Are you looking for a role that will challenge you and put you at the centre of strategic planning and performance oversight? Can you see yourself working across a large, complex portfolio, collaborating with senior leaders to monitor performance, manage budgets, and drive accountability? Do you enjoy analyzing financial and earned value data, preparing high‑impact briefings, and supporting enterprise‑wide initiatives? Do you want to lead and develop a diverse team while helping optimize planning, performance, and costs across General Services? If so, we are looking for aGeneral Services Manager—apply today**!**

What will you be doing!

• Portfolio Oversight & Performance Management
  • Providing oversight of the full General Services (GS) project portfolio (~75 projects) by monitoring scope, schedule, cost, and performance using Earned Value Management System (EVMS), financial systems, and project controls tools to ensure alignment with annual targets.
  • Identifying performance issues, challenges, under-performance, and working directly with project owners and managers to develop mitigation plans and corrective actions.
  • Ensuring project performance reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned to enterprise standards to support senior leadership decision-making.
  • Leading regular reviews of project status, health indicators, risks, and forecasts to support proactive management of the GS portfolio.
• Planning, Budgeting & Fiscal Year Alignment
  • Supporting the development of GS fiscal-year budget targets, including validation of cost profiles, funding requirements, and multi-year planning assumptions.
  • Coordinating the preparation of GS content for Annual Program of Work and Budget (APWB), 5-year, and 10-year plans, ensuring inputs are logically structured, evidence-based, and consistent with corporate planning guidance.
  • Monitoring in-year financial performance, identifying variances, and collaborating with Finance and Project Controls to recommend adjustments, reforecasts, and expenditure strategies.
  • Ensuring that GS project budgets and schedules adhere to established CNL processes, including change control, risk management, and estimating standards.
• Strategic Initiatives & Efficiency Improvements
  • Conducting analysis and research (internal and external) to support broad strategic initiatives that reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance planning and performance across GS and missions.
  • Developing tools, frameworks, and processes to strengthen project controls maturity and consistency across the GS portfolio.
  • Leading or supporting enterprise-wide initiatives requiring collaboration across multiple missions, ensuring GS's needs and perspectives are represented.
  • Providing briefing materials, presentations, dashboards, and insights that support high-visibility oversight and client meetings with AECL and senior leadership.
• Management of staff
  • Leading all core HR functions for the department, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and staff development.
  • Establishing clear goals, supporting employee engagement, and ensuring consistent application of policies to maintain a positive, high-performing work environment.
  • Assessing organizational skill levels and coordinating training as needed to address weaknesses Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

-Education

• 4-year university degree in Engineering, Science, Business or related field or significant relevant experience.
• Project Management Professional certification (PMP) is preferred.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) designation is considered an asset. -Experience
• 8–10+ years in project management, project controls, business planning, or financial analysis, with leadership experience.
• 3–5 years of leadership and/or supervisory experience.
• Experience managing/leading field work is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated experience leading strategic projects or initiatives involving people, process and implementation applying project controls principles, theories, and concepts such as project scoping, risk management, estimating, budgeting, and scheduling.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary and multi-phase long-term projects/programs; working knowledge of the computer-based applications used for project management purposes (i.e., spreadsheets, databases and specialized scheduling software).
• Experience in, or willingness to be trained in, the use of CNL business systems: PMCompass, PCRS, P6, ORACLE, ATOM. -Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Knowledge and deep understanding of project/program management methodologies (WBS, top down/bottom up methods, planning & monitoring, change management, scope management, cost control), practices and other project management related fields.
• Knowledge of Project Management processes, including but not limited to Strategic Planning, Project Controls, Earned Value Management System, and Performance Management.
• Strong change agent that has ability to lead larger project teams while demonstrating their knowledge and ability in project management principles and practices.
• Demonstrated people and team-orientation skills with a strong ability to establish high level of confidence, credibility and cooperation with program and project stakeholders.
• Ability to manage stakeholders at various levels in the organization.
• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills, establish priorities, define action plans, set and meet deadlines and monitor performance.
• Good analytical, written, oral, and presentation skills with a proven track record of effectively communicating clear actionable insights to a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders.
• High level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of office management systems and procedures. -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.

Why CNL?

Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for aclean and secure worldexcite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.

From building the next generation ofclean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developingtargeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership inenvironmental 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 supportto help you keep learning and growing

• Adefined-benefit pensionplan or adefined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Deliveringclean energyfor today and tomorrow -Restoring and protectingthe environment
• Contributing to thehealth of Canadians

If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL!

Location: Onsite

Located in the heart of theOttawa Valley,our Chalk River site offers a beautiful natural setting withforests, lakes, and wildlife, right at your doorstep. Surrounded by welcoming communities such asDeep River, Petawawa, and Pembroke, you’ll have access to unparalleledoutdoor adventuresand a fantasticwork-life balance.

Please note:This is afully on-site position based at our Chalk River Laboratory inOntario.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotesequity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!

We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in ourCore Values:

-Respect -Teamwork -Accountability -Safety -Integrity -Excellence

These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningfulcareer development opportunities and accommodationsfor all employees.

CNL is anequal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via jobs@cnl.ca. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.

CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.