Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.
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The Opportunity
Employment Type: Permanent
Employment Level: Senior
Location: 393 University Avenue, Toronto, ON
Department: Nuclear Safety & Licensing
Reports to: Manager, Thermal Hydraulics
Hours per week: 37.5
Number Required: 2
What We Offer
At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.
- Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
- Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
- Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
- Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
- Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.
Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact
Provide nuclear safety and licensing support to clients in the nuclear sector in the area of Thermal hydraulics under the Deterministic Safety Analysis directorate. General accountabilities include:
- Propose and win orders for advanced, multi-disciplinary projects, programs, or activities.
- Plan, lead, and/or conduct advanced multi-disciplinary projects, programs, or activities.
- Provide technical and/or project team leadership or key capabilities that support key program areas.
- Lead, mentor, coach and train less experienced staff.
- Carry out all work with a view to ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Outline, assign, and supervise the complex work of intermediate & senior engineers/scientists and/or other technical staff.
- Manage work with a substantial scope for independent investigation, requiring application of mature scientific or engineering knowledge and judgment.
- Prepare and/or oversee the preparation of technical reports suitable for submission to clients and nuclear regulators (I.e., the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission).
- Support the client in addressing questions from the regulatory bodies.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Need to Succeed
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics or equivalent is required.
- Candidates are expected to have or pursue attainment of the P.Eng. designation, if eligible.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and/or extensive experience in the following:
- Thermal hydraulics systems and single channel analysis.
- Experience with the TUF code as well as a broad knowledge of the different industry level thermal hydraulic codes used in safety analysis.
- Expertise in code simulations and code verification and validation to N286.7 standards.
- Extensive experience in application of safety analysis results to design and operation of CANDU reactors defining Safe Operating Envelope (SOE).
- Demonstrated experience in reactor design assist/support.
- In depth knowledge of CANDU technology and other reactor types.
- Must be able to work in a project driven environment with the capability to meet deadlines, work under pressure, and within project constraints (time, cost, quality).
- Must be able to organize and prioritize assigned work and to coordinate multiple activities efficiently.
- Must have a strong attention to detail and to quality assurance requirements.
- In depth knowledge and familiarity with Canadian regulatory requirements and the CSA standards.
- A period of 11 or more years of Deterministic Safety Analysis experience.
- Flexible to accept evolving assignments as current projects end and new projects begin.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and a demonstrated capability to interface effectively with and gain the trust of clients.
- Able to provide leadership in the strategic development of projects to effectively solve client problems.
- Demonstrated expertise in complex licensing and/or safety analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to independently develop business in his/her area of expertise, and propose and win orders for advanced, multi-disciplinary projects, programs, or activities.
- Demonstrated originality and ingenuity to devise practical and economical solutions to meet client needs.
- Demonstrated leadership in the areas of technical quality and training, developing, and supervising technical staff.
Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.