Crl Fire Protection Manager

Can you see yourself in a role that demonstrates leadership skills and advises on technical elements? Does the idea of working with other mission areas and sites get you excited? Are you someone who takes fire safety seriously? If you answered yes, our Chalk River location is looking for a Fire Protection Manager, and this may be the job for you!

What will you be doing!

• Assessing the applicability of laws, statutes, regulations, guidelines, codes and standards for the Fire Protection Program at all CNL sites.
• Assisting the Fire Protection Program Authority in the establishment, authorization and effective implementation of regulatory, legal, codes, and standards requirements applicable to the Fire Protection Program at all CNL Canadian sites.
• Coaching, guiding and facilitating line managers in implementing the Fire Protection Program within their work practices.
• Ensuring Fire Hazard Analyses (FHA), Fire Safe Shutdown Analyses (FSSA), and Code Compliance Reviews are performed, documented and actions addressed.
• Ensuring the installation, operation, inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems is complete as per codes, standards, and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements.
• Supporting the Fire Systems team during emergent breakdowns (e.g. pipe breaks, alarm failures) and determining corrective actions to get the systems back in service to avoid excessive facility downtime.
• Controlling Fire Systems and Technical Services expenditures within approved budgets.
• Establishing and ensuring achievement of performance targets.
• Developing technical succession plans for key positions
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering and 8-10 years of experience in Fire Protection Engineering or specialization.
  • Licensed by a provincial engineering association.
  • Equivalent education and experience would include knowledge in areas such as fire protection fundamentals, plans examination, sprinklers, building construction and fire protection, CAD, combustion chemistry, electronics, building and fire codes, chemical extinguishing systems, fluid mechanics, hazards of materials, effective technical wiring, fire alarm systems, fire dynamics, hydraulic sprinkler design, sprinkler fitting, fire pumps, fire modelling, hydraulic systems, job estimating and materials management, fire pumps, and fixed suppression.
• Experience
  • Specialization in Fire Protection Engineering or related experience.
  • Experience reviewing designs relating to Fire Protection to ensure fire protection safety and compliance to applicable codes & standards.
  • Conversant with the National Building Code, National Fire Code and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). CSA N-293 and CSA N-393 standards and their applications.
  • Provision of technical expertise for improving fire protection equipment/systems (best technology) and their suitability for protection from fire.
  • Planning and organizing meetings and large projects.
  • Experience evaluating the adequacy of fire protection system design in accordance with applicable fire protection criteria and recommending changes as appropriate.
  • Provision of advice on fire protection requirements to be incorporated in the design and construction of buildings and structures.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with staff, contractors and customers.
  • Development of fire safety-related contract requests, budgets, and planning for future safety-related activities.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure.
  • Development and review of fire hazard analyses, assessments, and other fire safety documentation for compliance with applicable requirements.
  • Experience in managing staff within a unionized environment.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to solve technical problems and communicate solutions orderly and practically.
  • Strong leadership skills to guide and manage a team through a safety-first attitude while navigating multiple projects with conflicting timelines.
  • Ability to work under pressure and with conflicting priorities.
  • Good oral communication and writing skills, including presenting to groups of people.
  • Computer skills include good working knowledge of MS Office Products Autocad, Hydracad, and other industry-specific programs.
  • Keen understanding and thorough knowledge of the existing fire systems on-site.
  • Coordinate technical and non-technical staff in the delivery of inspection and maintenance services.
  • Ability to liaise, work and interact with other team members, the Fire Department, building/systems owners, customers and projects effectively.
  • Effectively manage complex and technical projects.
    
• 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:

• Must be able to stand/walk for long periods of time.
• Intermittent need for long hours to ensure regulatory and priority tasks are addressed within the required timeframes.
• Willingness to work off hours, if required, during system failures or emergencies.
• Ability to be on-call on a rotational basis.
• Ability to work on-site a minimum of three days per week.
  

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 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.