At BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. (With over 500 workers across locations in Peterborough, Toronto, and Arnprior, BWXT NEC supplies nuclear fuel and fuel channel components, services, equipment and parts for the CANDU® nuclear power industry. Manufacturing Engineering Specialist We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Specialist for our Parts Team at our Peterborough, Ontario site. BWXT NEC's Fuel Handling and Engineered Solutions group is involved in the design, manufacture, development, testing, parts supply, and service of on-power refueling, reactor maintenance, and nuclear medicine delivery tooling sold around the world. We are the original designer of the automated systems that allow 24/7 on power refueling of CANDU reactors and aim to solve some of the Nuclear Industry's most challenging problems. Today, BWXT's equipment is being used in most of the nuclear power plants in Canada and is critical to delivering carbon free energy production and lifesaving medical isotopes. The Peterborough community invites you to take a deep breath, relax and enjoy life. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your career, you'll find opportunities to challenge yourself, learn from seasoned experts, and contribute to nuclear innovation. We required a diverse range of skills to support our work in the markets that drive our business and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and life stages who are passionate about making a difference. Reporting directly to the Parts Manager, the Manufacturing Engineering Specialist is responsible for the estimating and execution of a broad range of manufacturing projects from commercial and custom manufactured parts to sophisticated nuclear equipment. This position would also support more senior ME's by independently completing significant scope of very large,



complex projects. This position is responsible for creating detailed cost estimates for supply/manufacturing jobs of large scope and complexity. This includes planning the manufacturing process and make/buy strategies, obtaining vendor pricing for purchased items, and estimating all in-house labour activities. This position is responsible for planning work and writing work packages to communicate to the Manufacturing Shop to get hands on work done. This position has accountability for the results of hands‐on work without having authority over those doing the work. This can be challenging to manage and requires valuable communication skills to be successful as they will be the first point of contact to resolve any problems in assembly or testing in the shop. This role also interfaces with design engineering both to provide feedback and inputs to design and also to execute the manufacturing of the designs that are produced by design engineering. Manufacturing inputs can be at odds to the design outcomes since manufacturing will push for low cost while engineering is often pushing to maximize performance which can drive cost and complexity. This position may design manufacturing tools and fixtures not requiring engineering calculations This position is also required to communicate with customers and these interfaces can involve uncomfortable or challenging situations.



They will communicate status including bad news and reasons for schedule misses or quality/cost problems. Communications to Project Management will involve status reports and performance reporting including explaining why cost and schedule metrics are missed when there are problems on jobs. Communication with Quality Assurance will involve collaborative planning of manufacturing and test activities. These will also negotiate the application of QA requirements to jobs where QA will be aiming to maximize oversight while Manufacturing will be aiming to minimize oversight and therefore cost. Safe Execution of Manufacturing This role is responsible for the safe performance of all shop assembly and test activities despite those tasks being performed by others. This role writes detailed manufacturing instructions and must consider and plan for all EHS aspects of the work including chemical management, PPE, lifting, ergonomics, electrical safety, fall protection, Lock-Out Tag-out, etc. Quality of Manufactured Projects This role is responsible for the ultimate quality of all manufactured deliverables and must coordinate with Quality Assurance personnel from staff to the shop floor to ensure appropriate oversight and validation while adhering to project budgets and schedules. Cost of Manufactured Projects This role is accountable for the cost of all manufactured deliverables despite having limited influence on the design and no authority over the personnel performing hands on work nor supporting functions (QA, Sourcing, etc). The ME may have prepared the project estimate but often the estimate will have been performed by others. This role is the first point of contact for shop floor staff in cases of manufacturing issues, f

📌 Manufacturing Engineering Specialist: Assembly (Barry's Bay)
🏢 BWXT
📍 Barry's Bay