VP Nuclear Island - Monark

Your role

Safety, Nuclear Quality & Regulatory Compliance:

• Set and enforce a nuclear safety culture and "Zero Harm" mindset across Engineering partners and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (e.g., CSA N286, ASME, CWB, IEEE, NFPA, local building codes) and conformance to Nuclear QA requirements (e.g., graded approach, hold/witness points, document traceability).
• Oversee licensing interfaces and ensure design and meets regulatory commitments, including design change control, configuration management, and records retention.
• Serve as the senior accountable delivery leader for nuclear safety and quality within the assigned scope.
• Ensure all activities comply with CANDU safety philosophy, nuclear codes and standards, quality assurance programs, and CNSC licensing commitments.
• Reinforce a strong nuclear safety culture, emphasizing conservative decision‑making, procedural adherence, and early issue identification.
• Sponsor effective corrective action and continuous improvement programs to address quality issues and inspection findings.

Scope Ownership & Delivery:

• Own the design delivery of the Nuclear Island scope on a large nuclear new‑build project, with accountability extending from scope definition through production of release for construction engineering packages.
• Act as the key client interface point for Nuclear Island scope.
• Establish and maintain a clear, stable, and auditable scope baseline aligned with the approved licensing basis, design documentation, and execution strategy.
• Lead active management of design scope boundaries and interfaces across Nuclear Island sub‑scopes, Conventional Island, Balance of Plant, and Owner organizations to prevent scope gaps, duplication, or misalignment.
• Act as the executive escalation point for scope interpretation, boundary disputes, and change pressure, ensuring disciplined governance and timely resolution.
• Ensure procurement efforts are integrated with engineering during the design phase, and accountable for procurement scope in support of construction.
• Accountable for the preparation works for field construction, including establishing the right relationships with constructors, planning efforts for construction readiness, and actual field construction execution.

Schedule Leadership:

• Own the integrated, logic‑driven delivery schedule for the Nuclear Island design, procurement and construction.
• Ensure schedules adequately reflect the engineering relationship with long‑lead procurement, regulatory and inspection hold points, work sequencing constraints, and planned installation windows.
• Identify and manage critical path and near‑critical path risks through proactive planning, resequencing, and execution strategies.
• Lead development and execution of recovery plans for schedule deviations, clearly articulating cost, risk, and execution trade‑offs to executive leadership.

Budget & Cost Management:

• Own the approved budget and contingency for the assigned scope across the full duration of the project.
• Lead integrated cost management, forecasting, and variance analysis that reflect engineering progress, and risk exposure.
• Enforce rigorous change control to manage inevitable design evolution and refinement inherent in large nuclear new‑builds while protecting overall project affordability.
• Provide clear, defensible cost reporting and analysis to project executives and governance bodies.

Risk & Opportunity Management:

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive risk profile proportionate to the scale, complexity, and regulatory rigor of a large CANDU new‑build project.
• Identify and actively manage risks related to CANDU design maturity, constructability, nuclear engineering quality and FOAK/FIAW elements.
• Ensure risk mitigation actions are integrated into the design to optimize execution planning, contracts, and schedules rather than treated solely as theoretical controls.
• Lead escalation and decision‑making where residual risk exceeds approved tolerances.
• Identify and deliver key program opportunities for the defined scope area.

Stakeholder & Contractor Management:

• Lead performance management of engineering, manufacturing and construction subcontractors and partners.
• Act as a principal interface with Owner representatives, project leadership, independent oversight organizations, and regulators as required.
• Provide transparent, timely, and data‑driven reporting on scope performance, risks, and emerging issues.
• Proactively manage and resolve execution, commercial, and interface issues to avoid disruption to project objectives.

Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness:

• Build and lead a large, multidisciplinary engineering, procurement and construction organization capable of sustained, multi‑year execution in a nuclear‑grade environment.
• Establish clear roles, accountabilities, decision authorities, and escalation pathways across all functions within the assigned scope.
• Develop organizational capability, bench strength, and succession planning to address long project duration and workforce attrition risk.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and professionalism across diverse teams, contractors, and partners.