Hot Cell Planning Lead

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you to coordinate complex work in highly specialized nuclear facilities? Can you see yourself leading a planning team, working closely with hot cell customers, and ensuring work is scheduled safely and efficiently in the Fuel and Material Cells and the Universal Cells? Do you want to make a direct impact by enabling critical operations while stepping into a facility leadership role when needed? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for youapply today!

What will you be doing!

• Overseeing facility scheduling and work planning activities to support safe and efficient operations.
• Interfacing with hot cell customers to understand work scope, durations, and milestone due dates.
• Interfacing with hot cell staff to ensure job files are accurate, complete, and kept up to date.
• Overseeing the planning team and representing the facility in internal and customer planning meetings.
• Qualifying as a designated Facility Supervisor by completing the established training plan.
• Providing Facility Supervisor coverage during vacations and sick leave as required.
• Qualifying as a Nuclear Criticality Control Officer through the established training program.
• Maintaining the facility''s fissile material inventory and coordinating with Nuclear Material Safeguards and the IAEA as part of planning activities.
• Supervising, mentoring, and motivating a small planning team.
• Chairing Plan of the Day meetings and performing Facility Supervisor responsibilities as required.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education

• College Diploma in a technical field or 10+ years of relevant experience in operations, maintenance, work management, and/or other nuclear facility experience.

• PMP certification is an asset.

• Holding qualifications as a designate Facility Supervisor, or having the ability to obtain them.

• Experience

• Experience with the operation or maintenance of a hot cell facility is an asset.

• Experience or knowledge of Post-Irradiation Examination (PIE) work is considered an asset.

• Experience managing and resolving scheduling conflicts with internal and external customers professionally and collaboratively.

• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Serving as the primary interface with internal and external customers, with a solid understanding of hot cell capabilities and the types of work performed.

• Possesses high-level understanding of hot cell workflows, task durations, and key operational interfaces.

• Demonstrated a strong understanding of job planning fundamentals.

• Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills when representing the Hot Cells organization in planning and scheduling activities.

• Demonstrated strong understanding of hot cell operations and facility workflows.

• 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.
• The hot cell facility is a licensed nuclear facility: OSH and RP hazards are present.

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, were reinventing ourselves to be industry leaderspioneering 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 remediationwe are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.

What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package

We believe in taking care of our people. Heres 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, youll feel right at home at CNL!

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, youll 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 jobs@cnl.ca. 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.