Emergency Management Officer

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If you answered yes, our Whiteshell Laboratories (WL) site located near Pinawa, Manitoba is looking for an **Emergency Management (EM) Officer**. The EM Officer is responsible to create, deliver, review and maintain required emergency preparedness aspects as they pertain to legislative, safety and regulatory requirements under the WL site license. Under direction of the WL Emergency Management Manager, the WL EM officer will complete the above actions as well as others under Federal, and Provincial legislation Does this peek your interest? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) employees perform all duties in accordance with established health and safety and regulations/guidelines, policies and procedures (i.e. utilizing personal protective equipment as per safe work procedures). Notifying management or supervisor of all occurrences, injuries, illnesses or safety and health concerns which are likely to harm themselves, their co-workers or any other on the premises in a timely manner and in accordance with established reporting requirements.

**What will you be doing?**
- Managing, creating and reviewing emergency response planning and documentation.
- Managing, creating, evaluating and reporting on Emergency Response Drills and Exercise drills.
- Coordination of corrective actions that are identified or displayed as gaps during any emergency response exercises.
- Managing supplies of emergency response equipment, along with coordinating with maintenance staff to ensure emergency response equipment is on a preventive maintenance schedule.
- Maintaining and Operating site specific Emergency Operating Centre (EOC).
- Coordinating preventive maintenance in the EOC, purchasing equipment, maintaining operational documentation and readiness.
- Preparing and coordinating site specific Emergency Preparedness Requirements.
- Preparing, creating and managing general emergency preparedness activities that are site specific to ensure safety and licensing requirements are met.
- Coordinating, creating and managing interfaces between internal and external stakeholders including regulatory agencies such as Canadian Nuclear safety Commission (CNSC), Transport Canada, Office of the Fire Marshall and Emergency Management (OFMEM), Federal Ministry of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
- Coordinating and interfacing with the following groups to makes sure their emergency response requirements are met; CNL employees and management, Off-site emergency response and preparedness organizations.
- Managing business targets so that set emergency response objects are met, while maintaining a cost effective and efficient approach to delivering emergency response requirements along with safety to specific CNL sites.
- Managing records maintenance and purchases through the use of CNL approved software systems.
- Collecting, analyzing, and reporting on EMP program “Health Metrics,” to senior CNL executive staff, so that decision can be made on emergency response, customer deliverables as required.
- Communicating clearly and effectively at all levels of the organization in an ethical manner as laid by CNL “Code of Conduct,” by treating others with respect, and challenging others who might not be doing so.
- Other duties as assigned by manager.

**What we are looking for**:

- Security clearance eligibility required: Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of three (3) years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security”.
- Degree with three (3) years’ experience preferred or Diploma or Post Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management from a recognized Post-Secondary Institution with % years of related work experience or be in possession of five (5) to eight (8) years of relevant work experience in emergency management and/or a Security or Fire program management field.
- Demonstrate a “safety first” attitude by ensuring activities are conducted with CNL, public and employee safety foremost in mind.
- Able to manage and comprehend a large range of technological and/or business issues such as radiation protection, fire, industrial hygiene, security, logistics, communications - both internal and external.
- Demonstrate strong communications skills both written and oral along with interpersonal skills with ability to interface with all levels of CNL management and staff and external customers and agencies. EM officers shall also be organized and results oriented.
- Cognizant of and be able to interpret relevant Federal, Provincial, nuclear legislation and regulations and be able to communicate impacts from