Are you looking for a role where your expertise will shape construction program excellence across multiple sites? Can you see yourself providing authoritative guidance and technical leadership in construction governance, compliance, and planning? Does the idea of driving consistency, quality, and continuous improvement across complex construction programs inspire you? If you answered yes, then the Construction Program Specialist may be the opportunity for you—apply today!

What will you be doing!

Driving the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Construction Program procedures, standards, tools, and templates.
Establishing, reviewing, and validating program standards and documentation for alignment with regulatory and management system requirements.
Driving program assessments, audits, and cross-site evaluations, ensuring identification and resolution of systemic issues.
Driving program enhancements and recommending policy-level improvements to strengthen governance and program maturity.
Providing authoritative program advisory services by interpreting requirements and influencing construction planning and execution decisions.
Applying specialized expertise to resolve complex planning, sequencing, and compliance issues.
Driving cross-functional integration of Construction Program requirements across engineering, safety, environmental, quality, supply chain, and operations.
Driving effective implementation of program requirements across projects and sites.
Driving program surveillance activities, including evaluation of documentation, performance metrics, and field observations.
Evaluating field conditions and performance data to identify critical issues, systemic risks, and program gaps.
Resolving complex and escalated program issues across projects and departments.
Driving program self-assessments and ensuring effective resolution of findings.
Developing and presenting program performance insights and recommendations that influence decision-making.
Driving implementation and sustainment of Construction Program requirements across multiple CNL sites.
Driving participation in planning forums, readiness reviews, and governance discussions to influence alignment and outcomes.
Driving standardization initiatives, lessons learned integration, and continuous improvement across projects.
Reviewing and approving construction program-related forms to ensure compliance and technical adequacy.
Driving coordination across functional groups to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance of documentation.
Driving the establishment and maintenance of program documentation systems, records, and tools.
Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

Education
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Construction Management, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and construction-related experience.
- Professional or technical certifications are considered assets.
Experience
- 8–12 years of progressively responsible experience in construction, program governance, planning, compliance, or related fields in regulated, industrial, or nuclear environments.
- Demonstrated experience driving program initiatives, resolving complex program issues, and influencing cross-functional outcomes.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Advanced understanding of construction planning, sequencing, program governance, and compliance frameworks.
- Ability to interpret and apply complex regulatory, technical, and management system requirements.
- Strong analytical capability in performance trending, data interpretation, and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and drive alignment across functions.
- Advanced knowledge of construction work planning and control processes, including hazard identification, work readiness, and execution governance within complex, regulated environments.
- Extensive understanding and ability to interpret and apply applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements relevant to construction activities.
- Advanced working knowledge of CNL Management System processes and the ability to interpret, apply, and provide authoritative guidance on program requirements across multiple projects.
- Strong understanding of Canadian regulatory frameworks and the ability to evaluate compliance and address complex regulatory and programmatic challenges.
- In-depth knowledge of site-specific operational constraints and the ability to integrate program requirements into diverse and complex construction environments.
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex program performance data, including quality indicators, compliance trends, and surveillance results, to identify systemic issues and risks.
- Advanced understanding of contractor oversight, performance monitoring, and corrective action processes, including the ability to evaluate performance, resolve complex issues, and drive corrective actions across projects.
- Demonstrated ability to identify systemic program risks and drive improvements to governance, planning quality, and execution consistency across multiple sites.
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.
Travel between CNL sites may be required to support program implementation, surveillance, and coordination activities.

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: Onsite

Located in the heart of the Ottawa Valley, our Chalk River site offers a beautiful natural setting with forests, lakes, and wildlife, right at your doorstep. Surrounded by welcoming communities such as Deep River, Petawawa, and Pembroke, you’ll have access to unparalleled outdoor adventures and a fantastic work-life balance.

Please note: This is a fully on-site position based at our Chalk River Laboratory in 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 jobs@cnl.ca. 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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