Project Leader

Are you looking for a Project Leader role that challenges you to lead impactful S&T projects from initiation through successful delivery? Do you thrive in an environment where you’ll manage scope, budgets, schedules, and risks while guiding a multidisciplinary team to meet quality and safety objectives? Do you enjoy coordinating resources, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within expectations? If so, this Project Manager position may be the perfect opportunity for you — apply today!

What will you be doing!

• Managing the delivery of low- to medium-risk S&T projects to meet schedule, cost, quality and safety objectives to the complete satisfaction of customers.
• Project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation, through discussions with internal clients to define the project scope, deliverables, and timing. May lead 3-4 projects totalling $5M to $10M annually over a 3-5-year horizon.
• Assembling a project team, including the involvement of project planning coordinators, to cost the specific components of the project based on the work package breakdown.
• Approving the project scope of work and determining project priorities and division of responsibilities.
• Reviewing the project with the Project Team and regularly meeting with the Project Team for updates on deliverables against the plan.
• Motivating team members to meet quality, scope, and cost constraints.
• Securing seconded resources through the resource/functional manager to execute the project.
• Establishing and controlling the project scope and managing the risks. Including proper management of deliverables within the estimated timeframe and notifying management of issues which could potentially impact the cost and timing of the project.
• Establishing and administering project budgets and schedules and approving changes to the scope of work within project management guidelines.
• Managing and reporting on project performance to clients, management and other stakeholders.
• Leading the ongoing delivery of project objectives, including setting project-related performance objectives, providing regular feedback and guidance to project staff and making recommendations.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Bachelor (honours) in Engineering or Science from a university of recognized standing, OR membership in an Engineering or scientific professional organization authorized by statute to establish qualification for membership in that organization, OR an alternative qualification is a certificate from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Experience
  • 4-5 years progressive experience and resulting knowledge of applying 9 Project Management Areas, including (Scope, Cost, Time, QA, Communications, Human Resources, Risk, Procurement, and Integration) to medium-risk projects. Experience in the delivery of a project in a regulatory framework.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to nurture and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with a moderate number of internal and some external contacts.
  • Ability to build and sustain moderately sized teams; typically between 6 and 12 contracted, seconded, or CNL employees.
  • A thorough knowledge of business and management principles involved in project planning, budgeting and resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of resources.
  • A thorough knowledge of procurement and financial processes.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Applications (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access and Outlook).
  • Knowledge and demonstrated experience in the application of negotiation skills.
  • Knowledge and demonstrated experience in the application of contract administration and Research & Development, and oversight to effectively manage the output of external suppliers.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance 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.
• This position is part of the CRPEG unionand is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in their 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 for your future 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: Fully Onsite

This role is a fully onsite role that requires the employee to primarily work at CNL’s Chalk River Laboratory site, with only occasional opportunities to work remotely, if desired by the employee. 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.