Manager, S&T Radiation Protection

Do you believe that radiological safety and regulatory compliance must never be compromised? Do you thrive in environments where precision, discipline, and attention to detail matter? Our Chalk River location is looking for a Manager, S&T Radiation Protection (RP), to collaborate with technical experts and project teams to ensure mission success. If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Apply today!

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What will you be doing! 

• Developing and managing the budget for the business line.
• Ensuring the compliant, consistent implementation of the Corporate RP Program across missions.
• Maintaining open and clear communications with the Corporate RP Program, facilitating staff to engage in program change initiatives. 
• Providing sufficient and competent RP resources to support the delivery of the mission.
• Identifying and solving complex radiological protection problems.
• Promoting commitment to a team, task, or shared goal, allowing the group to take responsibility for its goals.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
   

What we are looking for:

• Education 
  • Post-secondary degree or diploma in science/engineering and/or related radiation protection work experience relevant to the RP compliance program.
  • Alternative education and experience may be approved by the Corporate Director, Radiation Protection. 
• Experience 
  • 10 years of work experience, including detailed knowledge of the nuclear industry, and an additional three years of experience in a leadership role in Radiation Protection (RP).
  • Experience of working with the Acts, Regulations and Standards related to RP.
  • Experience making recommendations concerning selection, training, appraisal and discipline of staff.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Proven management and leadership skills, and the ability to operate in a multi-disciplinary functional style organization and business-like manner.
  • Strong planning, technical and administrative skills to support day-to-day operations and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrated leadership and management capabilities in Radiation Protection.
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, RP staff members and customers at various levels both within CNL and externally. 
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to communicate highly complex Radiation Protection issues to a wide range of internal and external customers with a varying degree of knowledge.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Level 2 Secret requires a minimum of 7 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: 

• Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work week. 

   

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Why CNL? 

Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world excite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.

From building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developing targeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership in environmental remediation—we are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.

What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package

We believe in taking care of our people. Here’s what you can expect as part of our team: 

• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
• Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period 
• Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing 
• A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security

 

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You? 

• Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow 
• Restoring and protecting the environment 
• Contributing to the health of Canadians

 

If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL! 

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Located in the heart of the Ottawa Valley, our Chalk River site offers a beautiful natural setting with forests, lakes, and wildlife, right at your doorstep. Surrounded by welcoming communities such as Deep River, Petawawa, and Pembroke, you’ll have access to unparalleled outdoor adventures and a fantastic work-life balance.

Please note: This is a fully on-site position based at our Chalk River Laboratory in Ontario.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!

We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in our Core Values: 

• Respect
• Teamwork 
• Accountability 
• Safety 
• Integrity
• Excellence

 

These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.

CNL is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via [email protected]. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.

CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.