Bilingual (French/english) Compliance Advisor - Quebec, Canada - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL)

Description

Our Douglas Point location is looking for a Bilingual (French/English)Compliance Advisor to work with our Facilities Operations team. If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you This position is to support the Facility Manager and Facility Authority in ensuring the facility's operation is compliant, as well as care and maintenance, and project delivery. The role is key to supporting the challenging decommissioning schedule in the facility while ensuring all compliance programs are integrated into the operation.

Our Gentilly-1 site is nestled in a predominantly French-speaking town and while our work and documents are primarily in English, in the event of an emergency, audible alarms at the site will be in French. Emails and other communications will be in both French and English.

What will you be doing

Support Facility Manager:

• Build in-depth knowledge of the Facility to provide an informed review of compliance or project delivery
  review on behalf of the Facility Manager.
• Monitor compliance schedule and record and track actions for correction.
• Review of various documents for the Facility Operation and project delivery.
• Support delivery of compliance documents through contract or authoring as applicable.
• Preparation of reports required under the license and licensing documentation.
• Monitoring and reporting to the G1 Facility Authority on the effectiveness of implementing the CNL Compliance program through self-assessments, audits, and surveillance programs.
• Assistance with management of human resources at the Facility, including recruitment, training, assessment of performance, and ensuring employee safety.
• Ensuring that all activities (including those by internal CNL groups and external contractors) carried out in the Facility are planned, assessed in terms of possible hazards, and authorized.
• Having the authority to take appropriate action to rectify problem areas within the Facility and Stop Work when it is deemed necessary.
• Maintaining the knowledge base of decommissioning expertise and ensuring that decommissioning expertise and experience gained are available to projects, operations, and contracts.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

Support Facility Authority:

• Participate in Monthly CNSC Meetings
• Review high-level licensing documents (licensing basis, strategic licensing plan, Function Program Requirement Document, Program Description Document, and Management Control Procedure).
• Review documents relative to license amendment and renewals.

Act as Facility Manager:

• Complete the training and qualifications to act as Facility Manager.
• Perform the role of Facility Manager if required as a designate.

Act as Facility Authority:

• Complete the training and qualifications to act as Facility Authority.
• Perform the role of Facility Authority if required as a designate

What we are looking for :

Someone who has the ability skills to:

• The ability to create and sustain a professional environment that fosters teamwork, continuous learning, stakeholder satisfaction, and a high level of personal accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication ability with a variety of organizations and levels.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interface with external groups, including the CNSC.
• Project management skills to ensure that critical activities are identified and planned for success.
• Strong leadership competency by demonstrating the following attributes:
• Strong interpersonal skills in working with management and staff of the organization and building a team approach
  • Ability to foster a team environment by understanding and managing group dynamics
  • Ability to solicit points of view, ideas and opinions from team members to help form decisions or plans in achieving organizational unit objectives
  • Demonstrate leadership/effective participation in significant change initiatives
• Willingness to assume the responsibilities and accountabilities of the Facility Manager and the Facility
  Authority (not concurrently).
• Commitment to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' vision and operating philosophies.
• High personal standards of performance and commitment to the safe operation of the facility.
• Ability to learn facility processes and operations to perform efficient reviews of deliverables.
• A broad understanding of the organization/business to ensure effective coordination with like organizations
  and projects (CNL, AECL, external); able to effectively interface with senior management level
  nationally/internationally.
• Experience with the licensing and approval of major projects through the Nuclear Safety & Control Act,
  CNSC Regulations and a strong knowledge of the associated federal processes.
• Knowledge of the facility as demonstrated by the level of understanding of the following:
  • Operating license for the facility
  • Safety and design basis of the facility
  • Facility safety-related systems and other systems required for the prevention and mitigation of damage or severe accidents
  • Industrial, environmental, radiation, waste management, and criticality safety requirements as established in CNL nuclear programs
  • Conservative approach toward nuclear and personnel safety
• Familiar with the National Building Code, National Fire Code, Decommissioning Technology, OSH Program, and other relevant codes
• Address safety issues, manage risk and liabilities, and protect the environment in a cost-effective manner
• Must have a good understanding of the building and demolition process within a nuclear environment

Experience:

• Over 15 years of significant and varied experience in operating nuclear facilities or a combination of
  experience in a regulatory environment
• Experience leading others and achieving objectives through the efforts of those not necessarily in his/her
  sphere of control

Education:

An engineering or science degree (or equivalent in education/training and experience).

Security Clearance Eligibility Required:

• 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.

Working Conditions :

• The work week is a four 10-hour shifts per week schedule

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 Gentilly-1 Prototype Reactor (shut down and partially decommissioned) is located on the Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station site on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Bécancour, Quebec, 100 km northeast of Montreal. Bécancour Regional County Municipality sits at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières, providing access to over eight different municipalities for living, work and relaxation.

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 here 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. #LI-POST #LI-SR1