Radiation Protection Manager, Gentilly-1 & La Prade

Are you a leader who believes safety is more than a priority, but a core value? Do you thrive in an environment where regulatory excellence, operational leadership, and team development go hand in hand? Are you ready to make a meaningful impact by ensuring the highest standards of radiation protection while supporting critical site missions? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Gentilly-1 & LaPrade location is looking for a Radiation Protection Manager to lead a team of dedicated professionals and manage resources, programs, and services to ensure work is carried out safely, efficiently, in compliance with regulatory requirements, and on schedule. Apply today!

What you will be doing!

• Setting objectives, completing performance reviews, and following the disciplinary process for all direct reports within the line.
• Ensuring the appropriate deployment of human resources to achieve goals.
• Developing and managing the budget for the business line.
• Ensuring the compliant and consistent implementation of the Corporate Radiation Protection (RP) Program within the mission.
• Implementing improvement initiatives and championing continuous improvement.
• Providing sufficient and competent RP resources to support the successful delivery of the mission.
• Initiating and supporting collaboration across organizational boundaries.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Post-secondary degree or diploma in science, engineering and/or related radiation protection work experience relevant to the RP compliance program. Alternative education and experience may be considered.
• Experience
  • Five years work experience including detailed knowledge of the nuclear industry and an additional three years experience in a leadership role in Radiation Protection (RP).
  • Experience working with the Acts, Regulations, and Standards related to RP.
  • Experience in change management to effectively support the improvement and optimization of RP related processes and procedures.
  • Experience making recommendations concerning selection, training, appraisal, and discipline of staff.
  • Experience interacting with the CNSC (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) and/or other regulators.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Proven management and leadership skills, with the ability to operate in a multi-discipline functional style organization and business-like manner.
  • Strong planning, technical, and administration skills to support day-to-day operations and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate highly complex Radiation Protection issues to a wide range of internal and external customers with a varying degrees of knowledge.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, RP staff members and customers at various levels both within CNL and externally.
  • Fluent in French.
• 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:

• Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work 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.

Our Gentilly and La Prade sites are located in the beautiful province of Québec, offering a unique blend of French-Canadian culture, community, and natural beauty. Enjoy proximity to the St. Lawrence River, local trails, and charming nearby towns that make this area a wonderful place to live and work.

Please note: This is a fully onsite position based at our Gentilly / La Prade location, Québec.

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.

Les Laboratoires Nucléaires Canadiens reconnaissent que les Peuples autochtones sont les premiers occupants du territoire sur lequel nous travaillons tous. Nous sommes profondément conscients de leur lien historique avec ces terres depuis des temps immémoriaux, tout en reconnaissant les Aînés et les Gardiens du savoir, passés, présents et futurs.