Director, Corporate Environmental Protection

Are you looking for a meaningful leadership challenge? Can you see yourself establishing enterprise-wide governance and taking a proactive approach to the design and implementation of Environmental Protection programs that support worker safety and continuous improvement? At our Chalk River location, we are seeking a Director, Corporate Environmental Protection to provide strategic leadership and effective support across all CNL sites. This role plays a critical part in ensuring environmental excellence while enabling safe, efficient business operations. Apply today and help shape the future of environmental protection at CNL.
What will you be doing!

• Overseeing the development and implementation of CNL’s Environmental Management System.
• Directing the management and execution of compliance activities related to effluent, environmental, and groundwater monitoring programs and environmental risk assessments.
• Overseeing project reviews and field oversight of projects at CNL sites that require an environmental review.
• Establishing and fostering meaningful, collaborative working relationships with Indigenous Communities to enable continuous dialogue.
• Providing strategic guidance to projects on requirements generated through relationship agreements between CNL and Indigenous Communities.
• Prioritizing assignments and deliverables to manage and maintain effective progress.
• Optimizing the way all resources are used, including people, equipment, and technology, to drive the best value for the dollar.
• Developing procedural documents and overseeing implementation.
• Planning and performing programmatic assessments and audits associated with their function to ensure corporate assurance.
• Conducting field visits and validation activities.
• Implementing efficiency improvements, developing program budgets and managing with approved budgets.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What We Are Looking For

• Education
• A relevant university degree in science or engineering, or equivalent experience in a nuclear environment.
• Experience
• A minimum of 10 years of demonstrated, progressive leadership experience in an environmental protection role within a highly complex, multi-site, industrial environment.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic oversight.
• Ability to influence and negotiate effectively and achieve results through others without any direct line authority.
• Sound knowledge of legal and other requirements and the regulatory framework as they pertain to environmental protection and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) strategies (e.g., Nuclear Safety and Control Act, Environmental Protection Act, Canadian Assessment Act, Fisheries Act) and associated regulations made under these Acts.
• Ability to organize information, assess complex issues and high-risk impacts, and take action within broad organization objectives dealing with a variety of diverse technical, complex organizational and economic challenges.
• Financial understanding (including Earned Value Management Systems) is required to review and understand the financial performance of a complex organization.
• Ability to understand business cases from a financial basis. Manages and ensures the division operates within budget and reports on EVMS performance.
• In-depth knowledge of compliance programs, in particular Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and ISO-14001 requirements.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
• Level 2 Secret requires a minimum of 7 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

• Ability to be on call and available to respond to crisis events at any time, day or night.
• Regular travel is required, sometimes on short notice.
• 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.
  

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 for your future 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!
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 [email protected] . 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.