Design Engineering Manager
Location:
Pickering, ON, CA, L1W 4A7
Req ID: 44079
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Status: Regular Full Time
Working Conditions: Hybrid
Education Level: Bachelors degree in Engineering
Location: Pickering, ON
Number of Position(s): 1
Shifts(s): Days
Travel: 10%
Deadline to Apply: September 1, 2023
Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.
Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.
Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on — and off — the job.
ACCOMMODATIONS
OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made.
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NEW CAMPUS : In late 2024, OPG is establishing our new campus at 1908 Colonel Sam Drive, Oshawa, Ontario. The new campus will provide a cutting-edge work environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
JOB OVERVIEW
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Design Engineering Manager located in Pickering, ON .
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Design Engineering, the Design Engineering Manager is responsible for providing technical and consultative services, problem solving, technical advice and guidance, technical specifications, product expertise and related services to station/facility personnel, management and other interested parties including regulatory agencies.
Key accountabilities include redesign of systems, equipment, and components, construction/modification/fabrication and commissioning) of nuclear plants and associated facilities.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG’s public outreach, engagement and education efforts as part of the company’s commitment to growing its social license.
*KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES *
Provide technical and consultative services, problem solving, technical advice and guidance, technical specifications, product expertise and related services to station/facility personnel, management and other interested parties including regulatory agencies, concerning operations and maintenance (including redesign of systems, equipment, and components, construction/modification/fabrication and commissioning) of nuclear plants and associated facilities in one or any combination of the following fields: Maintenance, Operations; Fuel handling; Nuclear Safety Analysis and Assessment, Risk and Reliability Assessment; Tritium Removal Facility, and Heavy Water Management; Performance engineering, Component, equipment, and Piping Engineering Programs; Environmental qualification; Chemistry and materials science; Configuration management, engineered modifications and design basis control; Inspection and maintenance (eg. NDE); System & equipment design, Design drawings and on-line wiring; Procurement Engineering; Analysis (structural, component, thermal hydraulic, specialized Nuclear); Nuclear Waste Management; Research & Development Management; Functional area projects
Carry out managerial accountabilities for the work of a staff complement, which may be composed of professional, technical, clerical, operators and trades personnel, engaged in the work of designated areas of the aforementioned fields.
Provide meaningful input to the business plan and formulation of department work programs and tasks. Develop work plans, consistent with time horizon of role to achieve assigned tasks. Utilizing these work plans, establish context, subordinate tasks, controls and limits.
Set cost control procedures and objectives. Assign tasks to subordinates, ensuring the commensurate level of complexity, discussing the limits and methods to be used, specifying the task parametres and setting overall context for the assignment.
Formulate specific work assignments, and include subordinate input and discussion on requirements, issues and the like.
Act as a coach and facilitator to create and sustain a non-threatening, supportive, team environment, actively working with staff to empower them to attain optimal work performance with a high level of personal responsibility and self-management.
Demonstrate openness and trust through the sharing of information and through establishing two-way team relationships, holding regular meetings with all immediate subordinates to discuss various subjects, including, safety, work plans and scope, problems and suggestions for improvement. Identify training requirements required to perform tasks, ensuring the training is relevant and evaluation measures meaningful.
Establish performance measures and carry out personal effectiveness appraisals and regular reviews, with discussions on wage adjustments or incentives.
Make effective recommendations on staff selection and induction, taking appropriate and timely actions to deal with unsatisfactory performance, consistent with approved policies and procedures.
Provide a work environment that is conducive to employee well being, diversity, and ensuring harassment-free environment.
Establish clear and effective working relationships with subordinates-once-removed (SoR), ensuring the integration of all outputs.
Communicate the overall organization goals and the direction, which guides the operation of the work programs/function.
Evaluate the potential capability of each SoR. Act as a mentor, meeting with each individual on a regular basis to discuss development plans, and provide appropriate advice.
Seek to improve work processes, cultivating an awareness of organisational changes that impact on the need to adapt methods and operations.
Develop strategies and work processes for the plant. Analyze technical results and adjust/implement work programs as necessary, including the identification of resources required, optimizing performance.
Provide assurance that activities are implemented at minimum cost within budgetary limitations.
Ensure management systems are in place to meet all due diligence requirements and are effectively managed on a continuing basis.
Continually assess and maintain Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Nuclear-specific governing documents, including policies, standards and procedures, in compliance with regulatory requirements.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical is preferred.
Candidate must be a fully licensed engineer in the province of Ontario, or be eligible to be licensed in the Province of Ontario
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in design engineering
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a manager/supervisory role
Excellent communication and leadership are essential. Must be able to provide oversight to a small team of technical staff effectively, provide guidance and foster collaboration.
Experience working with vendors, having strong vendor management skills.
Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a flexible hybrid office environment.
Good working knowledge and hands on experience in digital technology with respect to design modification (3D and 4D technology)
Relationship building skills is needed, must be able to build trusting work relationships with direct team as well as cross-functional partners.
Strong planning and project background experience
The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.
What Makes a Career at OPG Different?
As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.
At OPG, our values are our strengths. They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change:
Safety – it’s our business
Integrity – always lead with integrity
Excellence – never satisfied with good enough
Inclusion – working together for powerful outcomes
Innovation – creativity accelerates possibility
Here’s why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:
Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide
Long-term career growth and development opportunities
Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.
Our promise to you:
We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority.
A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.
Opportunities to stretch and develop.
Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.
Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.
We support employment equity, diversity and inclusion.
Are you ready to start a career that has the power to electrify life on and off the job? Apply now.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/ by 11:59 PM E.S.T., September 1, 2023 . OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.
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