Project Manager

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Chalk River; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Benefits from Day One

Tuition support

Pension plan

Job summary

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. is seeking a Project Manager for our Chalk River site in Ontario. The role focuses on delivering multi-year, high-impact projects with significant safety, licensing, and regulatory interactions.

You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, and procurement in collaboration with internal clients and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of senior project experience, deep knowledge of PM processes, and a track record of leading large teams to

Qualifications

• Ten years of progressively responsible project experience in a senior/lead role.
• Experience applying all nine PM knowledge areas to large, high-risk projects.
• Experience across project lifecycle phases: Definition, Development, Design, Construction, Commissioning, Decommissioning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver large-scale, multi-year projects with significant safety/licensing requirements.
• Manage planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and scope with internal clients.
• Build and sustain large project teams; set priorities and goals.
• Review and approve WBS, cost estimates, baselines, and changes.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

PMP certification asset

Tools

MS Project

Scheduling software

Job description

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Do you like reviewing and approving work breakdowns, cost estimates, baseline schedules, and project changes? Do you enjoy establishing and controlling the project scope and managing the risks and regulatory commitments within the project scope? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Chalk River location is looking for a Project Manager;

What will you be doing!

• Delivering large-scale projects of critical significance to the ongoing success of CNL, characterized by being multi-year in duration, often involving substantial safety and licensing requirements with many internal and external regulatory interactions, contracts requiring substantial negotiation of terms and conditions, having many work packages, resources, and interfaces to manage, and involving a significant financial commitment.
• Using extensive knowledge of business and management principles, managing all aspects of project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation, and engaging in discussions with internal clients to define the project's scope, deliverables, and timing.
• Building and sustaining large project teams, and setting priorities/clarifying goals.
• Reviewing and approving work breakdowns, cost estimates, baseline schedules, and project changes requested by CNL or internal clients.
• Approving project scopes of work and determining project priorities and responsibilities.
• Establishing and administering project budgets and schedules, and approving changes to them.
• Authorizing project expenditures and procurement requisitions (e.g., purchase orders, invoices, and expense claims) within higher limits of authority.
• Managing the collective and individual performance of large project team members (typically more than twelve contracted, seconded, and/or CNL staff) through the establishment of project-related performance objectives and providing both formal and informal performance feedback (appraisals), mentoring, and guidance to ensure project(s) success.
• Motivating project team staff to deliver quality results on time and on budget, and coaching/mentoring others for success.
• Defining roles and responsibilities, and managing performance, including discipline, appraisals, and merit allocations. Providing constructive feedback, including disciplinary action if required or the termination/re-negotiation of external contracts.
• Securing external and internal resources to execute the project.
• Establishing and controlling the project scope, and managing risks and regulatory commitments within it.
• Managing and reporting on project performance to clients, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Participating in management team meetings related to project performance, priorities, and staffing.
• Sustaining large, competent, multi-dimensional project teams to deliver the project objectives.
• Defining roles and responsibilities and managing performance by setting objectives, formally evaluating staff performance, adjusting salaries, advancing promotions, taking disciplinary action, and managing leave.
• Making decisions on the division of responsibilities and approving work assignments to internal resources and external contractors.
• Delivering large-scale, high-risk projects of critical significance to the ongoing successes, characterized by being multi-year in duration, often involving substantial safety and licensing requirements with many internal and external regulatory interactions, contracts requiring substantial negotiation of terms and conditions, having many work packages, resources, and interfaces to manage, and involving a significant financial commitment (typically >$10M annually).
• Ensuring that all Project Team members use applicable safety equipment and adhere to safe work policies/practices, radiation protection policies/practices, and any other CNL safety requirements as mandated by the organization.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • A degree from an accredited university in a discipline relevant to project management, engineering, applied/building sciences, business or commerce
  • PMP or AACE certification is an asset.
• Experience
  • Ten years of progressively responsible project experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, in a senior or lead project capacity.
  • Demonstrated experience applying all nine project management knowledge areas (Scope, Cost, Time, QA, Communications, Human Resources, Risk, Procurement, and Integration) to large, high-risk projects.
  • Demonstrated experience in all typical phases of the project lifecycle (i.e., Project Definition, Concept Development, Detailed Design, Construction, Commissioning, and Decommissioning).
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Knowledge and experience in applying the processes of initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing are required in each phase.
  • An extensive understanding of federal licensing regulations, nuclear codes and standards, and environmental regulations and standards.
  • Extensive understanding of the interrelationships among the outputs and interdependencies of the functions engaged in providing project activities for CNL’s project management and review process (SRC; OCE Review; IOB; Safety & Licensing).
  • Demonsrated excellent track record of leading large projects to successful conclusion.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 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.

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: Onsite

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. Surrounded by welcoming communities such as Deep River, Petawawa, and Pembroke, you’ll have access to unparalleled outdoor adventures and a fantastic work-life balance.

Please note: This is a fully on-site position based at our Chalk River Laboratory in 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.

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. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.