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Emergency Management Officer

Job in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Listing for: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-15
Job specializations:
  • Government
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 125000 CAD Yearly CAD 100000.00 125000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Do you take pride in keeping people, sites, and operations safe and prepared? Are you someone who thrives on staying organized, ensuring compliance, and being ready when it matters most? Our Chalk River location is looking for an Emergency Management Officer to play a key role in strengthening emergency preparedness within a highly regulated, mission-driven environment? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!

Apply today!

What will you be doing!
  • Coordinating, Creating, and managing Interfaces between Internal and External Stakeholders.
  • Creating, managing, maintaining, and reviewing emergency management training for both internal CNL staff and other external emergency response agencies.
  • Managing business targets so that emergency response objectives are met, while maintaining a cost-effective and efficient approach to delivering emergency response requirements, along with safety to specific CNL sites.
  • Collecting, analyzing, and reporting on the emergency management program “Health Metrics” to senior CNL executive staff, ensuring decisions can be made on emergency response, customer deliverables as required.
  • Other duties as assigned by your manager.
What we are looking for:
  • Education
    • Diploma or Post Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management from a recognized Post-Secondary Institution OR Emergency management, Security or Fire program management field with relevant work experience.
  • Experience
    • Five or more years of work experience in emergency management is preferred.
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
    • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization in an ethical manner.
    • Demonstrated ability to manage and comprehend an extensive range of technological and/or business issues such as radiation protection, fire, industrial hygiene, security, logistics, and communications, both internal and external.
    • Ability to interpret relevant Federal, Provincial, and nuclear legislation and regulations.
    • Demonstrated strong planning and coordination skills along with the ability to organize information, assess issues and take necessary actions.
  • 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.
  • Ability to work longer hours or unusual hours to facilitate emergency response requirements and training.
  • Being on-call up to 33% of the year.
  • Periodic travel to other sites.
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!

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,…

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