S&T Electrical Safety Specialist

Can you see yourself using your electrical safety expertise to help protect people, the environment, and critical equipment across CNL’s innovative Science & Technology programs? In this role, you’ll apply strong problem‑solving, analytical thinking, and critical reasoning to assess risks, identify issues, and recommend effective safety solutions. You’ll collaborate closely with project teams, managers, and technical staff to develop safe work plans and support continuous improvement in safety culture. If you’re driven by purpose and motivated to make a real impact through expert guidance and field engagement, this is the role for you. Apply today!

What you will be doing!

• Problem-solving is essential for supporting the improvement of safety across CNL. Must have the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Inductive reasoning: ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Analyzing data or information, identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Identifying objects, actions, and events: identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Using critical thinking, logic, and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Making recommendations and engaging in decision-making.
• Contributing to the project through an Integrated Work Team model. Although their core subject expertise is in Occupational Health and Safety, it is expected that this role has a global understanding of all HSSE principles and how they work together to create a safe work plan for the project.
• Expressing ideas and opinions clearly and effectively through oral communication.
• Managing duties through efficient planning, time management, detail orientation, and prioritization.
• Partnering, seeking common goals, and collaborating with project teams and operational teams.
• Interacting with managers and directors to solicit advice and to promote implementation strategies.
• Engaging audience through presentation skills.
• Willing to occasionally travel; field work is a cornerstone activity in this role and infrequent travel for training and conferences.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Licensed from a recognized institution in any of the following: Industrial Electrician, electrical engineering, electronics engineering or “red seal” electrical trades equivalents.
  • Occupational Health and Safety Certificate/Degree along with CRSP or CRST (Canadian Registered Safety Professional and/or Technician) designation is desired. If no designation, then must be capable and willing to obtain within a reasonable time; and
  • Will be required to take CNL Radiation Protection Group 3 training.
• Experience
  • Seven to Eight (7-8) years of safety-related and relevant experience. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in research/lab, industrial and highly technical environments.
  • Minimum five (5) years of electrical safety experience involving industrial, research and development electrical applications, PLC programming, electronics, and robotics.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Knowledge of pressure boundary systems and S&T’s pressure boundary program would be considered an asset.
  • Knowledge of the Integrated Work Control process would be considered an asset.
  • Ability to communicate in French would be considered an asset.
  • Be able to function in an integrated work team model that brings together subject matter experts to create work plans for various projects.
  • Demonstrates “safety first” attitude. Ensure activities are conducted with CNL, public and employee safety foremost in mind.
  • Ability to maintain and grow safety knowledge including industry best practices and pending changes in legislation.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal, communication (active listening, oral expression/comprehension) and training/presentation skills.
  • Resource, observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources:
  • Physically fit, able to be physically active (standing, walking) for up to 7.5 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.
  • Ability to remember what is seen and heard for reporting.
  • Coordination and planning skills.
  • Must possess a working level knowledge of occupational health & safety legislation relating to general research, laboratory, and industrial environments.
  • Must possess a working level knowledge of Canadian and Ontario Electrical Codes, Workplace Electrical Safety Standard CSA Z462; and Boiler, Pressure Vessel, and Piping Code CSA B51.
  • Must have extensive working knowledge of specific federal (CLC) and provincial legislation (Ontario) that affects occupational health and safety within CNL.
  • Knowledge of the CNL OSH Program would be considered an asset.
  • A working knowledge of radiation protection principles would be an asset. Must be willing to undertake and successfully complete formal and on-the-job CNL Radiation Protection training relevant to this position.
  • Industrial Hygiene operating instructions and procedures.
  • Incident / Event investigation.
  • Principles and practices of customer service.
  • Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Level 2 Secret requires a minimum of 7 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:

• Physically fit, able to be physically active (standing, walking) for up to 7.5 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.
• Primarily field work in various S&T Laboratories and Facilities in both radiologically active and non-active environments.
• Office work to prepare and provide formal assessments, reports and to approve documents as part of CNL and OSH processes.

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.

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