Are you looking for a role that will challenge you to make a meaningful impact on organizational success? Can you see yourself negotiating with suppliers, managing procurement activities, and ensuring the best value for money? Does the idea of balancing business needs, regulatory requirements, and risk management in a fast-paced environment excite you? If you answered yes, this may be the job for you, as our Chalk River location is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to lead purchasing activities, deliver value-driven sourcing solutions, and ensure that procurement practices meet business, regulatory, and organizational requirements. Apply today!

What will you be doing!

Ensuring reliable sources of supply, stable partners for CNL, suitability of products, and satisfied end users.
Confirming value for money is received by CNL; being compliant with procedures and regulatory requirements.
Performing quality assurance of the information on the requisition, ensuring that the correct product is received and purchases can be made without delay.
Consolidating purchases as appropriate to ensure optimal costs and reliable supply of goods.
Inputting purchase order details to ensure correct information is available for tracking of items and payment to the supplier.
Deciding when a requisition contains sufficient information to be processed.
Deciding when to re-qualify vendors following standard procurement practices, including verifying pricing, quality, and overall suitability.
Determining which vendor will supply goods and/or services within the limits of assigned commodities.
Being the single point of contact for any queries or questions regarding items, including but not limited to reviewing requisitions, processing purchase orders, expediting delivery of items, payment to the supplier, and handling warranty or repair issues to ensure continuity in the process for the client and supplier.
Exchanging/ recording/ reporting information/ data to clarify/ interpret client issues.
Escalating complex/ more diverse issues outside of own area.
Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

Education
- College diploma in business administration.
Experience
- 2 to 5 years of experience in a related field.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite to modify existing procedures, send and receive emails.
- Knowledge of databases to input and query information and create reports for management.
- Ability to establish priorities in meeting conflicting requirement deadlines.
- Communication skills to negotiate terms with suppliers and to find and propose the best way for a supplier to meet the end-users' requirements.
- Knowledge of technical aspects of requisitions to expedite the ordering process.
- Knowledge of ethical purchasing and business practices to maintain, promote and enforce internal regulations and legislation.
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.
This position is part of the USW4096 Union and is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in the USW4096 Collective Agreement. As a member of this bargaining unit, you’ll benefit from clear expectations around hours of work, wages, vacation, and other conditions that support a fair and consistent working environment.

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!

Location: Fully Remote

This position is offered on a fully remote basis, allowing you to work from home anywhere in Canada. You’ll collaborate virtually with a dynamic team across CNL sites, helping to advance Canada’s clean energy and environmental goals from your home office.

Please note: This is a remote position supporting the Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario.

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 [redacted]. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.

CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.

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