Waste Management Technical Officer

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Chalk River; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Benefits from Day One

Tuition support

Pension plan

Job summary

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is seeking a Waste Management Technical Officer to support safe acceptance, tracking, storage, retrieval, and disposition of radioactive waste at Chalk River, Ontario. You will coordinate operational activities, surveillance programs, and remediation initiatives within Waste Management Areas, working with multidisciplinary teams onsite.

Responsibilities include coordinating shipments, maintaining records, supervising emplacement activities, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience supporting waste management, operations, industrial, environmental, nuclear, or related technical programs.
• Experience preparing technical documentation, work packages, operational procedures, or reports.
• Experience coordinating work activities and schedules in a safety-focused operating environment.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders to support operational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating acceptance, qualification, scheduling, routing, and emplacement of waste shipments.
• Managing waste records and tracking systems to support operations.
• Supervising emplacement activities and ensuring compliance with procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with safety requirements and waste handling controls.
• Executing ILW/HLW emplacement, retrieval, and repackaging activities.
• Assisting in developing tools and methods to retrieve waste storage containers.
• Conducting facility safety inspections and environmental monitoring.
• Documenting surveillance results and preparing technical reports.

Skills

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Technical writing

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Radiation protection knowledge

MS Office

Education

Engineering/tech diploma

Secondary School Diploma + extensive experience

Job description

Are you looking to play a key role in supporting Canada's radioactive waste management operations while contributing to environmental stewardship and nuclear safety? If you are, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is seeking a Waste Management Technical Officer to join our Waste Management Operations team. In this role, you will support the safe acceptance, tracking, storage, retrieval, and disposition of radioactive waste while coordinating operational activities, surveillance programs, and remediation initiatives within the Waste Management Areas. If you're ready to apply your technical expertise in a challenging and meaningful environment, we'd love to hear from you.

What you will be doing!

• Coordinating the acceptance, qualification, scheduling, routing, and emplacement of on-site and off-site waste shipments.
• Managing administrative controls, waste records, and tracking systems to support waste management operations.
• Supervising waste emplacement activities and ensuring compliance with approved operational procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with Nuclear Criticality Safety requirements and established waste handling, transport, storage, and emplacement controls.
• Executing Intermediate and High-Level Waste (ILW/HLW) emplacement, retrieval, and repackaging activities.
• Assisting in the development of specialized tools and methods used to retrieve waste storage containers.
• Conducting routine facility safety inspections, surveillance activities, and environmental monitoring programs.
• Executing contaminated water removal activities and supporting operational response requirements.
• Documenting surveillance results and preparing technical reports and operational records.
• Preparing work permits, lockout/tagout procedures, work plans, statements of work, and operational procedures.
• Developing and coordinating weekly work schedules to support operational priorities and project requirements.
• Overseeing multidisciplinary crews involved in waste emplacement, retrieval, transfer, and remediation activities.
• Responding to abnormal operating conditions and making safety-focused operational decisions to protect workers, the public, and the environment.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Graduation from a recognized institute of advanced technology, or equivalent formal education, in a field relevant to the position, combined with typically three to eight years of related experience; OR
  • Secondary School Diploma (or equivalent) combined with significant relevant and progressive experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience
  • Experience supporting waste management, operations, industrial, environmental, nuclear, or related technical programs.
  • Experience preparing technical documentation, work packages, operational procedures, or reports.
  • Experience coordinating work activities and schedules in a safety-focused operating environment.
  • Experience working with internal and external stakeholders to support operational objectives.
  • Valid Ontario driver's licence.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment while providing direction to personnel from multiple disciplines.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to prepare, manage, and execute work schedules and operational plans.
  • Strong verbal communication and technical writing skills.
  • Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills, particularly in operational and safety-related situations.
  • Ability to evaluate technical information and apply sound judgement when responding to changing operational conditions.
  • Ability to develop productive working relationships with internal and external clients, waste generators, contractors, and service providers.
  • Knowledge of radiation protection principles and radioactive waste management practices, or the ability to obtain required qualifications.
  • Knowledge of CRL operations and waste management practices is considered an asset.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• 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: Four (4) days per week, ten (10) hours per day for a forty (40) hour work week.

• This position is part of the USW 1568 Union and is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in the USW 1568 Collective Agreement. As a member of this bargaining unit, you’ll benefit from clear expectations around hours of work, wages, vacation, and other conditions that support a fair and consistent working environment.

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. Click here to read all about it!

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.