DSA / PSA Integration Manager

DSA / PSA Integration Manager
Permanent 
Mississauga, Ontario

Engineering Manager – DSA / PSA Integration will provide technical management and oversight for nuclear safety activities for the Cernavoda Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Power Plant project.

Your role within the team:

Provide technical management of individuals and teams executing safety assessments of plant systems for the Cernavoda Units 3 and 4 new reactor projects.

This includes:

• Approving technical documents and deliverables prepared by staff working under them.
• Planning and executing work consistent with quality, cost and schedule requirements.
• Removing barriers that would impact deliverables to meet project requirements and priorities, working with the assigned staff to find solutions and optimizations.
• Providing technical advice to staff and as appropriate subject matter expertise to staff and management.
• Forecasting resource demands for the assigned work scope, including skills, capabilities, and durations. Interfacing with clients and successfully delivering engineering products in accordance with customer specification and requirements.

The Manager will also oversee the work of 10 to 15 engineering staff.  Supervisory responsibilities include:

• Fostering a positive team environment where good performance is recognized and celebrated.
• Coaching for improved performance.
• Performing administrative tasks, e.g., timesheet approvals, vacation approvals.
• Goal setting, Performance feedback and performance enhancement.
• Training and Qualifications Planning and Management.
• Working with marketing and other corporate groups to maintain and improve client relationships and offerings.
• Initiate and execute organizational initiatives to improve efficiency, employee engagement and to foster collaborative environment.
• Initiate and source appropriate resources through evaluation of resource demands.

The ideal candidate:

• 8+ years of licensing experience in a nuclear project environment, including experience leading engineering teams.
• Engineering degree in a related engineering discipline.
• Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, qualified to seal engineering documents.
• Experience managing and/or performing multidisciplinary work with significant interfacing requirements with interfacing disciplines such as licensing, safety analysis, mechanical, electrical/I&C, process control, and civil engineering.
• Excellent knowledge of the CANDU design, including both NSP (especially safety systems) and BOP, with particular emphasis on the heat transport system (HTS) and plant control, containment and moderator systems would be an asset.
• Knowledge of DSA, PSA methodologies, codes and standards (e.g. Canadian, US, IAEA).
• Broad knowledge of system operation, plant response and understanding of underlying reliability principles.
• Broad knowledge of thermal-fluid sciences (fluid flow, heat transfers, multi-phase flow and thermodynamics).
• Familiarity and experience with some of the safety and licensing computer codes such as CATHENA, NUCIRC, GOTHIC and MAAP.