Waste Forecast Lead

Do you enjoy using data to solve complex challenges and support critical organizational decisions? Can you see yourself leading the development, validation, and continuous improvement of waste forecasting information that helps guide waste management activities across multiple sites? If so, here at CNL, the Waste Forecast Lead plays a key role in ensuring waste forecast data is accurate, credible, and actionable, enabling informed planning, regulatory compliance, and waste management optimization across CNL. This may be the job for you, apply today!

What you will be doing!

• Integrating waste forecast data with waste tracking systems to support variance analysis, performance monitoring, and operational decision-making.
• Preparing reports, dashboards, and visual summaries that support project planning, throughput assessments, and executive decision-making.
• Aligning waste forecasts with facility capacity, disposal pathways, operational priorities, and regulatory planning requirements.
• Maintaining centralized ownership of waste forecast data to ensure consistency, accuracy, traceability, and reliability across systems.
• Coordinating the collection, validation, analysis, and entry of forecast information into approved data platforms and reporting tools.
• Identifying and resolving data gaps, inconsistencies, and quality issues in collaboration with waste generators and waste management teams.
• Leading improvements to forecasting tools, templates, processes, and reporting methods to enhance usability and forecast accuracy.
• Supporting data governance activities by maintaining change records, ensuring documentation is complete, and promoting adherence to established processes.
• Developing and maintaining forecasting procedures, guidance documents, performance measures, and best practices.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for waste forecasting inquiries and coordination across project teams, waste departments, and waste generators.
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement to communicate forecasting requirements, timelines, expectations, and data ownership responsibilities.
• Supporting training, outreach, and knowledge-sharing initiatives to strengthen forecasting capabilities and promote data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in applied science (e.g., environmental fields) or engineering from a university of recognized standing.
• Experience
  • At least five (5) to ten (10) years of directly applicable experience in the nuclear industry, preferably related to radioactive waste management.
  • Extensive experience in data management, including the collection, review, analysis, modelling, and interpretation of complex datasets, as well as scenario analysis and consolidated reporting to support strategic decision-making.
  • Experience coordinating across multidisciplinary teams to gather technical input and translate complex information into structured, actionable data.
  • Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives, particularly in relation to data quality and workflow optimization.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Extensive knowledge of radioactive waste management in Canada, including regulatory requirements, industry practices, waste management processes, and lifecycle management strategies.
  • Demonstrated expertise and skills in data management, analysis, and reporting, with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Advanced abilities for using Microsoft Excel (and other systems such as Power BI and SharePoint) for data analysis, reporting, visualization, and information management.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
  • Knowledge of data management principles and practices, including data validation, quality assurance, data governance, and traceability to support regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness.
  • Knowledge of waste management principles, including waste classification, packaging requirements, and lifecycle planning within nuclear or other highly regulated environments.
  • Knowledge of environmental remediation and decommissioning activities, including the role of waste forecasting in project planning, scheduling, and execution.
  • Knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and guidance related to waste management, reporting, transportation, and long-term disposal (e.g., CNSC, CSA, and IAEA requirements).
  • Knowledge of forecasting methodologies, analytical tools, spreadsheet-based models, and business intelligence platforms used to support waste forecasting, reporting, and decision-making.
  • Knowledge of the relationship between waste forecasting, financial planning, facility capacity management, and strategic infrastructure planning within the nuclear and environmental sectors.
• 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:

• We have a compressed work week: Four (4) days per week, ten (10) hours per day for a forty (40) hour work week, starting at 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Hybrid Working Conditions - Required to work onsite at least Four (4) days per 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: Hybrid
Located near Pinawa, Manitoba, our Whiteshell site offers a peaceful setting surrounded by nature and outdoor recreation opportunities.

Please note: This is a hybrid position, with a blend of remote work and onsite presence at our Whiteshell site, Manitoba.

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.

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 Anishinaabe and 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.

At Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), we recognize the unique history, spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, and languages of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and we appreciate the responsibility they have as stewards of the environment. We remain firmly committed to being an active participant in Canada’s journey towards healing and reconciliation.

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