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 CNL 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.
  • Provision of technical expertise for improving fire protection equipment/systems (best technology) and their suitability for protection from fire.
  • Planning and organizing meetings and large projects.
  • Experience evaluating the adequacy of fire protection system design in accordance with applicable fire protection criteria and recommending changes as appropriate.
  • Provision of advice on fire protection requirements to be incorporated in the design and construction of buildings and structures.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with staff, contractors and customers.
  • Development of fire safety-related contract requests, budgets, and planning for future safety-related activities.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure.
  • Development and review of fire hazard analyses, assessments, and other fire safety documentation for compliance with applicable requirements.
  • 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.
  • Good oral communication and writing skills, including presenting to groups of people.
  • Computer skills include good working knowledge of MS Office Products…