About the job
This Project Leader runs low to medium risk science and technology projects at CNL's Chalk River Laboratories. You may carry three or four projects at once, steering each one from planning to close while keeping clients satisfied.
The position is part of the CRPEG bargaining unit and follows its collective agreement. The work week is 37.5 hours, spread over five 7.5-hour days, and the job is on site with the option of an occasional remote day. Applicants must be eligible for Reliability Status with Site Access clearance, which calls for 3 to 5 years of verifiable history in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia or New Zealand.
What you’ll do
- Define scope, deliverables and timing with internal clients
- Build a team and cost each work package with planning coordinators
- Approve scope, set priorities and assign responsibilities
- Hold regular reviews of deliverables against the plan
- Set up and manage budgets, schedules and scope changes
- Identify risks and warn management about cost or timing threats
- Report results to clients, management and other stakeholders
What we’re looking for
- Honours bachelor's in engineering or science, professional membership, or a PMI certificate
- Four to five years applying the nine project management areas to medium risk work
- Experience delivering a project under a regulatory framework
- Ability to build and lead teams of roughly 6 to 12 people
- Solid grasp of procurement, finance, negotiation and contract administration
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Eligible for Reliability Status with Site Access 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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