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Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself preparing lesson plans, course outlines, and presentations? Do you like to identify and recommend improvements to complex processes? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Pinawa location is looking for a Technical Trainer, apply today!

• Executing moderately complex and moderately diverse professional work under general guidance, with a focus on achieving short- to mid-term results as an individual contributor.
  • Identifying the main objectives and essential skills participants need to learn for each course.
  • Preparing lesson plans, course outlines, presentations, field check out forms, pre-use equipment checks, and mapping out driver training routes.
  • Collaborating with internal teams and relevant stakeholders to design, develop, and implement technical training materials and programs.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of external contacts.
  • Facilitating technical training in the field, classroom, and virtual environments in an engaging and dynamic manner.
  • Qualifying Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) employees to operate tools and equipment safely.
  • Explaining key concepts and principles, and creating assignments or activities to test practical skills.
• Identifying and recommending improvements to complex processes that affect the immediate area and broader client base; potentially implementing enhancements in own and related areas.
  • Updating course materials as needed to ensure they remain relevant and timely.
  • Ensuring necessary equipment is available, inspected, and scheduled for use.
  • Establishing metrics for evaluating course outcomes and participant performance.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

• Education
  • Post-secondary diploma or a degree in technical related field such as a skill trade, Process Systems Operator, Engineering, Technologist, etc., or completion of a Process Operations training program.
• Experience
  • Minimum of 5 years’ working experience in their area of technical discipline.
  • Knowledge and ideally 1 – 2 years’ experience in training facilitation and practical training instruction required.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to become qualified to facilitate training and perform practical training assessments.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills for the purposes of building effective working relationships, facilitating training, and providing mentorship on-the-job.
  • Intermediate level computer skills, Word, Power Point, and Excel.
  • Planning and prioritization skills to coordinate own work to meet established deliverables.
  • High Standard of Accountability, taking action to identify improvements and solve problems.
  • Ability to attend the workplace in-person for the purposes of conducting training and assessing trainee performance on systems and equipment.
  • Ability to periodically attend other CNL workplace locations for the purposes of conducting training.
• 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.”

• We have a compressed work week, which consists of a four-day work week and ten hours a day - starting at 6 am.

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;
• Pension and,
• A compressed workweek allows you to work hard and enjoy more time with your family and friends. Work-life balance is an integral part of our overall health and well-being, and at CNL, we value this!

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

CNL ’s Whiteshell is located in the beautiful and historic municipality of Pinawa, Manitoba, roughly an hour by car from Winnipeg, MB. Pinawa is an excellent choice for people looking for peace and tranquillity and those who love the outdoors.

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. Please 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, including 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.

Whiteshell Laboratories is situated on the traditional lands of Treaties 1 and 3, and near Treaty 5. This land is the home of the Anicinabe, Ojibway Anishinaabeand the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. We recognize that many other Indigenous Peoples across the region and Canada also consider this area their home.

CNL is deeply grateful for the opportunity to work on these lands and waterways, which hold significant cultural and historical importance. We acknowledge that this site was established without consultation with the Indigenous Peoples of this area. We recognize the ongoing impact of thisand we are committed to understanding and respecting the unique Indigenous history, rightsand title associated with this land.