Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more:  www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Technical Expert – Nuclear New Build

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Senior

Location: 940 Brock Road, Pickering, ON

Department: Nuclear New Build

Reports to: VP, Nuclear New Build

Hours per week: 37.5

Number Required: 1

Salary Range: $120,000-$145,000. Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate.  Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

The Opportunity

We are seeking experienced Technical Experts to help lead and deliver high-impact work across new nuclear and advanced reactor programs. In this role, you will operate at the forefront of clean energy development—supporting critical decisions in siting, licensing, design, and project execution.

You will contribute to major national and international initiatives, including CNSC Vendor Design Reviews, license applications, site evaluations, environmental assessments, and owner’s engineering programs supporting project delivery.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

• Lead and deliver complex technical work across nuclear new build programs, including licensing, safety, environmental, and engineering scopes
• Provide owner’s engineering support to utilities and developers, including design oversight, technical integration, and project execution support
• Contribute to and lead studies such as:
• Site screening and site evaluation
• Environmental and Impact Assessments
• Hazard assessments
• Deterministic and probabilistic safety analysis
• Engineering and design studies (feasibility, conceptual, and detailed support)
• Technology/vendor evaluations and due diligence
• Commissioning planning
• Develop licensing strategies, safety cases, and regulatory submissions (e.g., CNSC)
• Integrate multidisciplinary inputs—engineering, environmental, safety, and regulatory—into cohesive project outcomes
• Engage with regulators, clients, and stakeholders to support project advancement
• Mentor junior staff and provide technical leadership across project teams
• Support business development activities, including proposals, scope definition, and technical planning
• Other duties as required

What You Need to Succeed

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field (advanced degree is an asset)
• 8-15+ years of senior experience in the nuclear industry
• Strong knowledge of the Canadian nuclear regulatory framework; international experience is an asset
• Experience in one or more of the following:
• Licensing and regulatory engagement (e.g., CNSC)
• Nuclear safety analysis and licensing basis development
• Owner’s engineering or engineering design/project delivery
• Environmental and impact assessment studies
• Nuclear plant design and operation
• Familiarity with advanced and non-water-cooled reactor technologies is an asset
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and deliver complex programs
• Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder engagement skills

• Eligibility for (or attainment of) P.Eng. designation

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.