Director, Program Integration

2 weeks ago


Chalk River, Canada Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Full time
Reporting to the General Manager, Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation (D&ER), the Director, D&ER Program Integration, is responsible for integrating the planning and resources across the four decommissioning programs (NPD&WR-1 Reactor Decommissioning, NRU, G-1 & DP Reactor Decommissioning and Facilities Decommissioning & Environmental Remediation) to enable the successful delivery of the Environmental Remediation Management (ERM) mission.

The Director, D&ER Program Integration will also be responsible for the lead on commercial opportunities in the Decommissioning sector as outlined in ERM’s Commercial Strategy. By FY25/26, ERM will have been performing decommissioning and clean-up activities for 10 years under the GoCo and will have a workforce of several hundred CNL employees. ERM’s plan is to offer commercial environmental remediation management services to other entities both in Canada and internationally.

What will you be doing

All Decommissioning & Environmental Remediation management share the same general responsibilities, which include:
  • Enforcing management expectations regarding safe work practices, consequences of not following safe work practices, and performance management issues in their respective branches;
  • Ensuring all activities are performed in accordance with the applicable CNL quality programs, applicable procedures, and Governing Documentation Indexes (GDI), through various activities such as review and approval of documents, oversight, self-assessment and audit processes, monitoring of ImpAct process, etc.;
  • Stopping work, when it is deemed necessary;
  • Developing department goals and objectives and monitoring performance against these goals and objectives.
The Director, D&ER Program Integration is specifically responsible for:
  • Providing direct oversight to the following branches/functions who will support the delivery of the 5 decommissioning programs: Pre-Project & Regulatory Planning, Program Management, Stewardship & Renewal Group (SRG) Process Improvement, Digital Visualization, and ERM Commercial Ventures.
  • Coordinate the interface with the site support groups and the supply chain, as required, to secure the necessary resources to deliver decommissioning and environmental remediation activities across the four programs.
  • Providing the planning and engineering oversight for decommissioning and environmental remediation work across the program to ensure that the various programs are set up for success.
  • Lead the implementation of improvement initiatives across the D&ER program.
  • Providing the Program Management oversight in the preparation of AECL reports, including budgets and funding requests, related to D&ER divisions, such as APWB, 5 and 10 year plans, etc.
  • Establishing and maintaining the framework that will be followed to develop and administer the decommissioning and remediation schedules and budgets in support of the Annual Program of Work and Budget, 5 Year Integrated Strategy, and 10 Year Plan including achieving all milestones and deliverables in the Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan (PEMP).
  • In managing communications with external parties, the Director will represent and articulate CNL's responsibilities for the management and the execution of the decommissioning and environmental remediation program on behalf of the Government of Canada.
  • Providing business leadership for a small portfolio of significant complexity/ risk to achieve long-term (3 to 5 years) and strategic results such as:
  • Setting the strategy for the ERM Commercial Decommissioning portfolio
  • Providing leadership to deliver results in line with the portfolio’s goals
  • Anticipating future opportunities, identifying, developing and cultivating external demand and coordinating ERM’s commercial decommissioning efforts.
  • Fostering relationship management activities with the ERM commercial partners
  • Advising on commercial contract models to be employed on ERM commercial decommissioning jobs
  • Overseeing decommissioning commercial projects to achieve business results
  • Leading internal and external cross-portfolio strategic commercial decommissioning initiatives
  • Providing detailed strategic and operational planning to ensure the legacy liability reductions are planned, resourced and executed in a timely and cost-effective manner.
  • Developing, hiring, training, motivating and effectively utilizing Division staff to achieve Division objectives, including safe and compliant operation of a number of nuclear facilities, improved performance, and ensuring appropriate succession planning.
  • Maintain effective interaction with union trades, subcontractors, clients, regulators, citizen groups and other stakeholders.
  • Representing CNL in various national and international decommissioning networks.
  • Supporting other elements of the ERM mission, as required.
  • Performing other duties as assigned.
What we are looking for :

Someone who has the ability to:
  • Coordinate time with multiple issues and projects.
  • Foster a team environment by understanding and managing group dynamics.
  • Interact and communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of the company from executives to front line teams
  • Interface nationally and internationally as required.
Experience:
  • Demonstrated strong leadership skills, to support and articulate the organization’s vision/mission at all levels and have a proven ability to achieve results.
  • Strong grounding in the technical and regulatory dimensions of nuclear and conventional operations and program planning and demonstrated ability to apply regulations and standards appropriately and communicate the same.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral, to communicate with a variety of organizations and at a variety of levels.
  • Good business sense and financial knowledge to adequately plan, manage and monitor Division budgets to meet financial objectives.
  • Demonstrated managerial responsibilities of major projects, facilities, or large programs.
  • Experience and technical background sufficient to lead strategic planning, development, and execution of best practices in facilities/nuclear facilities operations at the Chalk River Site.
  • Must have a broad understanding of the organization to ensure coordination of work through appropriate groups, programs, and activities.
  • Good problem resolution skills.
  • Strong human resources skills, ability to listen and address human resource issues, and motivate staff to achieve high levels of professionalism.
  • Good understanding of change management concepts.
  • Previous experience delivering presentations to large audiences and a good understanding of the requirements for communicating with oversight bodies, executive committees, elected officials, interest groups, and the media
Education: Engineering/scientific or Managerial education and/or background, with expertise of a minimum of 10 years in the nuclear field, and demonstrated program management, administration, and leadership experience.

Security clearance eligibility required:

Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom.

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 area that is environmentally pristine with extensive forests, hills and numerous small lakes, all of which support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa and Deep River, provide unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep In fact, River was named the fourth best place to live in Canada in a recent ranking by movingwaldo.com.

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. Read further on our DE&I Commitment.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and a corporate culture that is built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity and Excellence which encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects inclusive of 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 in relation to 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.

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