Supervisor, Clearable Waste Operations

Are you looking for a role where you can oversee critical operations and ensure safety and compliance every day? Do you want to make a real impact by leading a team in Clearable Waste Operations, ensuring efficient waste management and off-site disposal?

If you answered yes, then the Supervisor, Clearable Waste Operations (CWO) position may be the perfect fit for you! Apply today!

What will you be doing!

• Ensuring the day-to-day safe operation, use, and maintenance of the Facility in accordance with established policies and procedures. Assessing work requirements or work control authorization documents, assigning work to trained and qualified staff, and overseeing activities by all staff that work within the licensed nuclear facility including staff outside their chain of command.
• Supporting development and implementation of training for operating personnel.
• Preparing operating manuals, procedures, and work plans.
• Being technical support of the Facility.
• Supervising the operating and support staff for operations and maintenance activities within the Facility.
• Promoting a good safety culture and maintaining excellent housekeeping standards.
• Supervising and delegating work to a team (up to 25) of Junior Supervisor, Field Service Attendants, Drivers, Grader Operators, Hoisting Engineers, Millwrights, Radiological Protection staff and others.
• Building and leading a highly motivated team by coaching, training, and mentoring.
• Acting as the Officer-in-Charge (OIC), managing the emergency response function within the facility.
• Completing required training as defined in the Training Plan.
• Leading Plan-of-Day Meetings with facility staff, ensuring Pre-Job Briefs and Post-Job Reviews for work in the facility are completed daily, and when required perform the duties of work control Authorizer for the facility. Authorizing and scheduling all work within the CWO facility via work control documents to meet customer commitments; liaising with customers and suppliers.
• Developing an expertise in facility operations; providing operations input in support of continued safe and efficient facility operations.
• Mentoring staff, providing guidance and training to ensure CWO Staff are compliant with their training plans.
• Identifying day-to-day maintenance issues, initiating work requests, and liaising with planning and maintenance personnel to address maintenance issues.
• Identifying and ensuring preventive and breakdown maintenance activities are assigned with minimal disruption to operations in the facility.
• Documenting development and reviewing, including but not limited to, operating procedures, WIF, WEF, WMF Documentation, WAC, Waste Characterization memos.
• Assisting in conducting interviews, goal setting, performing performance appraisals, career development, disciplinary and promotion actions for WMA staff.
• Authorizing time sheets; arranging and approving personnel work schedules including personnel vacation and overtime.
• Completing and tracking routine facility surveillance and equipment tests.
• Conducting safety meetings and implementing actions.
• Reviewing, revising and updating operational procedures.
• Other operational and administrative duties as required.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Relevant technical college/university diploma, and 3-5 years of experience OR equivalent combination of skills, training and experience.
• Experience
  • Operations experience will be considered an asset.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to work in a team environment, maintain a clear focus on team goals, and establish good rapport with groups and individuals of many diverse professions is required.
  • Must have demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to delegate effectively. Must have the ability to work efficiently and effectively with customers, technical staff, colleagues and management.
  • Initiative to resolve problems and expedites resources, work plans or other appropriate actions.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing successfully completed projects.
  • Strong organizational, work planning.
  • Must be capable of planning multiple tasks effectively, including work prioritization and delegating authority to subordinates.
  • Ability to perform a variety of duties, changing tasks without loss of efficiency or composure.
  • Must have excellent written and oral communications skills; the ability to disseminate information to other team members and clients and strong team problem-solving skills are essential.
  • Knowledge of computers, including Microsoft Office Suite and standard CNL software is required.
  • Customer service driven with a collaborative based approach.
• 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.”

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’s Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an environmentally pristine area with extensive forests, hills, and numerous small lakes. These support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa, and Deep River, provide unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Please read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.

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.