Engineer/Engineering Trainee

Job Posting Start Date: August 23, 2024

Job Posting End Date: September 6, 2024

Are you looking for a meaningful career that makes a difference in your community? Would you enjoy an opportunity to contribute to our innovation and growth by bringing personal perspectives and experiences to your everyday work?

Working at Bruce Power, you can enjoy the benefits of small-town living with 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.

In support of achieving excellence and business results through safe, reliable operations, our Fuel Handling Engineering section with Equipment Performance is currently hiring for an Engineer/Engineering Trainee.

This is a permanent, full-time position which offers a competitive benefits, compensation and pension package and is located on site in Tiverton, Ontario.

What will you be responsible for?

As a member of the Fuel Handling Equipment Performance engineering team, you will be part of a team responsible for the strategic and long-term equipment reliability strategies for both the Bruce A and B stations.

The Engineer/Engineer Trainee will be responsible for owning equipment reliability strategy (short and long term) for their respective system(s) and provide engineering support to fuel handling cross functional teams. In addition, the individual will be responsible to focus on Fuel Handling Long Term Strategic Program and work with the new cross functional strategic team on upcoming readiness of Major Component Refurbishment (MCR) 3 / 4 overlap reliability improvements for fuel handling. The individual and team is accountable for the engineering functions that enable sustained improvements in Bruce Power's overall equipment performance. A key attribute is application of innovative processes and practices that support the same outcome with less resources being expended.

The Engineer/Engineer Trainee is responsible for planning, evaluating, advising, or reporting on any activity which requires the application of engineering principles in the Bruce Power facilities.

Specific Responsibilities:

The Engineer/Engineering Trainee:

Is responsible for the planning, designing, composing, evaluating, advising or reporting on any activity which requires the application of engineering principles in a Bruce Power facility.

Maintains instructions and procedures up to date, prepare reports, review proposals from external organizations.

Provides technical evaluations, advice and solves problems in a number of major work areas, in support of commissioning, operation and maintenance of the facilities.

Receives assignments from Supervisor as well as identifies potential problems and opportunities in assigned areas and/or systems in the facility.

Assesses and evaluates initial disposition of the problems as requiring (1) further review and investigation, (2) abandonment of the problem as being the best alternative.

Prepares submissions including cost justification or financial evaluation as appropriate; recommends adoption of the proposal and steps required to incorporate it; submits for review and approval.

Discusses installation or implementation with persons concerned, and ensures, where possible, that the installation is as intended.

Keeps abreast of maintenance and operating problems and takes action to implement change as appropriate.

Cooperates with other departments and organizations in arranging tests and providing appropriate documentation as required.

Prepares reports to provide information and data in answer to requests or for historical purposes.

Collects, or arranges for collection, and analyzes data from past events or operations. Prepares reports for distribution to various groups, outlining technical details of procedures, processes, results or conclusions and the roles played by various groups or external organizations. The foregoing may include delivery of presentations. Provides explanations and answers to questions received from recipients of reports.

Reviews proposals received from other sources. Discusses proposal with originator as necessary to suggest changes or revisions as appropriate. Recommends disposition of proposal to Supervisor in writing for review and forwarding for approval authority.

Participates in training programs to further own development and assists in the development of others. Attends lectures, do assignments and write examinations. Develops training material and give lectures, sets and marks examinations and otherwise assist in training programs.

May be required to gather and collate data for use in department/section budget or business planning preparation and to monitor variances to annual budget and submits to Supervisor for reporting purposes.

Establish, maintain and improve a comprehensive system performance monitoring/trending/analyzing and reporting plan.

Serve as leader for assigned systems and their respective cross functional health teams to improve equipment reliability.

Develop and maintain both a short-term and long-term system plan inclusive of aging/obsolescence, materials degradation, Life Cycle Management, critical spare parts, and life extension issues.

Identify and quantify risks along with mitigating actions associated with the system.

Perform other long-term initiatives and planning duties as required.

Knowledge and Skills:

Requires knowledge of Physics, Chemistry, metallurgy, engineering, I&C, mechanical and process systems to technically understand the operation of the facility.

Requires advanced knowledge of one or more of these subjects to evaluate and propose improvements to processes, equipment, and systems or to unit safety, reliability and performance.

Requires excellent communication skills to prepare clear and concise reports both verbally and in writing. Ability to interface effectively with operations, maintenance, other technical staff, regulators and other stakeholders.

Requires experience to solve problems, to provide advice and guidance, to initiate developmental studies and to make recommendations during the design, commissioning and operation of a nuclear facility; to evaluate components or materials, and to perform economic studies and evaluations associated with the design, commissioning and operation of a nuclear facility.

Ability to work in a high pressure, time limited environment.

Possess strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to interact positively with others by developing trust, mutual respect and cooperative working relationships.

Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and be self-motivated.

Demonstrated ability to multi-task, plan, prioritize & organize work to meet objectives.

Demonstrated ability to adapt to emergent work, changing priorities, deadlines and heavy workloads.

Demonstrated engineering and problem-solving abilities.

Ability to proactively recognize and manage risks.

Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement.

Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy.

Education and Experience:

Engineer (Occupation Code

Completion of a 4-year University degree in Engineering (Preferred Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear or Chemical Engineering disciplines).

An Ontario Professional Engineering designation is required (P.Eng).

A period of over 6 years, up to and including 8 years' experience is considered necessary to gain this experience.

Engineering Trainee (Occupation Code

Completion of a 4-year University degree in Engineering (Preferred Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear or Chemical Engineering disciplines).

Required to obtain a valid Professional Engineers of Ontario certification.

A period over 2 years, up to and including 4 years of experience is considered necessary.

Are you ready for a change?

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter and resume, indicating your education and experience as it relates to this opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and will be in contact with you, should you be selected for an interview.

The successful candidate will be selected based on related and required education, experience, knowledge and skills, a competency-based interview, and background reference checks.

As one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers, Bruce Power is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion where workers feel valued for their uniqueness and are recognized for their individual differences, talents and skills. Diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to our business as we recognize that our people are our greatest resource. To support our inclusive workplace culture, we welcome and encourage everyone to apply.