Manager, Management System

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.; Chalk River; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Benefits effective Day One

Tuition support

Pension plan

Job summary

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. is seeking a Management System Manager at our Chalk River site to lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Management System framework.

You will coach staff, participate in audits, and act as the primary liaison with regulators while building external networks for benchmarking. The role emphasizes safety culture, governance, and performance across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–10 years of related experience managing legal, regulatory, and business requirements in Canada.
• People management experience including training, motivating, and directing staff.
• Experience in strategic planning, databases management, and internal compliance in a complex environment.
• Experience developing, implementing and monitoring operational improvements.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and advising Functional Support personnel to ensure a compliant, effective management system.
• Participating in audits, assessments, or self-assessments with information on the management system.
• Acting as single point of contact with regulators at national/international meetings regarding the Management System.
• Building networks with external contacts for benchmarking and issue resolution.
• Providing leadership in process improvements and performance enhancement across the organization.
• Ensuring management system compliance with CNSC licences, AECL obligations, CSA standards and policies.
• Developing and maintaining an effective Management System functional support area (FSA).
• Monitoring regulatory changes and recommending functional implementations at workplaces.
• Developing requirements management processes and tools for accurate information across the company.

Skills

Leadership

Audits & compliance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory liaison

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Management/Commerce/Business Administration/Law/QA

Job description

Are you looking for a leadership role where you can influence how a complex organization operates, governs its work, and achieves excellence? Can you see yourself driving enterprise-wide management system initiatives that support safety, security, compliance, and operational performance? If you answered yes, this may be the job for you. Our Chalk River location is looking for a Management System Manager to lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of CNL's Management System framework.

What you will be doing!

• Coaching and advising Functional Support personnel to support them in their obligations of ensuring the provision of a compliant, effective, and efficient management system.
• Participating in or supporting audits, assessments, reviews, or self-assessments with provision of information regarding CNL management system.
• Acting as Single Point of Contact represent CNL with national and international regulators, at external national and international meetings regarding CNL’s Management System.
• Building and maintaining a network of external contacts including both national and international peers, government officials, for benchmarking and addressing common issues.
• Providing leadership, direction, and expertise in process improvements, developing and maintaining performance improvement strategies, processes and methodologies; and driving continuous performance enhancement into the organization.
• Supporting leadership and staff across CNL to ensure CNL’s management system remains compliant with CNSC licence requirements, AECL contractual obligations, CSA standards and corporate policies.
• Developing, maintaining and implementing an effective Management System functional support area (FSA) that meets both regulatory requirements and user needs.
• Monitoring and reporting on new/changing regulations, technical matters and technological developments and providing recommendations for functional implementation at CNL workplaces. Supporting the development and maintenance of FSA documentation and training in accordance with management system standards.
• Developing and maintaining requirements management processes and tools and associated information to ensure accurate accounting of requirements, and current information is available for use throughout the Company.
• Facilitating changes resulting from updates to requirements to ensure changes are identified, including impact of changes on Company’s strategic objectives; and, ensuring appropriate documents are amended appropriately and in a controlled manner.
• Preparing and distributing reports on requirements and compliance obligations.
• Developing and maintaining authority management processes and tools and associated information to ensure accurate, transparency, and current information is available for individuals with functional authorities.
• Developing and maintaining nuclear safety and security culture processes and tools and associated information to ensure CNL’s culture is fostered, supported, and assessed.
• Developing and maintaining human performance processes and tools and associated information to provide an overarching view of the factors that influence human performance, including how they are coordinated across the Company to support workers and teams in carrying out their work safely and successfully; includes defining and implementing practices that contribute to excellence in worker performance.
• Implementing the responsibilities of the Functional Support Manager role as defined in CNL’s Management System Manual (900-514100-MAN-001).
• Providing management and oversight over a group of employees performing complex professional work to deliver results in line with the department’s goals regarding governances, controls, culture, human performance, work management and control, and nuclear operations.
• Managing performance and holding staff accountable by setting objectives, establishing career development and training goals, coaching, providing feedback, taking disciplinary action and performing regular performance reviews.
• Recruiting and deploying staff, as required, to execute the role of the department.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What We Are Looking For

• Education
  • University or college graduation in a relevant discipline (e.g. Management, Commerce, Business Administration, Law, Quality Assurance) or demonstrated equivalent combination of formal training and experience is required.
• Experience
  • Must have a minimum of 5-10 years of related experience in the following areas:
  • The management and control of legal, regulatory, and business requirements as they apply to businesses in Canada.
  • People management, specifically training, motivating, and directing employees.
  • Core business operations functions such as strategic planning and implementation, management of databases, and internal compliance, in a complex, dynamic environment.
  • Developing, implementing and monitoring operational improvements resulting in more efficient and effective processes, procedures and plans.
  • Interpersonal skills to effectively explain, negotiate, persuade and build consensus among diverse stakeholders; demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with all levels of personnel, both internal and external to the Company.
• Direct experience dealing with complex project environments.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to work in a very broad direction and provide appropriate input to executive management in setting strategic direction.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Proven record of working with minimal direct supervision, exercising independent judgment and taking initiative in complex and sensitive areas.
  • Proven ability to build and nurture constructive relationships and partnerships across internal organizations/groups, and with industry and external regulators.
  • Strong commitment to safety.
  • Excellent verbal, written communication and time management skills.
  • Strong orientation of internal and external customers.
  • Knowledge of Canadian business obligations and practices.
  • In depth knowledge of CNL/Nuclear sites, codes, regulations, standards, permits, operating licenses, with the ability to interpret the regulations and translate the requirements into a compliant CNL Management System.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop well-informed advice and strategies that are sensitive to the various needs of multiple stakeholders and partners, reflecting the strategic direction of CNL, and positioning CNL for success.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Level 2 Secret requires a minimum of 7 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

Working Conditions

• Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work week.
• Frequent exposure to sensitive, contentious, or high-pressure situations.

Why CNL?

Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world excite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.

From building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developing targeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership in environmental remediation—we are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.

What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package

We believe in taking care of our people. Here’s what you can expect as part of our team:

• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
• Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period
• Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing
• A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow
• Restoring and protecting the environment
• Contributing to the health of Canadians

If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL!

Location: Hybrid

Located in the heart of the Ottawa Valley, our Chalk River site offers a beautiful natural setting with forests, lakes, and wildlife right at your doorstep. Surrounding communities such as Deep River, Petawawa, and Pembroke provide access to excellent recreation and a great quality of life.

Please note: This is a hybrid position, with a combination of remote work and onsite presence at our Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!

We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in our Core Values:

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Safety
• Integrity
• Excellence

These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.

CNL is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via [e-mail] . All requests will be handled with confidentiality.

CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects.