Job Description

Job Summary

The Director will lead a team of Historic Waste Management Program (HWP) Property Remediation and Restoration project personnel to successfully execute and complete property remediation and restoration projects on behalf of the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL). The Director is accountable for the complete delivery of small and large-scale, high-risk, projects of critical significance to the ongoing success of Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI), characterized as multi-year in duration, often involving substantial safety and licensing requirements with many internal and external regulatory interactions, contracts requiring substantial negotiations of terms and conditions having multiple work packages, resources and interfaces to manage including substantial interactions with property owners, and involving a significant financial commitment.

The Property Remediation and Restoration project potentially includes the remediation of approximately 1,200 properties and road allowances within the Municipality of Port Hope.

This role will be integrated into CNL's HWP. HWP is responsible for the administration of the PHAI within the Municipality of Port Hope. The PHAI is Canada's commitment to remediate historic low-level radioactive waste as well as historic industrial chemical waste from the region. PHAI is the largest environmental remediation and restoration project in Canadian history involving full-scale construction remediation of multiple commercial, industrial, public lands, residential, and marine impacted sites across the region. It includes purpose-built Waste Water Treatment Plants, long-term waste management landfill operations, demolition, excavation, drilling/coring, road work, marine construction and dredging, residential construction, and all associated project coordination, delivery and oversight logistics. The project is a high-profile, visible public initiative within the community sponsored by Natural Resources Canada. CNL is leading the project on behalf of Atomic Energy Canada Limited.

The successful candidate will be participating in one of the most complex, historic, rewarding, and exciting construction remediation projects in Canadian history.

Education

Bachelor degree from an accredited university in a discipline relevant to project management and engineering, preferable civil, environmental or geotechnical engineering, or equivalent. Master degree preferred.

Current certification as a Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent.

Experience

• Strong track record for leading large projects from definition, investigation, design, budgeting through to construction.
• At least five (5) years of contaminated soil remediation experience in a senior or lead project capacity.
• At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible project experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, in a senior or lead project capacity.

Project Leadership Experience

• Extensive experience in managing large teams and budgets through complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Demonstrated experience in applying all of the nine (9) project management knowledge areas (Scope; Cost; Time; QA; Communications; Human Resources; Risk; Procurement; and Integration).
• Extensive understanding of federal licensing regulations, nuclear codes and standards, and environmental regulations and standards.
• Excellent track record of leading projects to successful conclusion.
• Demonstrated experience in the typical phases of a project lifecycle (i.e., Project Definition; Concept Development; Detailed Design; Construction; Commissioning; and Decommissioning phases).
• Within each phase, knowledge and experience in applying the processes for initiation, planning, executing, controlling and closing is required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of CNL's corporate objectives, business operations, policies and procedures, and a strong sense of the prevailing industry and regulatory culture is a plus.

Abilities and Skills

• Excellent leadership, team building and managerial skills.
• Able to communicate and exert influence effectively at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and work under pressure.
• Flexibility to work extended hours.
• Computer competence is required in word processing, spreadsheet, engineering and scheduling applications.
• Superior oral and written communication skills and ability to gather and synthesize information from several sources, organize ideas and present opinions in a clear and convincing manner.
• Demonstrated capability to build, lead, manage and motivate large, multi-disciplinary, interorganizational, and matrixed teams.
• Demonstrated capacity for building trusting business, regulatory, staff, and client relationships.

Job/Industry Specific Knowledge

• Extensive understanding of federal licensing regulations, nuclear codes and standards, and environmental regulations and standards.
• Extensive knowledge of the interrelationship of the outputs and interdependencies of those functions engaged to provide project activities of CNL's project management and review process (SRC; OCE Review; IOB; Safety and Licensing).
• Extensive knowledge of processes related to strategic planning, human resources, and the management of people.
• Strong general management skills, including planning, budgeting, resourcing, time management, negotiation skills, contract management and administration, and progress reporting for an executive audience