CRL Fire Protection Manager

Can you see yourself in a role that demonstrates leadership skills and advises on technical elements? Does the idea of working with other mission areas and sites get you excited? Are you someone who takes fire safety seriously? If you answered yes, our Chalk River location is looking for a Fire Protection Manager , and this may be the job for you!

• Assessing the applicability of laws, statutes, regulations, guidelines, codes and standards for the Fire Protection Program at all CNL sites.
• Assisting the Fire Protection Program Authority in the establishment, authorization and effective implementation of regulatory, legal, codes, and standards requirements applicable to the Fire Protection Program at all Canadian sites.
• Coaching, guiding and facilitating line managers in implementing the Fire Protection Program within their work practices.
• Ensuring Fire Hazard Analyses (FHA), Fire Safe Shutdown Analyses (FSSA), and Code Compliance Reviews are performed, documented and actions addressed.
• Ensuring the installation, operation, inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems is complete as per codes, standards, and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements.
• Supporting the Fire Systems team during emergent breakdowns (e.g., pipe breaks, alarm failures) and determining corrective actions to get the systems back in service to avoid excessive facility downtime.
• Controlling Fire Systems and Technical Services expenditures within approved budgets.
• Establishing and ensuring achievement of performance targets.
• Developing technical succession plans for key positions.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 8-10 years of experience in Fire Protection Engineering or specialization.
  • Licensed by a provincial engineering association.
  • Equivalent education and experience would include knowledge in areas such as fire protection fundamentals, plans examination, sprinklers, building construction and fire protection, CAD, combustion chemistry, electronics, building and fire codes, chemical extinguishing systems, fluid mechanics, hazards of materials, effective technical wiring, fire alarm systems, fire dynamics, hydraulic sprinkler design, sprinkler fitting, fire pumps, fire modelling, hydraulic systems, job estimating and materials management, fire pumps, and fixed suppression.
• Experience
  • Specialization in Fire Protection Engineering or related experience.
  • Experience reviewing designs relating to Fire Protection to ensure fire protection safety and compliance to applicable codes & standards.
  • Conversant with the National Building Code, National Fire Code and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). CSA N-293 and CSA N-393 standards and their applications.
  • Experience evaluating the adequacy of fire protection system design in accordance with applicable fire protection criteria and recommending changes as appropriate.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with staff, contractors and customers.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure.
  • Experience in managing staff within a unionized environment.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to solve technical problems and communicate solutions orderly and practically.
  • Strong leadership skills to guide and manage a team through a safety-first attitude while navigating multiple projects with conflicting timelines.
  • Ability to work under pressure and with conflicting priorities.
  • Computer skills include good working knowledge of MS Office Products, Autocad, Hydracad, and other industry-specific programs.
  • Ability to liaise, work and interact with other team members, the Fire Department, building/systems owners, customers and projects effectively.
  • Ability to effectively manage complex and technical projects.
• 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 schedule:
  Five days per week, seven and a half hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half hour work week.
• Must be able to stand/walk for long periods of time.
• Intermittent need for long hours to ensure regulatory and priority tasks are addressed within the required time frames.
• Willingness to work off hours, if required, during system failures or emergencies.
• Ability to be on-call on a rotational basis.
• Ability to work on-site a minimum of three days per week.

• 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

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