Reporting to the Director of Reactor Components and Mechanical Engineering Division, the Technical Engineering Manager – Feeder/Piping will be assigned to work on large scale projects (e.g. C3/4 new build) and will laterally report to the Project Engineering Director (PED) and Project Director (PD).

Technical Engineering Manager – Feeder/Piping will be responsible for all aspects of engineering, as it relates to design engineering of feeder and piping system in Candu reactors for the assigned project.

Technical Engineering Manager – Feeder will have the following responsibilities:

• Providing technical leadership in Feeder/Piping design engineering including the preparation of the technical specifications, drawings, design specifications, bill of materials, and design certifications.
• Providing technical expertise on code and standard requirements such as CSA N285 and ASME Section III Division 1 pressure boundary requirements.
• Responsible for developing project scope and deliverable definition in compliance with the governing contract documents, quality requirements for the project and any additional customer requirements.
• Assist in the preparation of proposals in support of the engineering scope on the assigned project.
• Makes decision/recommendation with respect to resourcing requirements on the project and work with the relevant functional managers who will assign the engineering resources.
• Ensure that an appropriate combination of skills and experience is maintained within the project to be able to provide technical leadership and specialized expertise as required to support the project.
• Mentoring, training, developing, motivating, coaching, and evaluating the performance of the staff.
• Working with the PD and PED to plan the work, ensuring resource availability and allocation, assigning tasks and progress reporting against deliverables.
• Ensuring that the activities are executed in accordance with the specified requirements including review and endorsement of the technical content of the deliverables, verification and ensuring a high-quality of deliverables, on-time and within budget delivery of the deliverables, and approval of the deliverables.
• Review and approve project related documents/drawings and ensure technical work meets the QA program and project requirements.
• Ensure that all project activities are performed in accordance with applicable codes and standards and company quality assurance manual.
• Interfacing with internal and external customers and stakeholders to establish the priorities and ensure leads and staff are working on the prioritized scope of work.
• Provide strong leadership within the project team, and within the company for aspects related to structural and fuel channel stress analysis engineering.
• Interface with the regulatory bodies such as TSSA, ISCIR, CNCAN, and CNSC, as required.
• Form and maintain relationships with clients, partners, suppliers, and project stakeholders.
• Raise scope change (either requested by the client or discovered internally due to technical findings) and critical issues to the PD and PED.
• Lead assigned engineers to find solutions for the technical issues.  If needed, engage additional help from Functional Engineering to seek issue resolution.
• Foster a good working relationship with staff, and managers in the Reactor Components and Mechanical Engineering Divisions as well as other Divisions.
• Provide clear expectations and performance measures, meaningful feedback, and recognize and reward achievements.
• Provides feedback and effective recommendations regarding technical staff performance to functional home.
• Make decisions/recommendations on human resource issues and effectively manage and resolve work performance problems as they relate to the project.

• University bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent, with a minimum of 10 years technical experience. (Advanced degree is considered an asset).
• Qualification in ASME III appendix XXIII is preferred.
• Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (or eligible for registration).
• Experience in piping or classical stress calculation.
• Familiarity with CSA N285/ASME Section III pressure boundary design.
• Understanding of quality assurance manuals and procedures.
• General knowledge in finite element analysis techniques and codes such as ANSYS, and LS-DYNA is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of reconciliation and registration processes is preferred.
• Overall understanding of the CANDU reactor design and understanding of the design of CANDU feeders and piping systems.
• Ability to resolve technical issues.
• Demonstrated skills in the management/lead of technical projects, and leadership of a highly technical group in area of feeder/piping design to accomplish the assigned project goals.
• Demonstrated people skills to interact with external clients and organizations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and presentation skills.
• Good time management skills.
• Willing to visit project site to meet project needs.

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