Licensing Manager at National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute

Minimum Qualification

• At least BSc Honours in Science, Engineering, Applied Radiation Science and Technology or Nuclear Physics/Engineering.

Minimum years relevant experience

• 10 years in safety analysis and regulatory and/or licensing/ compliance assurance and enforcement experience within the nuclear industry.
• At least 6 years Managerial Experience.

Minimum Requirements

• Maintain licenses and permits
• Develop licensing documents
• Develop and review of safety assessments
• Management systems
• Perform audits and inspections

Key Areas of Responsibility

The appointed candidate will perform the following job activities:

• Provide support on the development, maintenance, and compliance assessment of the nuclear installation license as required by the regulator.
• Provide licensing guidance, support and services to facilities within NRWDI considering all applicable regulatory criteria and practices, permit and licensing conditions, international guidelines and internal requirements.
• Maintain licenses and permits.
• Prepare license applications by interpreting the safety information (technical input) into comprehensive licensing documents that satisfy all applicable regulatory and technical requirements.
• Submit licensing documents in a timely manner and in accordance with NRWDI procedures and processes.
• Lead teams to address significant licensing issues with the objective of maintaining or obtaining licenses in the most efficient manner.
• Review regulatory topics to provide input to licensing documents to ensure they are complete and comprehensive in order to ensure that submissions to the regulator.
• Facilitate inspections / internal audits, resolve regulatory issues and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide support for reporting, investigation and close-out of nuclear occurrences.   
• Compile project Safety Cases that will consist of all the supporting documents in accordance with the project-specific nuclear installation license requirements.
• Obtain the NNR authorization to proceed with constructing new installations or modification to existing installations.
• Submit Public Information documents to the NNR to support public hearing processes for new installations and participate in public hearings, if required.
• Prepare and respond to regulator requests for additional information.