Sustainability jobs in Canada

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is looking for a High Hazard Subject Matter Expert (SME)- Hoisting & Rigging. The purpose of the Hoisting and Rigging SME is to work directly with our Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) staff, planning teams, our field teams, and management/supervision to ensure we are safely and efficiently delivering our work. You will be expected to work independently, while collaborating with Environmental Remediation Management (ERM) work planning teams, to have line of sight of upcoming work involving hoisting and rigging. Interested? Apply today!

• Supporting staff and management with planning activities to ensure CNL requirements and best practices are incorporated into work control documents.
• Supporting CNL staff, supervisors, and management during work execution in the specific area of focus.
• Completing site walk downs to observe work, understand new and existing/historical challenges, and help identify corrective actions.
• Providing observation feedback on a frequent basis resulting from all field visits/walk downs.
• Proactively recognizing and encouraging positive work practices, and compliance to program and legislative requirements by project delivery personnel and contractors.
• Providing expertise, support, and assistance on the development, review, implementation, and monitoring of task and project specific hoisting and rigging requirements and work-plans.
• Fostering and promoting the reporting of hazards and pause/stop-work scenarios where appropriate.
• Promoting safety culture excellence by being a role model and setting the safety standard on site.
• Collaboratively coaching, mentoring, and interacting with colleagues, CNL project team members, site superintendents, supervisors, and other parties involved in work activities.
• Completing in-field observations to identify and follow up on non-compliance, areas for improvement, and other such gaps related applicable laws, regulations, contract commitments, and CNL internal corporate requirements.
• Helping to investigate and follow up on non-compliance observations, incidents, or other gaps identified.
• Preparing detailed reports and following up on recommended corrective actions associated with completed compliance and oversight reports, incident reports, observations, and root-cause analysis recommendations.
• Utilizing subject matter expertise to complete project risk assessments, hazard assessments, and develop safety work procedures.
• Entering/transcribing oversight information in CNL’s various recordkeeping and information management systems according to established requirements.
• Supporting CNL to help improve OSH program and practices through self-generated improvement initiatives and participation in developing and/or updating CNL wide corporate procedures and standards.
• Supporting hoisting and rigging practices.
• Maintaining discretion and confidentiality when applicable.
• Solving problems through soft and hard analytical skills.
• Working with applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Understanding and interpreting safety statistics and performance metrics.
• Prioritizing and managing multiple deliverables and task pressures.
• Providing prompt, clear, and concise guidance as required.
• Presenting recommendations, complete regulatory reporting, and technical writing in a clear and effective manner.
• Effectively handle and diffuse difficult situations, in real time with internal and external clients.
• Work with minimal supervision, be punctual, and dependable.
• Adapt to a changing environment and respond with initiative.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

• Education
  • College diploma or completion of a specialized related trade.
  • CRST and NCSO, CRSP or equivalent recognized designations like the CSP or CMIOSH would be considered an asset.
• Experience
  • Four to six (4-6) years' of experience in an equivalent role within complex nuclear, research & technology, heavy construction project, heavy manufacturing, industrial processing, mining, oil & gas, or other civil or environmental remediation experience.
  • Experience within a radiation safety and/or protection setting is an asset but not required.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills – written and oral.
  • Maintain successful working relations at all levels, within the organization and with external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate organizational skills with high attention to detail and ability to tailor communications to mixed audiences.
  • Demonstrate outstanding relationship management, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3 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.”

• Extensive walking on uneven terrain in all weather conditions.
• Must be willing and able to wear a respirator and other PPE&C as required.
• This role may have occasional travel.
• Physically fit, able to be physically active (standing, walking) for up to 12 hours a day.
• Able to manage stairs, ladders, and other egress equipment to enter all site and building areas including confined space.
• Able to use personal protective equipment including a respirator.
• Combination of office based and field level work, including work outdoors in inclement weather and temperatures ranging from +30C to -40C.
• Prolonged periods of sedentary office work when preparing reports and other documents.
• Operational and decommissioning environments - i.e.; laboratories, workshops, confined spaces, heights, etc., laboratory settings, offices, construction sites, open fields, and possible wildlife exposure.
• May be required to perform overtime.
• Work in radiologically active environments.

Why CNL?

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.

We offer a complete total rewards package:

• Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
• Benefits effective day one, that’s right, no waiting period;
• Tuition support;
• and a pension!

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
• Restore and protect the Environment.
• Contribute to the health of Canadians.

CNL’s Chalk River Laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an area that is environmentally pristine with extensive forests, hills, and numerous small lakes, all of which support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa, and Deep River, provide unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects inclusive of accommodations for all employees. CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.