Manager, Maintenance and Configuration Engineering

at  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself providing technical leadership and managing a large engineering department with employees working in several disciplines? Do you like to provide technical guidance and timely engineering solutions? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Chalk River location is looking for a Manager of maintenance and Configuration Engineering. Apply today!

• Ensuring safety is paramount in all activities.
• Managing engineering resources:
• Providing technical leadership and managing a large engineering department with employees performing work in several disciplines, supporting the operation of current infrastructure, and providing key expertise in developing new infrastructure within the mid-to-longer term.
• Leading technical personnel, including Section Heads in Engineering of Mechanical and Electrical Systems, and managing staff across several disciplines, including Civil, Mechanical, HVAC, and Electrical Engineering and Technology.
• Ensuring utilization targets for all staff are met to demonstrate maximum efficiency and effectiveness of resources.
• Developing and maintaining core knowledge and skills in engineering based on the future needs of projects and the operation of the Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) infrastructure in alignment with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) goals. This includes ensuring development and supporting training of staff in various engineering disciplines, hiring new staff, and managing productivity and performance.
• Delivering engineering services:
• Synergizing with other engineering managers, project managers, project leads, project engineers, and key staff to deliver Engineering Services to support the safe operation, maintenance, and construction/upgrade of CRL infrastructure.
• Providing technical leadership through qualified staff in developing key engineering deliverables, subject matter expert input and review, engineering design documents, guidance, and support in collaboration with Design Authority & Design Engineering (DADE) and Configuration Management (CM).
• Synergizing with other engineering managers, project managers, project leads, project engineers, and key staff to recommend and make informed decisions on when engineering deliverables are prepared and delivered internally, by other engineering branches, or by external engineering contractors.
• Supporting maintenance and configuration:
• Providing technical support, input, guidance, and review of planning and maintenance activities for the site infrastructure.
• Executing surveys, service locates, supporting site investigations, updating drawings, as-builts, and tagging.
• Providing technical guidance and timely engineering solutions when required during emergent works, breakdowns, repairs, troubleshooting, and other critical operational activities of the site.
• Developing strategic plans with facility representatives to ensure improved efficiency and dependability of maintenance services.
• Synergizing with other key staff to ensure compliance with Site License Conditions, Conduct of Maintenance, Conduct of Operations procedures series, Maintenance Program requirements, Equipment Reliability Program Requirements, Audit Plan requirements, and monitoring the results of the audit plan.
• Interfacing with Facility Representatives (Facility Authority, Facility Manager, and Facility Superintendent) and complementary service organizations (Site Maintenance, other Engineering branches, Asset Management, and Procurement) to ensure alignment of business objectives and services.
• Ensuring compliance with the Pressure Boundary program.
• Performing additional functions:
• Developing future managers through mentoring and transferring skills and knowledge.
• Participating as a Manager of CNL in the management team to achieve the objectives of Engineering, the Infrastructure Development Group (IDG), Nuclear Laboratories, and CNL.
• Developing and maintaining good internal and external relationships to promote teamwork and collaboration.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.