-discipline, cross-functional team that utilizes qualified teams, collaborative judgement, and industry best practices to ensure regulatory, safety and security margins are maintained? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!

What will you be doing!

• Maintaining and delivering CNL's Integrated Waste Strategy, implementing waste minimization and optimization strategies.
• Managing and delivering a fully integrated waste service capability from waste generation planning, characterization, and certification through storage and disposal.
• Reducing the overall potential for liability associated with violations of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) regulations and dangerous goods incidents.
• Developing and implementing a database capable of collecting characterization data and applying radiological fingerprints to waste packages for the purpose of consignment.
• Managing resource requirements, developing waste management schedules, milestones, and metrics, and applying fiscal and administrative policies, procedures, and practices.
• Developing and maintaining effective waste forecasting, waste technical advice, waste inventory management and waste data tracking.
• Managing and ensuring compliance with waste acceptance criteria at CNL and off-site facilities.
• Executing "best practices" for waste management and TDG, focusing on operational excellence and technology/knowledge transfer.
• Ensuring the effective implementation of regulatory, legal, codes, standards, and requirements applicable to the Waste Management (WM) and TDG program at CNL WL site.
• Coaching, guiding, and facilitating site line managers in implementing the WM and TDG program procedures within their work practices.
• Ensuring appropriate execution of the project and overseeing the management of contracts.
• Overseeing staff responsible for the performance of the site-specific mission functions (i.e., Waste Characterization, Waste Transportation Services, Sample Management office, etc.)
• Directing the personnel performing the mission functions and implementing project management, including responsibility for planning, controlling, and monitoring the execution of all project work.
• Managing, budgeting, scheduling and scope responsibility for work ranging from $20M to $40M annually.
• Strategically planning, maintaining, and governing waste management and spent fuel efforts.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Engineering or science degree or similar discipline at the bachelor level from an accredited university OR comparable education with at least 15 years experience in the nuclear field with a focus on waste management, radioactive and hazardous waste packaging and transportation, and demonstrated program/project management, administration and/or leadership experience.
  • Advanced degrees, such as master's or Ph.D., would be considered an asset.
  • Certifications or specialized training in project management, waste management, waste transportation, nuclear safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance are assets.
• Experience
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary teams which provided site support and or operational services and for which you shown consistently good technical, organizational, and financial decision-making.
  • Demonstrated experience in transportation logistics, specifically low, intermediate, and high-level radioactive shipments, using various certified packaging, including Type B casks.
  • Previous experience with the workings and products of Primavera scheduling software, formal risk management frameworks, project scope breakdowns, and cost account structures would be beneficial.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with staff and customers covering a variety of backgrounds and functions.
  • Demonstrated project management knowledge in facility operations, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), risk, and various support functions through successful leadership of complex and varied projects.
  • Ability to develop well-informed advice and strategies that are sensitive to the various needs of multiple stakeholders and partners and reflect the corporation's strategic direction.
  • Commitment to establishing high standards of performance, fostering organizational learning, building a skilled, well-trained and professional workforce, and adopting leading-edge management practices to encourage innovation and continuous improvements in performance.
  • Strong knowledge in the technical and regulatory dimensions of nuclear safety, contractor assurance, risk management, performance and corrective action management and demonstrated ability to apply regulations and standards appropriately.
  • Proficiency in technical aspects of contractor assurance.
  • Must be knowledgeable of, risk management reporting, cost performance index/schedule performance index (CPI/SPI) variance reporting, and corrective action plan execution.
  • Financial understanding is required to review and manage financial performance requirements in a complex organization, to ensure the branch operates within budget.
  • Excellent project management skills, including cost, schedule, scope, and resource management.
  • Ability to analyze complex problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Highly motivated and eager to drive project to completion.
  • Demonstrated leadership to initiate and lead change processes.
  • Capacity to adapt to changing mission requirements and priorities.
  • Knowledge of regulatory agencies and provincial regulations that impact legacy and project waste management, including those of the Nuclear Safety Act, is an asset.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
  • Familiar with developing site waste management plans and directing the development of long-range forecasts for all waste activities.
  • Experience with all jurisdictional radiological waste transportation and disposal regulations is required.
  • Demonstrated business sense and financial knowledge to adequately plan, manage and monitor Division budgets to meet financial objectives.
  • Familiarity with various elements of project management systems and the tools used to plan, implement, track, and report on project performance
• 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:

• We have a compressed work week, which consists of a four-day work week and ten hours a day, starting at 6 a.m.
• Working at a desk for an extended period of time.
• Walking and standing for an extended period of time.
• Must be able to work outdoors in various temperatures ranging from +30 to -40 C for short periods of time during fieldwork walk-downs in the field.

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;
• Pension and,
• A compressed workweek allows you to work hard and enjoy more time with your family and friends. Work-life balance is an integral part of our overall health and well-being, and at CNL, we value this!

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
• Restore and protect the Environment.
• Contribute to the health of Canadians.
  

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