Director Nuclear

Summit Search Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory authority in Ontario is seeking a Director, Nuclear to provide operational oversight of the Nuclear program. In this leadership role, you will manage nuclear inspection teams, develop metrics, and ensure adherence to safety regulations. Candidates should have at least 7 years of experience in a technical, inspection, or engineering environment, with a strong preference for those with background in the Nuclear industry. The ideal applicant will exhibit exceptional relationship-building skills and strategic thinking abilities.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years’ experience managing teams in a technical, inspection, or engineering environment.
• Experience working in the Nuclear industry preferred.
• Demonstrated people leadership in a high performing organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage the nuclear inspection teams and liaise with other groups.
• Develop metrics to oversee the performance of the Nuclear team.
• Ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Exceptional relationship building

Quick-thinking and extremely flexible

Ability to work effectively with executive teams

Proven ability to lead diverse teams

Negotiation skills

Strong understanding of data analytics

Education

University Degree, P Eng preferred

Fluent in BPV ASME National Board requirements

Job description

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About Our Client: Our client is a regulatory authority in Ontario.

Position Scope: As the Director, Nuclear you are responsible for providing operational oversight of the Nuclear program, providing input to the strategic plan and providing management of the Nuclear inspection safety function.

Core Responsibilities and Duties

• Manage the nuclear inspection teams and liaise with engineering, technical support and other groups as required to deliver on contractual commitments.
• Define, implement, and monitor oversight framework (in CRM where necessary) for the following in Nuclear Stations
  • Operating Units
  • Refurbishment activities
  • New Nuclear Station Builds
• Identify gaps in the development of operational policies, standards, and processes and lead, in collaboration with the other program directors, the review and harmonization of existing and new policies;
• Ensure that the nuclear team adheres to the Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions and update as required with an aim of harmonization;
• Liaise with Strategic Analytics and Policy team to build a risk and data framework for the nuclear sector. This includes overseeing the development of an action plan to influence, mitigate and address the public safety risks, for the development and implementation – in collaboration with the strategic analytics team – of a nuclear area risk management plan.
• Develop metrics to oversee the performance of the Nuclear team.
• Ensure the Nuclear supervisors manage the “Run the business” KPI’s in the annual Balanced Score Card by regularly monitoring and acting on the Operations Dashboard and all other available tools including Power BI reports and ensuring optimum utilization and efficiencies of operations resources, exercising of decisions and being the arbiter of actions taken by those staff exercising functions for the nuclear program area.
• With legal and finance teams, negotiate nuclear contracts;
• Develop, implement, and manage the delivery of new services for Nuclear in accordance with contractual parameters and without impacting responsibilities. Forecast and manage nuclear capacity and contractual terms to ensure commitments are met;
• Maintain effective relationships with CNSC, OPG and Bruce Power and engage the nuclear industry and other stakeholders to understand and resolve issues. Represent TSSA’s vision and values as directed by executive leadership, and promote its mission and mandate locally, and with respect to inter-provincial and national initiatives;
• Ensure early awareness of, and the ability of TSSA to respond to, partner issues and concerns in a rapidly evolving environment;
• Promote customer relationship excellence, collaborating with the fellow program directors to deliver operational consistency and application of best practices in program outcomes;
• Have general administrative and supervisory authority in respect to any part of the CSA N285 standard and liaise with BPV conventional regulatory team to resolve any issues for clients providing services to the Nuclear Stations. E.g. N285
• Ensure the formulation and implementation of recruitment, development and succession plans to ensure the viability and continuity of the nuclear area leadership team.
• Create and sustain a highly engaged and performing work environment for our valued team members to achieve, develop & grow.
• Promote a healthy and safe workplace by ensuring program area compliance in the Occupational Health and Safety Act and overseeing the execution of the corporate health and safety policies and practices;
• Ensure that the operational and service delivery implications of technological, legislative or environmental change are recognized early, with the establishment of associated risk analyses and response plans; and
• Achieve financial objectives by forecasting functional requirements, support Finance in the preparation of an annual budget and three-year financial forecast, scheduling expenditures, analysing variances, initiating corrective actions, analysing and recommending information and trends for executive leadership decision making and ensuring financial performance in accordance with budget parameters; managing costs including improving efficiency to reduce costs.

Education Requirements:

• University Degree, P Eng preferred.
• Must be fluent in BPV ASME National Board requirements, certification preferred.

Experience Requirements:

• At least 7 years’ experience managing team in a technical, inspection or engineering environment,
• Experience working in the Nuclear industry preferred
• Demonstrated people leadership in a high performing organization

Required Skills:

• Strategic thinking
• Exceptional relationship building capabilities as a leader among internal and external audiences.
• Quick-thinking and extremely flexible with the ability to function under stress
• Ability to work effectively with executive team members
• Proven ability to lead teams with varying skills sets and needs
• Negotiation skills and ability to review and implement contracts
• Strong understanding of data analytics and risk modeling

This position is exempt from Ontario’s 2026 pay transparency requirements under Regulation 476/24.

AI Disclosure: AI will not be used in the recruitment process.

Vacancy Disclosure: This position is an existing role. The role is being posted due to current vacancy.

Summit Search Group is a fair and equitable search firm. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.