Reactor Supervisor I

**Schedule**
8:00-5:00 PM (40 hours)

**Education Level**
Undergraduate Engineering degree

**Career Level**
Mid

**Job Summary**:
Responsible for providing specialized engineering support in a specific engineering field or discipline for operations, maintenance, research and contract projects within Nuclear Operations.

**Purpose and Key Functions**:

- Design, fabricate, and assemble equipment and instruments that require engineering techniques or modifications.
- Conduct standardized procedures using specialized equipment and instruments.
- Analyze and solve new, unique, and complex problems as presented in research contracts and projects.
- Collect, evaluate and analyze data.
- Write and/or adapt computer software required for, but not limited to, data collection, design, modelling, and mathematical and/or statistical analysis.
- Recommend and incorporate new approaches and methodologies in nuclear operations or maintenance.
- Write sections of technical reports and/or papers for inclusion in safety analyses and contract reports.
- Format and summarize data and write technical reports in support of nuclear operations.
- Develop and deliver technical presentations to engineering colleagues, industry and contract agencies.
- Participate in the management of the research project or contracts by defining and coordinating resource needs, determining priorities to achieve project goals, and setting schedules that will meet defined deadlines.
- Provide supportive advice on nuclear based situations to colleagues, users and students.
- Exchanges technical information with others.
- Liaise with external clients, customers and project partners.
- Required to perform activities which require dexterity and precision including, but not limited to, the manual calibration of equipment.
- Remain current with frequent advances in a technical field such as nuclear instrumentation or nuclear systems.

**Supervision**:

- Ensure adherence to quality standards and procedures for short-term staff, students and volunteers.
- Provides functional guidance on an ongoing basis.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in a relevant field of study.
- Requires a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
- Required to complete and maintain Reactor Operator Certification upon hire

**Additional Information**:
Additional physical and health constraints may be applied to achieve these certifications.

**How To Apply**

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