Director , Waste Characterization

Kinectrics; Chalk River; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Purpose-driven work

Growing professional development

Innovations in energy

Diversity and inclusion

Competitive total compensation

Job summary

Kinectrics is hiring a Director of Waste Characterization for the Chalk River, Ontario site. This senior, on-site role leads waste characterization, develops procedures, and coordinates with senior management to meet safety, regulatory, and project milestones.

The position requires a strong NDA/NDE background, Canadian security clearance eligibility, and extensive experience in nuclear waste management. On-site work with competitive compensation is provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or other relevant discipline is required. An advanced degree in a relevant discipline is desired.
• 10+ years of experience required for those with a master's degree; 15+ years for those with a bachelor's degree.
• Must have a strong understanding of NDA and NDE systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages the waste characterization process, including sampling, packaging, shipment, and analyses to determine disposal pathways.
• Uses NDA and NDE methods when appropriate.
• Ensures waste characterization does not hinder disposal and that cleanup occurs.
• Develops strategies to accelerate end states, reducing liability and risk.
• Develops schedules for characterization activities aligned with the Annual Program of Work and Budget.
• Writes and reviews data documents and procedures related to characterization.

Skills

NDA/NDE

Security clearance

Leadership

Nuclear regulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more: www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Director of Waste Characterization

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Senior

Location: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario

Reports to: Vice President of CNL

Hours per week: 40

Number Required: 1

What We Offer

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

• Leads and manages the waste characterization process, including procedures for sampling, packaging, shipment, and analyses of waste to determine the best pathway to disposal.
• Uses NDA and NDE methods when appropriate.
• Ensures that waste characterization does not inhibit disposal of waste and that cleanup occurs.
• Assists in developing and implementing strategies to accelerate achievement of end states, enabling long-term planning and reductions in liability and risk.
• Helps develop schedules for characterization activities to align with mission milestones established in the Annual Program of Work and Budget.
• Writes, revises and reviews characterization and operational documents such as Data Quality Objectives, Waste Characterization Plans, Characterization Work Plans, Operating Procedures, Project Documentation and Training Plans.
• Assists in development of an intermediate-level waste certification process and subsequent relevant training for waste characterization specialists.
• Leads analysis of data using specialized software to present accurate and concise information about the characteristics and management options for waste.
• Ensures sufficient resources and appropriate job roles are in place to fulfill the mission and work with senior management to develop a creative and proactive plan to recruit and retain qualified personnel.
• Helps the VP, DWM, and other waste program staff to break down and address problems and challenges, focusing on a proactive approach that anticipates potential risks and prepares mitigation in advance.
• Fosters a strong nuclear safety culture that emphasizes to employees the critical role they play in protecting each other’s health and safety as well as the public and the environment.
• Helps build a culture of transformation that focuses employees on the safe and effective acceleration of end-state completion and develops a mindset for continuous improvement and openness to change.
• Interfaces with a range of support service groups such as industrial hygiene and radiation protection and others on the waste program staff.
• Applies industry best practices and lessons learned from successful nuclear decommissioning and waste management programs in Canada and the United States.
• Monitors technological developments in waste characterization equipment and helps evaluate their suitability for CNL.
• Provides support to VP, DWM, in communicating the status and progress of the Waste Characterization Program to key stakeholders such as Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), the regulator, host communities, Indigenous Nations and communities, and other members of the general public.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the VP, DWM.

What You Need To Succeed

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or other relevant discipline is required. An advanced degree in a relevant discipline is desired.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience is required for those with a master’s degree, of 15 years of experience for those with a bachelor’s degree.
• Must have a strong understanding of NDA and NDE systems.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Canadian security clearance is required.
• Experience working with AECL or other Canadian regulatory bodies is strongly desired.
• Canadian citizenship is strongly desired.
• Must live in or be willing to relocate to near the Chalk River Site. All work will be done on site. No remote work is permitted.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Kinectrics may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools during the initial screening of applications. All applications are also reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.