Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Supervisor

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What will you be doing! 

• Providing leadership and supervision to a team of Planners, Schedulers, and Work Week Leaders to ensure safe and effective execution of work.
• Establishing performance standards, monitoring results, and implementing corrective actions through training plans, performance management, and lessons learned.
• Acting as the single point of contact for all work within the assigned zone.
• Reviewing and monitoring Work Requests and Work Orders, and initiating requests on customers' behalf as needed.
• Reviewing and approving work packages to ensure accuracy, completeness, and readiness for execution.
• Identifying conflicts in resources, equipment, and systems while maintaining an optimized work backlog.
• Developing and managing preventive maintenance (PM) schedules, five-week look-ahead plans, and rolling schedules to maximize equipment reliability and availability.
• Evaluating and coordinating emergent and high-priority work while balancing planned activities.
• Managing PM deferrals and ensuring proper configuration management and return-to-service processes.
• Coordinating activities with internal teams, contractors, facility owners, and engineering to meet schedules and customer expectations.
• Conducting walkdowns with stakeholders, including customers, trades, engineers, and facilities representatives.
• Coordinating underground service requests, shutdowns, outages, and associated planning activities.
• Leading or participating in meetings (e.g., POW, POND, safety meetings) as required.
• Tracking and achieving KPI targets for the zone and managing orphaned tasks.
• Supporting hiring, performance management, career development, and employee relations activities.
• Participating in incident investigations, return-to-work processes, and safety-related requirements.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
   

What we are looking for: 

• Education 
  • Post-secondary education in a relevant technical field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience 
  • Minimum of 5 years of technical or maintenance experience.
  • Demonstrated supervisory or leadership experience.
  • Experience working with maintenance planning, scheduling, and work management processes.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop a team.
  • Extensive knowledge of site systems and equipment.
  • Ability to plan and coordinate multiple complex activities in a logical, sequential manner.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and with stakeholders.
  • Ability to read and interpret complex technical drawings and specifications.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and manage budgets/schedules effectively.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve operational challenges.
  • Experience using software systems such as CMMS, Oracle, or similar tools.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • High level of initiative, organization, and self-management.
• 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:

• Working schedule: Four (4) days per week, ten (10) hours per day for a forty (40) 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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Location: Onsite 

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.