Are you looking for a leadership role where you can make a direct impact on safety, performance, and team success? Can you see yourself stepping into a Maintenance Supervisor role where you lead a team of skilled trades professionals while ensuring work is executed efficiently, safely, and to the highest standards? Do you enjoy creating an environment where people can thrive, develop, and deliver results that matter? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Apply today!

What will you be doing!

• Leading and supervising a team of trades and lead hands to ensure safe, efficient execution of scheduled work.
• Setting performance standards, monitoring results, and implementing corrective actions to drive continuous improvement.
• Planning and coordinating work activities, resources, and schedules to meet operational and customer expectations.
• Reviewing and approving work plans and packages, ensuring alignment with technical requirements and best practices.
• Supporting hiring, performance management, training, and career development of team members.
• Conducting field walkdowns, pre-job and post-job briefings, and ensuring strong on-the-floor leadership presence.
• Ensuring compliance with safety programs, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
• Participating in incident investigations, meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.
• Supporting operational decision-making, resolving issues, and driving team performance against KPIs. Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Post-secondary education with a minimum of 5 years of technical or maintenance experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience
  • Previous supervisory experience in a maintenance, construction, or technical environment.
  • Experience managing schedules, budgets, and meeting deadlines.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and inspire a team.
  • Ability to work effectively across teams and with stakeholders - demonstrating strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Knowledge of regulatory and company requirements, processes, and union agreements.
  • Ability to interpret technical specifications, drawings, and complex construction documents.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve issues and optimize work plans.
  • Proficiency with systems such as ORACLE or similar tools.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
  • Ability to coach, mentor, and support continuous learning and development.
• 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 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!

Location: Onsite

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, Petawawa, and Pembroke, you’ll have access to unparalleled outdoor adventures and a fantastic work-life balance.

Please note: This is a fully on-site position based at our Chalk River Laboratory in Ontario.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, 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 our Core Values:

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Safety
• Integrity
• Excellence

These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.

CNL is an equal 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.