Manager, Independent Evaluation

Are you looking for a leadership role where you can influence organizational performance, strengthen governance, and drive continuous improvement across a complex operating environment? Can you see yourself leading independent evaluations that provide objective insights into compliance, effectiveness, and operational excellence? If you answered yes, this may be the job for you. Apply today! Our Chalk River location is looking for a Manager, Independent Evaluation to lead CNL's Independent Evaluation Board (IEB), providing independent assurance on compliance and organizational effectiveness through performance-based evaluations of functional areas, projects, and operations.

What you will be doing!

• Leading, developing, and maintaining CNL's Independent Evaluation Board's assessment capability and activities to ensure regulatory requirements are assessed fully.
• Designing, developing, and implementing independent evaluation procedures and processes consistent with the organization's risk areas and areas targeted by the Senior Management Review Board.
• Developing the annual and longer-term risk-based assessment plan including the scoping and resourcing of assessments.
• Establishing, leading and developing the assessment team to ensure high-quality assessment results, with objective and reliable observations, leading to sound advice and insight.
• Leading and conducting deep, cross-cutting reviews of operational performance, evaluating against CNL requirements and obligations, and promoting improvements to enhance future performance.
• Clearly communicating evidence and observations along with conclusions and recommendations in a sensitive and compelling way.
• Supporting implementing teams and connecting them with helpful resources to encourage success.
• Distilling high-level observations and trends to senior management to communicate current risks to CNL.
• Reinforcing and revisiting areas of focus to ensure changes have been implemented and determine if changes were effective.
• Designing methods to confirm effectiveness of changes after evaluations and improvement actions are undertaken.
• Assessing and reporting on effectiveness and articulating the remaining risk to the organization.
• Advocating and supporting appropriate changes in the organization through evidence, negotiation of conflicting constraints and persuasion.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • University or college graduation in a relevant discipline (e.g. Engineering, Science, Management, or Commerce or an equivalent combination of formal training and experience is required.
• Experience
  • Must have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
  • Extensive professional-level experience related to the management and conduct of operations in a nuclear environment.
  • Experience executing and coordinating work within a nuclear facility, including work management, documentation control, and records management.
  • Prior management experience (preferably in Operations), with skills in developing, motivating, and directing others.
  • Experience preparing concise reports on performance versus plan, issues management, and risks.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Personal dedication to uncompromising operational safety; willing to rally others and collaborate with them in the pursuit of performance improvement.
  • Ability to critically assess the quality of reported data, assess the meaning and importance of data and resulting trends as it impacts plans and activities.
  • Ability to navigate and manage the layers of constraints affecting operating nuclear facilities, including compliance with regulatory requirements, maintenance of facility procedures, project and work schedule demands, and resource limitations, while preserving vigilant defense of the facility's safety basis.
  • Comfortable carrying out field observations of work and interacting confidently with all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to plan, organize and co-ordinate activities of self and others to achieve individual/team targets.
  • Ability to develop well-informed advice and strategies that are sensitive to the various needs of multiple stakeholders and partners, reflecting the strategic direction of CNL and positioning CNL for success.
  • Superior communication skills (written and oral), with ability to probe problems to determine actual underlying root of the issue.
  • Advanced knowledge in conduct of operations in a working nuclear environment. Understanding of reporting of evaluations and the translation of findings into corrective action plans that mitigate risks to the company, including protection of worker safety, public safety and the environment.
  • Working knowledge of one or more of the following quality-related requirements: CSA N286-12, ISO 9001, ISO 17025, ISO 14001, CSA N299, CSA N286.7, CSA B51, IEC 61513, and ASME NQA-1.
  • Advanced understanding of factors within a multifaceted organization (nuclear, non-nuclear, research) and the impact of the Company's Functional Requirements on performance excellence.
• 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. Click here to read all about it!

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 [email protected]. 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.