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Job Description
Overview The Senior Director, Plant Controls Systems is a senior leadership position responsible for the strategic direction, governance, and operational excellence of Plant Control Systems engineering within the organization. This role ensures the discipline’s standards, processes, and talent are world-class, supporting both project delivery and long-term business objectives in the nuclear sector. Your role Define, implement, and continuously improve discipline-specific standards, procedures, design guides, and best practices. Oversee the governance and oversight function, ensuring independence from daily operations and fostering a culture of constructive challenge and evidence-based decision-making. Define and maintain the capabilities to be a CANDU OEM. Fleet-wide strategy for the plant control system architecture across refurbishment/current build/digital upgrades, and lifecycle/obsolescence roadmaps (DCS/PLC refresh) for the digital control architecture; integrates CSA N‑series, CNSC expectations and knowledge management. Lead the discipline’s interface to the organization’s cyber program and ensure designs implement CSA N290.7:21 Defensive Cyber Security Architecture (zones/CEAs),



supply‑chain cyber controls, and incident response readiness Drive process and regulatory compliance, ensuring quality and continuous improvement across all projects. Lead and sponsor engineering improvement activities to meet customer requirements and achieve business and financial goals. Act as the escalation point for technical issues and disputes, resolving them collaboratively with project leadership. Capture, share, and utilize engineering knowledge across the organization, incorporating lessons learned and best practices. Lead a team of Discipline Managers Manage project-related human resource issues and resolve work performance problems. Interpret and apply negotiated agreements with bargaining agents as they affect the rights, obligations, and working conditions of employees. Lead the development and execution of strategic plans for the discipline, including capability building, succession planning, and resource management. Define and maintain technical training qualifications and certification requirements for each skill category/job family. Mentor, coach, and develop engineering staff, fostering knowledge

📌 Senior Director, Plant Control Systems (Mississauga)
🏢 Candu Energy
📍 Mississauga