Section Manager, Construction Support

Posting Start Date: June 30, 2024

Posting End Date: September 30, 2024

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? At Bruce Power, we offer exciting careers that provide you the opportunity to have the small-town lifestyle. 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 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.

We are devoted to building a highly skilled and devoted construction team that will support our Major Component Refurbishment mega project and as such, we continue to recruit for ideal candidates. Please note that we previously posted this Section Manager, Construction Support role and if you have already applied for this position, you are not required to submit a duplicate application.

This is a permanent, full-time position which offers competitive compensation, a world class benefits program and 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:

Possessing a ‘Safety First’ mindset. As safety is always at the forefront of we do, having a strong understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act

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

Tasks and deliverables are completed

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 includes:

Safety (conventional, radiological, nuclear, environmental) of employees and the general public

Defining construction staff requirements

Coordinating and managing construction contracts

Communication with Project Team and stakeholder interface

Ability to communicate to different levels of stakeholders in organization

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

Understand, interpret, review and approve complex drawings and documents including participation in constructability review

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 and 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 of Construction Services

Promotes and upholds the Bruce Power mission of Safety First - Our Number One Value by ensuring construction tasks and deliverables comply with Safety (conventional, radiological, nuclear, 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 (, 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 a 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

Leadership

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 and Bruce Power requirements

Strong knowledge of Bruce Power’s policies and procedures is considered an asset

Knowledge and understanding of the Bruce Power Excellence Model

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 and Bruce Power 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

Education and Experience

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 program/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