Job Description Overview

The Nuclear Legal Affairs team plays a critical role in supporting some of Canada's most significant nuclear programs, including reactor refurbishment projects, new nuclear development initiatives, technology licensing, engineering services, major procurements, strategic partnerships, and international nuclear opportunities. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Paralegal to join our Nuclear Legal Affairs team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work alongside lawyers, project executives, commercial leaders, procurement professionals and engineers on complex and strategically important projects in a highly regulated industry.

The successful candidate will become an integral member of a collaborative legal team that values innovation, continuous improvement, practical problem solving, and the effective use of technology to enhance legal service delivery. Working closely with legal counsel and business stakeholders, the Senior Paralegal will support a broad range of commercial, regulatory, governance, intellectual property, dispute resolution and legal operations activities across the nuclear business.

Why this role is unique

As a Senior Paralegal within the Nuclear Legal Affairs team, you will contribute directly to the legal support of Canada's nuclear industry. You will work on matters involving complex engineering projects, strategic commercial arrangements, significant intellectual property assets,



regulatory compliance requirements, and major project dispute resolution while helping drive innovation and modernization within the legal function. This is an exceptional opportunity for a legal skilled seeking to combine traditional paralegal skills with project support, legal operations, technology, and strategic business engagement in one of the most sophisticated and highly regulated industries in Canada.

Your role

Commercial Contract and Project Support

- Support legal counsel in the preparation, review, execution and administration of commercial agreements.
- Maintain and organize contract repositories and legal document management systems.
- Track key contractual obligations, milestone dates, renewal periods, warranties, guarantees and notice requirements.
- Prepare contract summaries, obligation trackers and legal issue logs.
- Coordinate execution of legal agreements and maintain executed agreement records.
- Support legal counsel and project teams on major project documentation and contract administration matters.

Intellectual Property and Technology Protection

- Assist with the management of intellectual property records, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and technology licensing agreements.
- Maintain records relating to confidentiality obligations and proprietary technology.
- Support intellectual property protection initiatives and technology

📌 Senior Paralegal (Mississauga)
🏢 AtkinsRéalis Canada
📍 Mississauga