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 1,300 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: Assistant Analyst (Specialist Program)
Employment Type: Temporary up to 6 months
Employment Level: Entry
Location: 393 University Avenue
Department: Nuclear Safety & Licensing
Reports to: Manager, Radiation Assessment & Decommissioning
Hours per week: 37.5
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.
- Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.
Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact
- Provide technical and analytical support for multiple projects of varying complexity to ensure work is completed on schedule and on budget to required quality standards.
- Act as a resource in contributing to the preparation of proposals.
- Provide supporting technical project management related to transmission and distribution, as well as nuclear power generation. Coordinate between multiple projects to support deliverables.
- Work both independently as well as with engineering and technical teams to contribute to technical procedure writing (including log sheets, QA program and job safety analysis), data analysis, report preparations and engineering modelling/design.
- Provide support to Project Leaders in interactions with clients, create progress reports, and complete quality assurance documents.
- Ensure customer satisfaction by adhering to quality and safety practices in all aspects of the work performed.
- Perform other duties as required. Duties will vary based on departmental placement and may change if within rotational program.
What You Need to Succeed
- Minimum 4-year university education in engineering, science or mathematics discipline. Applicants with post graduate degrees (Meng, MSc, PhD in relevant discipline) are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Previous experience in a related field (including either co-op or full-time employment in the utilities, manufacturing, or nuclear industry) an asset but not required (a maximum of 1 year of full-time industry experience accepted).
- Background and experience in applied health physics and radiation science preferred.
- Additional experience or exposure to engineering project management or laboratory facilities is an asset.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 considered an asset.
- Willingness to work at various customer sites across Ontario. Some potential to work across North America and worldwide for an extended period of time for those interested.
- Interest in a fast paced and diverse project work with a focus on both meeting and surpassing the expectations of our clientele.
- Creativity and a willingness to find new ways of solving technical challenges and innovating solutions to further our industry.
- Strong attention to detail and motivation to ensure quality in all work outputs.
- Adaptability to work in diverse teams and be a team player to collaborate and utilize groups technical expertise to provide quality solutions to complex problems.
- Excellent problem-solving, time management, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Experience writing technical reports, memos, plans, procedures and specifications an asset.
- Flexibility to work on a wide range of technical tasks related to transmission and distribution and nuclear engineering.
- Ability to utilize computer software programs for data management, including Microsoft Excel. Other engineering/science software exposure is an asset.
- Coding experience is an asset but not required.
- A valid G license preferred for travelling to Kinectrics sites on an as needed basis.
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.