Section Manager, Chemistry

Job Title: Section Manager, Chemistry

Client: Nuclear Industry Client

Level: Senior

Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time Employee

Location: Pickering / Darlington, Ontario (on-site)

# of Vacancies: 2

Closing Date: Friday May 12^th, 2023

*Security Clearance: At the time of job application, all applicants are required to complete a CSIS Standard Security Clearance to be considered for employment in the nuclear sector. Clearance is a condition of employment and must be completed before a start date can be determined.

Job Duties

• Directly exercise or ensure the use of task assigning, advisory, monitoring, coordinative, auditing, or prescriptive authorities associated with the assigned accountabilities.
• Provide direction to Maintenance Programs staff, and ensure direction is implemented according to direction provided.
• Assign tasks to Maintenance Programs staff, and ensure tasks are completed according to the assigned safety, quality, quantity and timeliness requirements specified.
• With the input of the Operations, Maintenance and Engineering Managers, develop and maintain a ten (10) year staffing plan for Nuclear Operations, Maintenance and Engineering staffing departments.
• Develop and maintain the Governing Documents necessary to support the success of the Maintenance Programs.
• Ensure the software programs to support Staffing and Maintenance Programs and execution are maintained adequately, and that proposed changes to the software are managed.
• Benchmark Maintenance performance against others in the nuclear industry and in industries outside of the nuclear business where relevant.
• Establish Records Management requirements for the Staffing and Maintenance Programs, and ensure they are adequately communicated to Site Maintenance departments.
• Establish generic change management plans, communication packages, training packages and other tools necessary to support significant program changes.
• Establish useful measures to ensure intended change is effective.
• Interface with the Regulator as necessary to ensure that the relevant regulatory and licensing requirements are built into Maintenance Programs.
• Monitor overall Maintenance Programs costs, i.e., Operations, Maintenance & Administration (OM&A), Capital and Project, and evaluate return on investment (ROI).
• Ensure that Maintenance Programs are properly integrated with other Nuclear Programs.
• Task Initiating Accountabilities & Authorities:
• Establish and lead a Peer Team including the Maintenance Manager to work in a collaborative manner to assess Maintenance performance, establish performance work for the Maintenance Programs, and to establish direction for Maintenance Programs’ improvement.
• Working with the Maintenance Peer Team, define the Nuclear level program requirements, standards and procedures for the Maintenance Programs, and direct implementation.
• Work with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering Peer Teams to determine the requirements for a ten (10) year staffing plan.
• Ensure compliance to the Nuclear level programs requirements, standards and procedures for Maintenance Programs is achieved at each Nuclear Site – monitoring authority.
• Ensure that each Nuclear Site establish local targets for these Level 1 & 2 performance measures.
• Working with the Maintenance Peer Team, develop and maintain a common design basis for the Maintenance organizational structure, including staff numbers at each organization level.
• Evaluate ongoing Maintenance performance in OPG,N, and identify the need for local improvement, or for improved program requirements, standards or procedures.
• Identify and assess business risk in the program area, and develop risk management strategies to avoid negative business impacts.
• Execute specified Maintenance activities during planned outages and projects.
• Develop required capability of maintenance staff.
• Perform all Maintenance activities in a conservative fashion with due regard for nuclear, radiological, environmental and industrial safety.
• Ensure approved Maintenance procedures are followed.
• Ensure staff are up-to-date with administrative and Maintenance procedures, instructions and standards relevant to their positions.
• Ensure staff identifies inadequate Maintenance procedures for correction.
• Other Duties as Required

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years leadership experience 
• Mechanical/Chemical Engineering Background is preferred 
• Oil & gas experience is considered an asset
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Strategy and resource planning experience is an asset