Performance Assurance Specialist - Whiteshell, Canada - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Verified Company

Whiteshell, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you?

Would you like to make a difference in the Environment?

If you answered yes, our Pinawa, Manitoba location is looking for a
Performance Assurance Specialist.

The Performance Assurance (PA) Specialist oversees processes of Whiteshell Laboratories Restoration Project (WLRP) and leads the implementation of improvement initiatives including Corrective Action Program, Operating Experience, Contractor Assurance System, and ImpAct.

The PA Specialist conducts incident investigations using tools such as Apparent Cause Analyses and TapRooT. Analyzes data and provides input into reports such as the Nuclear

Performance Assurance Review Board and the Annual Compliance and Monitoring Report, and uses this data to improve Human Performance (HU) and ImpAct performance of WLRP.

Teaches, promotes, and oversees HU initiatives at WL. Can you see yourself filling this role? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you

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).

Notifies 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?

Conduct activities with public and employee safety foremost in mind.
Support and facilitate when required, the Rapid Learning Morning Call and associated tasks.
Facilitate the Management Review Meeting (MRM), attend and provide input to the Dedicated Screening

Team (DST) meetings, and monitor performance.

Participate in or lead fact finding investigations. Assist or lead unplanned event investigations using

appropriate causal analysis techniques, including:
Root Cause, Apparent Cause Analysis, TapRoot, etc., as
determined by the nature and significance level of the unplanned event.

Review unplanned event reports. Track outstanding unplanned event investigations, promote progress,

and assist users to complete actions and meet schedule compliance.

Research, develop, and coordinate improvements to and monitor and promote the Management

Observation Program.

Monitor quality of apparent cause determinations.
Analyze trends and examine events and cause and take or recommend appropriate action. Use trends from

the ImpAct process to perform self-assessments and condition evaluations.

Maintain the Contractor Assurance System report and act as a conduit to the Corporate CAS report.
Ensure that applicable external events are screened for relevant information and shared internally.
Perform internal audits for administrative tasks that affect information requested by the Regulator.
Promote and conduct training on PA and HU programs and concepts.
Provide timely communication to workgroups on HU and equipment failure events.
Develop, implement, measure, and adjust thorough and comprehensive methodologies to continuously

improve safety-related and HU behaviours.

Oversee the WL HU program and manage specific projects or initiatives, such as HU Advocate, to support

safety objectives.

Research, coordinate improvement, monitor, and promote the Management Observation Program.
Author appropriate inputs into the NPARB, ACMR, and any other reports that require HU submission.
Assess and report on organizational climate within departments (behaviours, culture, survey results, etc.),

conduct meetings and workshops to assess and identify opportunities to improve, and influence key
stakeholders to produce desired change.

Maintain stakeholder and customer satisfaction by planning and implementing daytoday activities.
Support improvement initiatives through HU activities.
Identify areas of deficiency and effectiveness within departments and provide advice, guidance and

consulting as required to promote leadership culture change, including recommendations for corrective
action when necessary.

Conduct research to identify and track safety culture issues that may impact operations.
Influence management teams to adopt improvement initiatives.
Develop and produce a wide range of documents and materials, including communications packages,

reports, training presentations, lesson plans and manuals, educational handouts, safety meeting
information packages, company procedures, brochures, handbooks, posters, cards, newsletters, bulletins,
electronic messages and other materials.

Perform evaluations and validation studies to measure and report on the effectiveness of program

activities.

Provide communications and staff presentation support.
Work closely with other safety related program teams to promote different aspects of safety culture.

What we are looking for: