Job Posting Start Date:

2026-03-16

Job Posting End Date:

2026-03-30

At Bruce Power, you’ll experience the meaningful work of advancing Ontario’s clean energy future and medical isotope innovation while contributing to a culture of excellence. Step into an inclusive and dynamic environment that values collaboration, encourages bold ideas and empowers you to make a real difference.

From safely delivering clean, reliable power to families and businesses across the province and cancer-fighting medical isotopes around the world to supporting challenging and innovative nuclear projects like our multi-year Life Extension Program, we offer interesting and impactful opportunities. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, providing constant growth and skill-building potential.

Be a part of the team — our future is bright!

In support of achieving excellence and business results through safe, reliable operations, our Emergency and Protective Services division is currently hiring for a Section Manager, Emergency & Protective Services to support Insider Risk and Security Clearance Programs.

In alignment with Bruce Power’s “Total Security” framework, the Section Manager ensures insider risk management is integrated across physical, cyber, and personnel security domains to strengthen the company’s security posture.

This role requires a strong technological mindset, leveraging data, analytics, and modern security technologies to proactively detect, assess, and mitigate insider risk. This position works closely with Corporate Investigations, Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), Nuclear Security, Human Resources, Legal, and external agencies.

This is a permanent, full-time position which offers a competitive benefits, compensation and pension package and is located on site in Tiverton, Ontario.

Please note: This posting is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Insider Risk Program & Security Clearance Leadership

• Support the Department Manager, Emergency & Protective Services in implementing and managing the Security Clearance and Insider Risk Programs, ensuring EPS fulfills its responsibilities as owners of insider threat mitigation.
• Support division-level and enterprise-wide readiness by ensuring operational and administrative resources are prepared to execute clearance and insider risk workflows.
• Manage the Security Clearance team performance through the First Line Manager (FLM), maintaining accountability for the successful delivery of Bruce Power’s Security Clearance program.
• Ensure full compliance with CNSC regulatory requirements related to Security Clearances while balancing and supporting corporate operational needs.
• Act as approving authority for all Security Access List (SAL) applications.
• Maintain up-to-date, accurate documentation and procedures aligned with Treasury Board of Canada’s Standard on Security Screening for Site Access, Enhanced and Level 2 Clearances.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and ensure governance, reporting, and oversight expectations are met for Security Clearances and insider risk management.
• Leverage data‑driven insights and technology solutions to optimize clearance workflows and identify emerging risks.

Interagency & External Liaison

• Meet regularly and maintain strong working relationships with local, national and international security, nuclear, and law enforcement partners to stay informed about emerging threats, incidents, and risk indicators.

Investigations & Threat Assessments

• Support Corporate Investigations and CSOC during insider risk investigations, from detection and triage through evidence handling, reporting, review, and corrective action integration.

• Liaise with Corporate Investigators with Security Clearance Threat Risk Assessments identified during the application process and other streams of reporting such as criminal changes and convictions.

• Conduct specialized assessments, including:

• Insider threat risk assessments

• Physical/organizational vulnerability assessments

• Make recommendations to mitigate specific threats, exposures, or corporate liabilities.

• Ensure that all investigations and insider risk inquiries are conducted in adherence to legal, privacy, and ethical standards, maintaining confidentiality and protecting individual rights while gathering necessary information.

Training, Awareness & Culture

• Support onboarding and exit interviews as required to ensure effective insider risk screening and risk informed personnel reviews.
• Develop and maintain role specific training material related to the Insider Risk Program.
• Deliver threat awareness sessions and security clearance training across the enterprise.
• Deliver awareness on cyber‑enabled insider risks, digital threat indicators, and behavioural analytics.
• Promote a strong security, reporting, and accountability culture aligned with:
• Public Safety Canada’s Insider Risk recommended actions
• Champion a positive security culture by incorporating insider threat awareness into training programs and by reinforcing safe reporting channels for employees so that workforce members feel supported in raising concerns.

Emergency Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a key partner in Emergency Management (EM) exercise development and participation, particularly regarding insider threat injects and readiness.
• Work collaboratively across departments so that insider risk considerations are included in enterprise risk assessments and continuity strategies
• Support an all-hazards approach to Emergency Management by participating in the ERO on call rotation or providing resources as required.
• Maintain close coordination with SM Security Operations to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant regulatory correspondence with CNSC Nuclear Security Division regarding Security Clearances and Insider Risk matters.

Program Metrics, Reporting & Performance Management

• Use dashboards, automation, and analytical tools to monitor KPIs/KRIs and proactively identify trends or anomalies and performance measures, including:

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)

• Case cycle time, clearance throughput, backlog, and triage timeliness metrics

• Leverage data analytics to develop actionable insights from these metrics, identify trends, or anomalies that inform program adjustments.

• Monitor program performance, produce leadership reporting, and integrate findings into the Corrective Action Program as applicable.

Operational Oversight & Administrative Compliance

• Manage and oversee Public Agent Authorization and Controlled Goods Assessment processes to ensure compliance and readiness.
• Ensure documentation standards, approvals, regulatory submissions, and internal audits meet program and CNSC expectations.
• Proactively identify and implement continuous improvements to program processes or controls based on audit findings, lessons learned from incidents, and evolving threat landscape.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Experience at management level working in insider risk, counterintelligence, or law enforcement fields.
• Demonstrated success in building or maturing an insider threat/risk management program in a complex organization, including establishing governance structures, cross-functional teams, and program charters.
• Proven knowledge of insider risk frameworks and governance (program ownership, investigations, clearances, search processes).
• Familiarity with Public Safety Canada’s insider risk actions and enterprise awareness standards.
• Experience with insider threat detection technologies such as SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), UBA (User Behaviour Analytics), UAM (User Activity Monitoring).
• Holistic security mindset, with the ability to integrate physical security, cybersecurity, and personnel security considerations into a unified insider risk strategy.
• Analytic experience focused on spotting anomalies and patterns, conduct link analysis, and draw relevance to the enterprise.
• Knowledge of frameworks, laws, regulatory requirements, and privacy-related requirements of insider risk programs.
• Knowledge of SOC or Fusion Centre environment methodology to include threat monitoring, intrusion detection, incident response, and analysis.
• Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape, including types of adversaries, campaigns, and how insider and cyber threats are fueled.
• Process-driven with a focus on automation, and efficiency to improve programs.
• Understanding of CNSC/IAEA expectations and CSA cybersecurity program milestones; ability to coordinate with CSOC on incidents and audits.
• Experience leading cross-functional influence and communication with enterprise partners; strong situational judgement. Making data-informed decisions using program metrics, OPEX, and audit findings.
• Proven experience supervising teams, ensuring their compliance with policies, managing performance reviews, and addressing personnel issues.

Education and Experience

• This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired through the completion of a 3-year college diploma focusing on Emergency Response and/or Security or by having an equivalent combination of education and work experience in a related field.
• Requires successful completion of the Incident Management System (IMS) 100 course.
• Experience in security counterintelligence programs & information systems is required.
• Experience with Behaviour analytics tools will be considered an asset.
• Certified Insider Risk Management Professional will be considered an asset.
• Successful completion of the Insider Threat Program Management Certification is preferred or the ability to obtain within 6-12 months.

Are you ready for a change?

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter and resume, indicating your education and experience as it relates to this opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and will be in contact with you, should you be selected for an interview.

The successful candidate will be selected based on related and required education, experience, knowledge and skills, a competency-based interview, and background reference checks.

As one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Bruce Power is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion where workers feel valued for their uniqueness and are recognized for their individual differences, talents and skills. Diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to our business as we recognize that our people are our greatest resource. To support our inclusive workplace culture, we welcome and encourage everyone to apply.