What You'll Do Here

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of EHS programs, policies, standards, and management systems across nuclear projects.
• Partner with business and operational leaders to integrate EHS excellence into project planning, execution, and decision-making.
• Provide strategic guidance to project management teams on regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, human performance, and safety culture initiatives.
• Drive organizational safety performance through leadership, coaching, accountability, and measurable performance indicators.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement aligned with nuclear industry best practices and operational excellence principles.

Regulatory Compliance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the senior EHS representative with regulatory agencies, clients, industry associations, and external stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, provincial/state, and nuclear regulatory requirements, including environmental, occupational health, radiological safety, and industrial safety standards.
• Lead interactions with audits, inspections, assessments, and regulatory reviews.
• Support client and industry relationships by representing Aecon on matters related to health, safety, environmental protection, and human performance.

Operational Excellence & Risk Management

• Oversee project EHS performance through audits, assessments, inspections, critical control verifications, and management reviews.
• Identify organizational and project-level risks and develop strategies to eliminate or mitigate potential impacts.
• Lead investigations of significant incidents, events, near misses, and radiological concerns to identify root causes and drive sustainable corrective actions.
• Ensure lessons learned and industry operating experience are incorporated into project execution and EHS programs.
• Drive leading indicator programs, field observations, and risk-based safety initiatives to proactively improve performance.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop EHS professionals, managers, and project teams across multiple projects and locations.
• Provide coaching and guidance to project leaders, supervisors, and field personnel regarding safety leadership and accountability.
• Identify competency gaps and develop training strategies to strengthen organizational capability.
• Promote human performance principles and learning organization behaviors throughout the business.
• Foster collaboration across project teams, clients, subcontractors, and operational leadership.

Reporting & Program Management

• Establish and monitor EHS performance metrics, dashboards, and trend analysis.
• Provide executive-level reporting and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Ensure timely closure of corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support proposal development, prequalification submissions (ISNetworld, Avetta, etc.), and client presentations.
• Oversee the maintenance and enhancement of EHS documentation, procedures, and management systems.

• 10+ years of progressive EHS leadership experience supporting large-scale nuclear, industrial, energy, construction, or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading EHS teams and influencing senior operational leadership in a complex project environment.
• Strong knowledge of nuclear industry regulations, safety culture principles, human performance tools, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience managing audits, assessments, investigations, corrective action programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to develop and implement strategic EHS programs that drive measurable improvements in safety and operational performance.
• Strong understanding of occupational health and safety legislation, environmental regulations, workers' compensation programs, and incident management practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related discipline. Advanced education is considered an asset.
• Professional designations such as CRSP, CSP, CHSC, CIH, or equivalent are considered an asset.
• Experience working in unionized and non-unionized environments.
• Ability to travel to project sites as required.

Nuclear-Specific Requirements

• Experience supporting nuclear construction, refurbishment, commissioning, maintenance, or operational environments is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of radiological protection principles, nuclear quality standards, and human performance programs is considered a strong asset.
• Ability to obtain and maintain security clearances and site access credentials required for nuclear facilities.
• Must be eligible to access and work within U.S. nuclear facilities and Department of Energy sites, where required.
• Must successfully pass all applicable pre-employment screening requirements.