Project Specialist

AtkinsRéalis; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work culture

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Canada seeks a Project Specialist to support manufacturing, testing and delivery at a tool vendor for the Candu program. You will coordinate vendor requests, track deliverables, maintain schedules and enable cross‑disciplinary communication.

The role partners with engineering, procurement, quality and refurbishment teams, supports cost forecasting, progress reporting and performance metrics, and ensures QA and nuclear safety requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting multiple project types, including manufacturing.
• Aware of QA programs and nuclear industry implications.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, quality and vendors to progress the project schedule.
• Lead progress meetings and update plans and milestones.
• Support cost forecasting, tracking and performance metrics.
• Maintain documentation and ensure timely vendor communications.
• Uphold nuclear safety culture and QA requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Quality assurance

Safety commitment

Problem solving

Communication skills

Documentation

Job description

Job Description

Overview

The Project Specialist will report to the Cernavoda Unit 1 & Qinshan Tooling Project Director and will be responsible for supporting manufacturing, testing and delivery at one of Candu’s vendors. In the role of Project Specialist, you will support the Tooling Project Managers by coordinating vendor requests, tracking technical deliverables, maintaining vendor schedules, and facilitating communication across engineering disciplines and project stakeholders. This role will require continuous communication with members of the team, and will be responsible for identifying, planning, coordinating, and supporting the implementation of various scopes of work.

Your role

• Coordinates with Engineering, Procurement, Quality, vendors, and Refurbishment teams & vendors to ensure all activities are progressing as per project schedule.
• Coordinates progress meetings, status updates and other planning and execution workshops as needed.
• Working closely with the Project Manager to support project cost forecasting, progress tracking, and performance metrics.
• Coordinating closely with quality assurance to ensure quality requirements of the project are met.
• Liaise with key stakeholders as required generally including engineering, quality, procurement and tooling vendors.
• Maintain a positive relationship with vendor counterparts.
• Provides status and progress reports in support of the Project Manager.
• Ensure a strong nuclear safety culture is reinforced continuously.
• Coordinate with Procurement to track purchase orders, expedite vendor documentation, and monitor status for accurate month‑end reporting, ensuring delays or issues are communicated promptly to the Project Manager.

About you

• Experience supporting various type of projects including manufacturing considered an asset.
• An appreciation of the importance of Quality Assurance Programs and their significance to the nuclear industry considered an asset.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Commitment to Safety.
• Integrity and Trust.
• Shares Knowledge.
• Problem Solving.
• Customer Focus.
• Team Player.
• Excellent organizational, communication and customer relationship skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools with a demonstrated ability to maintain accurate documentation and ensure consistent follow‑through on assigned actions.

Work Locations:

• This position will be assigned to one of Candu’s Tooling vendors located at either Cambridge or Richmond Hill.
• Travel to Candu’s head office in Mississauga will be periodically required.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

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