Nuclear Services Specialist (14599)

Major Duties

• The Nuclear Services Specialist supports the operation and maintenance of specialized nuclear automated tooling to ensure its availability reliability and performance. This role requires knowledge of nuclear tool design analysis operation and maintenance in radioactive environments. Key systems include reactor inspection and maintenance tooling and reactor refurbishment tooling.

• Responsibilities can include developing maintenance and test procedures troubleshooting managing spare parts collaborating with client engineering and technical personnel and testing and commissioning nuclear automated tooling. This may involve setting up and managing CNSC-licensed maintenance facilities tools and mock-ups.

• Travel or shift work providing technical services at licensed nuclear sites in Ontario may be required and may include sites in Bruce County Brampton Pickering Darlington and Chalk River.

Specific Responsibilities

Planning Functions

• Perform project management tasks for customer deliverables.
• Participate in kick-off meetings pre-job briefings post-job reviews and lessons learned meetings.
• Assist with planning and concepting upgrades for automated tooling.
• Organize and coordinate tasks for maintenance and testing operations.
• Collaborate on and communicate task logic using diagrams and schedules.
• Monitor and report progress delays risks and impact on the overall schedules
• Identify schedule and track procurement of critical long-lead items.

Logistics Support

• Interface with clients Contract Supervisors and vendors.
• Support shipping and receiving of contaminated equipment including packing/unpacking tools and compliance with radioactive shipping procedures.
• Support tooling readiness reviews.

Procedures & Documentation

• Generate work packages procedures test plans training content and manuals.
• Collect data and document tooling status and production rates as required
• Perform data analysis and create detailed technical summaries for emergent issues and future improvements.
• Create shift logs adhering to the format and quality requested by the project and customer.

Specific Responsibilities (Contd)

Spare Parts Management

• Manage procurement delivery and storage of spare parts and materials to maintain inventory.
• Determine reorder points and quantities for spare parts and materials.
• Assist with maintenance of a spare parts inventory
• Prepare spare parts kits for outages and manage the return of unused parts to long-term storage.

Maintenance & Troubleshooting

• Execute testing procedures and perform maintenance for automated tooling during development and upgrades.
• Assist with staging and preparing facility work areas and reactor mock-ups.
• Assist with assembling equipment and preparing emergent work instructions
• Lead troubleshooting efforts root cause evaluations and problem solving exercises with crews
• Set up controls computer systems and cabling for testing and troubleshooting operations.
• Prepare recovery plans implement troubleshooting plans and preventive actions.

General Duties

• Seek opportunities for continuous improvement of processes and efficiency improvements.
• Provide site support to Bruce Power Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) or other nuclear industry clients.
• Meet agreed-upon goals and objectives in a timely manner.
• Ensure all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct.
• Adhere to all health and safety rules and procedures.

Qualifications

Site Requirements

• Required to be a Nuclear Energy Worker (NEW) due to reactor vault work and handling contaminated tooling at CNSC-licensed facilities.
• Security clearances from Bruce Power OPG and/or CNL are required for short-term assignments at their CNSC-licensed sites.

Education

• Engineering degree or post-secondary technology degree/diploma in mechanical technology mechatronics robotics controls industrial or manufacturing engineering or equivalent.

Experience

• Experience in assembly testing and commissioning of automated nuclear tooling.
• Working knowledge of nuclear quality systems codes and standards (CSA N285 CSA Z299 CSA N299).
• High proficiency in computer software applications including Microsoft Office PLM software SolidWorks SCADA
• Strong verbal and written communication skills leadership and customer-facing behavior
• Project engineering electro-mechanical analysis and project management experience is an asset.