Section Manager, Construction Support

Are you looking for a meaningful career that makes a difference in your community and beyond? Are you an outdoors person who enjoys the benefits of small-town living? As part of our team, you will work in a safety-first environment, supporting challenging and impactful nuclear projects like the Life Extension program. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, ensuring constant growth and skill-building potential.
Working at our client's company, you can enjoy the benefits of small-town living, outdoor adventures, and a rewarding career. As part of our progressive, diverse, and inclusive workplace, you will work in a safety-first environment, supporting challenging and impactful nuclear projects like our Life Extension Program and medical isotope production. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, offering constant growth and skill-building potential.


To help achieve our business plans, our client currently has an opportunity for a Section Manager, Construction Support, within our Major Component Replacement (MCR) division.
This is a permanent, full-time position that offers competitive compensation, a world-class benefits program, and a pension package. The position is located on site in Tiverton, Ontario, along the sunny shores of Lake Huron.
The Section Manager, Construction Support, provides construction expertise and services for all phases of the construction project, including:
Ensuring that engineering requirements are met, scope is controlled, schedule is defined, controlled and me and budget is defined, controlled and met
Strong leadership abilities for coaching behaviours (Human Performance programs) to drive excellence in teams, peers and vendors
Knowledge of the EPSCA collective agreements with building trades
Risk and opportunities are defined, controlled and mitigated
The Section Manager, Construction Support, will carry out the standard accountabilities of a manager in the following areas:
Planning and Coordinating the Construction of Projects
Manages the construction tasks, deliverables, and field execution of projects, which include:
Safety (conventional, radiological, nuclear, and environmental) of employees and the general public
Defining construction staff requirements
Coordinating and managing construction contracts
Communication with the project team and stakeholder interface
Determining construction methods and performing value-added assessments of construction methods, tasks and deliverables
Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, best industry practices, building and safety codes and other relevant regulations
Plan the efficient use of resources and coordination of required construction equipment
Develops, validates and manages construction performance baseline and construction Basis of Estimate (BOE), including construction scope, quality, deliverables, risk, budget, schedule and staff requirements
Plan for storage, control and coordination of materials
Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory, regulatory, licensing, and legal requirements
Control construction expenditures within limitations of the project budget
Benchmarks construction best practices and contribute to improvements in Human Performance and Lessons Learned Programs
Ensure all necessary construction permits and licenses are secured
Monitoring, Controlling and Integrating construction services
Promotes and upholds the Company's mission of Safety First, Our Number One Value, by ensuring construction tasks and deliverables comply with Safety (conventional, radiological, nuclear, and environmental) requirements
Leads the execution of construction tasks and deliverables in accordance with the engineering design
Builds strong cross-functional work relationships and communication within the project team (e.g., Engineering, Quality Management, Supply Chain, Environment, Health & Safety, Project Controls, Finance, Human Resources, Training and others) and stakeholders
Identify opportunities for improvement, innovation and mitigation of risk, including emergent challenges that may prevent the achievement of construction tasks or deliverables
Participates in design review sessions and meets regularly with other constructors, trades, contractors, vendors, architects, engineers, and other stakeholders to monitor and coordinate construction tasks and deliverables
Managing vendors for safety and quality
Identifies staffing requirements for the project and hires fully qualified resources (in-house or contracted) to support project delivery
Ensures tasks and deliverables are assigned to qualified organizations or contractors so that construction tasks and deliverables are performed in accordance with industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and Company requirements
Strong knowledge of Company's policies and procedures is considered an asset
Provides regular and appropriate performance, behaviour and developmental feedback to direct reports and ensures high quality staff is available to support assigned construction tasks and deliverables
Guides and coaches construction staff on how to proceed when problems are encountered to ensure that they are resolved promptly and decisions and initiatives are in line with project's and Company's goals and strategies
Monitors and appraises construction performance to ensure that effective corrective action has been taken for all identified opportunities and challenges. In situations where performance improvement initiatives do not correct deficiencies related to personnel behaviour or performance and recommends appropriate disciplinary action for worker
Promotes a work environment characterized by innovation, creativity, teamwork, transparency, integrity and respect and works with the Construction team in developing processes that produce consistent, high-quality outcomes
Provides construction staff with the necessary professional/technical development, resources and tools to ensure the project can be appropriately executed
Owns the discipline specific training program and helps supervisors find the right balance between administrative efforts and in field time
Ensure that supplemental workers have an appropriate level of oversight and engagement by personnel to ensure that performance is commensurate with that of station standards and expectations
Establishes effective internal and external relationships with contractors, craft labour union representatives, suppliers, and the building trade council representatives
Qualified trade or construction management or a 4-year university degree in engineering or construction leadership with equivalent experience is necessary. Trade qualification is considered an asset
A minimum of 6 years of construction experience (at least 3 of those years in nuclear power with responsibility for construction of complex safety systems) is required
Experience delivering Construction Management services for major capital construction programs and projects within the expected scope, quality, schedule, and budget is required
Experience in supervision of trades or crews with experience in a unionized environment and work assignment per jurisdictional practises
Knowledge of Canadian Standard Association’s “Management Systems Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants” (N286-05) and all relevant Environmental and Health and Safety legislation
Certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project or Program Management Professional (PMP, PgMP) and/or demonstrated familiarity with the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) considered an asset
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