Are you looking for a role where your organizational skills and attention to detail truly matter? Can you see yourself supporting the Safety Analysis department and helping ensure the office operates efficiently every day? Are you comfortable applying your knowledge of administrative concepts, practices, and procedures to support a busy office? If you answered yes, the Administrative Assistant role may be the right fit for you—apply today!

What will you be doing! 

• Organizing, prioritizing, assembling, editing and formatting technical reports and other documents, to make them consistent, accurate and valuable; expediting these, when required, to customers before the established deadlines. 
• Providing assistance to the staff within the assigned department with composing, formatting and issuing of correspondence. 
• Providing administrative assistance to management, e.g., coordinating conference room bookings, taking notes at meetings, making catering arrangements, and maintaining housekeeping to ensure a smooth workflow and safe working environment. 
• Maintaining hard and electronic copy filing systems and ensuring efficient document storage and retrieval. 
• Making travel arrangements for Department employees, including flights, hotel and rental car reservations, coordinating destination information to ensure smooth travel. 
• Ensuring adequate supplies of office materials by ordering stocks and purchasing other standard items as requested. 
• Preparing i-requisitions for quotes and/or purchase orders. 
• Maintaining action logs and performing tracking duties as required to ensure the timely completion of actions. 
• Participating in internal and inter-Departmental initiatives to improve work processes, policies and procedures.
• Supporting the department in the hiring process.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.   
   

What we are looking for: 

• Education 
  • Successful completion of secondary school (Grade 12) with 2 to 4 years of related experience or a college diploma in a related discipline (e.g. Office Administration) and one year of experience.
• Experience
  • Experience with formatting technical documents would be a benefit. 
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities 
  • Knowledge of administrative theories, concepts and principles used to provide administrative support to the assigned department manager and knowledge of computers and software such as Office 2013 and Adobe/Foxit Phantom to develop customized charts, reports, presentations and technical documents.
  • Demonstrated oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively with staff, management and contractors.
  • Demonstrated understanding of CNL’s organizational structure, activities, policies, procedures, processes and systems pertinent to the duties associated with the position, including familiarity with CNL’s emergency signals and procedures for CRL.
  • The ability to work independently in order to meet established deadlines.
  • Knowledge of administrative best practices and current standards.
  • Demonstrated understanding of basic financial/accounting practices in order to provide administrative assistance pertaining to budget issues.
  • Ability to use general office equipment such as printers, fax machines, photocopiers and scanners. 
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required

  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.” 

    
     

Working Conditions: 

• Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work week. 
• This position is part of the USW4096 Union and is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in the USW4096 Collective Agreement. As a member of this bargaining unit, you’ll benefit from clear expectations around hours of work, wages, vacation, and other conditions that support a fair and consistent working environment.

Why CNL?

Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world excite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.

From building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developing targeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership in environmental remediation—we are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.

What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package

We believe in taking care of our people. Here’s what you can expect as part of our team: 

• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
• Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period 
• Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing 
• A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You? 

• Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow 
• Restoring and protecting the environment 
• Contributing to the health of Canadians

If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL! 

Location: Hybrid

Located in the heart of the Ottawa Valley, our Chalk River site offers a beautiful natural setting with forests, lakes, and wildlife right at your doorstep. Surrounding communities such as Deep River, Petawawa, and Pembroke provide access to excellent recreation and a great quality of life. 

Please note: This is a hybrid position, with a combination of remote work and onsite presence at our Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!

We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in our Core Values: 

• Respect
• Teamwork 
• Accountability 
• Safety 
• Integrity
• Excellence

These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.

CNL is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via [email protected]. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.

CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.