Nuclear Services Technologist

Nuclear Services Technologist

Location:

Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

The role is a vacancy within the organization.

Overview
Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world. At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40‑year history, we help drive the future with our factory‑wide automation solutions. With 1,000 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission‑critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay Rate:  $32.69 - $44.95 per hour

Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus

Stock Purchase Plan

Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account

Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQs and lunches, weekly treat day, etc.)

Employee Development Programs

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

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.

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…