Director, WL Waste Management & Spent Fuel

at  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Our Whiteshell Laboratories (WL) location is looking for a Director, WL Waste Management & Spent Fuel. Can you see yourself overseeing the day-to-day direction and implementation of departments, maintaining an integrated relationship with CNL on corporate waste management initiatives, policies and/or procedures, and managing the prioritization of waste risk reduction? Would you like to be in a role where you will lead a multi-discipline, cross-functional team that utilizes qualified teams, collaborative judgement, and industry best practices to ensure regulatory, safety and security margins are maintained? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!

LOCATION:

CNL ’s Whiteshell is located in the beautiful and historic municipality of Pinawa, Manitoba, roughly an hour by car from Winnipeg, MB. Pinawa is an excellent choice for people looking for peace and tranquillity and those who love the outdoors.
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• Maintaining and delivering CNL’s Integrated Waste Strategy, implementing waste minimization and optimization strategies.
• Managing and delivering a fully integrated waste service capability from waste generation planning, characterization, and certification through storage and disposal.
• Reducing the overall potential for liability associated with violations of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) regulations and dangerous goods incidents.
• Developing and implementing a database capable of collecting characterization data and applying radiological fingerprints to waste packages for the purpose of consignment.
• Managing resource requirements, developing waste management schedules, milestones, and metrics, and applying fiscal and administrative policies, procedures, and practices.
• Developing and maintaining effective waste forecasting, waste technical advice, waste inventory management and waste data tracking.
• Managing and ensuring compliance with waste acceptance criteria at CNL and off-site facilities.
• Executing “best practices” for waste management and TDG, focusing on operational excellence and technology/knowledge transfer.
• Ensuring the effective implementation of regulatory, legal, codes, standards, and requirements applicable to the Waste Management (WM) and TDG program at CNL WL site.
• Coaching, guiding, and facilitating site line managers in implementing the WM and TDG program procedures within their work practices.
• Ensuring appropriate execution of the project and overseeing the management of contracts.
• Overseeing staff responsible for the performance of the site-specific mission functions (i.e., Waste Characterization, Waste Transportation Services, Sample Management office, etc.)
• Directing the personnel performing the mission functions and implementing project management, including responsibility for planning, controlling, and monitoring the execution of all project work.
• Managing, budgeting, scheduling and scope responsibility for work ranging from $20M to $40M annually.
• Strategically planning, maintaining, and governing waste management and spent fuel efforts.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.