About the job
The Operations Specialist supports day-to-day operation of the Recycle Fuel Fabrication Laboratories (RFFL) at CNL's Chalk River Laboratories. The role keeps the facility systems health program current, helps plan and run MOX fuel fabrication campaigns, and works through equipment and process problems with facility management.
The job is covered by the CRPEG collective agreement and runs 37.5 hours a week over five days. It is on site, with remote work only now and then if the employee wants it. Work takes place in high-radiation areas that call for protective equipment. Applicants must be eligible for Level 2 (Secret) clearance, which requires 7 years of verifiable history.
What you’ll do
- Maintain and improve the facility systems health program
- Plan and complete system and facility walkdowns
- Keep program documents accurate and up to date
- Flag operational and system issues to facility management
- Help plan, schedule and document fuel fabrication campaigns and runs
- Troubleshoot fabrication processes and facility equipment
- Train and mentor technical staff on MOX fuel fabrication
- Act as the facility operations representative when needed
What we’re looking for
- Honours bachelor's degree in engineering or science, or membership in a statutory professional body
- At least 3 years in an operations role at a licensed nuclear facility
- Experience safely handling alpha-active radioactive materials
- General knowledge of MOX fuel fabrication
- Knowledge of process, mechanical and electrical system operation and maintenance
- Nuclear materials accounting and Integrated Work Control experience are assets
- Steady judgment under pressure, short timelines and emergency conditions
- Eligible for Level 2 (Secret) security clearance
Benefits
- Group RRSP or pension
- Paid sick days
- Benefits from day one, tuition support
Details
- Pay
- Job type
- Full-time
- Where
- 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Chalk River
- Kind of work
- Professional & technical
- Listed until
- Nov 27, 2026
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