Project Assistant

Are you looking for a role that will challenge your organizational skills and allow you to support projects from planning through execution? Do you enjoy monitoring progress, coordinating purchasing activities, and keeping project information accurate and up to date? As a Project Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting day to day project activities, coordinating meetings, and ensuring schedules and spending stay on track. If you answered yes, this may be the job for you—apply today!

What will you be doing!

Querying, retrieving, analyzing, and preparing a variety of reports to support Project Leads and project staff.

Processing and performing data entry into databases and electronic filing systems, while maintaining organized hard copy and electronic records.

Ensuring project information accuracy by opening, tracking, and closing work orders; monitoring expenses and revenues against budgets; and preparing purchase requisitions and quotations.

Evaluating project progress and preparing, executing, and tracking improvement and action plans, while reporting status and outcomes to Project Leads.

Acting as a project point of contact by responding to inquiries, obtaining and sharing information, liaising between departments, and coordinating internal and external stakeholders.

Scheduling, setting up, and attending project and department meetings, including preparing agendas and recording meeting minutes.

Drafting, editing, formatting, organizing, prioritizing, assembling, filing, and distributing project documentation to ensure deadlines are met.

Reporting on project performance to clients, management, and other stakeholders.

Managing client and customer expectations and satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.

Providing administrative and project support to departmental staff, including processing project correspondence.

Providing backup support to other project sections or roles within the same department as required.

Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

Education

Successful completion of secondary school (Grade 12) with 2 years of related experience or a college diploma in a related discipline (e.g. Project Management).

Working towards "Certified Assistant in Project Management" (Certificate) is considered an asset.

Experience

1-4 years of project assistant experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, writing a variety of procedures, letters, and formal correspondence, and dealing with internal and external client groups.

Ability to work independently and responsibly under minimal supervision and establish priorities to meet conflicting deadlines.

Ability to plan, coordinate and organize projects.

Knowledge of CNL procedures, processes, policies and best practices in Project Management.

Knowledge of the correct usage, spelling and punctuation of English and experience in editing, reviewing, and handling large documents.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite for creation of basic Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, formatting procedures, exporting and running reports, preparing presentations and corresponding using e-mail.

Knowledge of office equipment, including printers, fax machines, photocopiers, and scanners.

Knowledge of CNL’s business systems: Oracle, Management Financial Report Centre, ATOM, Primavera P6 Scheduling, etc.

Knowledge of Project Management terminology

Understanding of basic financial/accounting practices in order to provide assistance pertaining to budget issues.

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 is a hybrid role and requires three (3) days on-site per week.

This position is part of the USW 4096 404 Union and is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in their 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 . 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.

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