About this role
About the Role The Director, Nuclear Quality at Aecon is responsible for developing, implementing, and governing Aecon's Nuclear Quality Program across all Canadian nuclear projects and sites. This leadership role provides direction to site-based Project Quality Leads and ensures that nuclear quality requirements are applied in a graded, risk-informed manner aligned with safety significance, regulatory requirements, and project phase. What You'll Do
- Own and maintain Aecon’s certified Nuclear Quality Program, ensuring alignment with CSA N286 / N286‑12, regulatory requirements, and client contractual obligations.
- Establish governance for graded application of quality requirements, applying them proportionately based on safety classification, consequence of failure, regulatory and contractual expectations, and project phase.
- Ensure program documentation, procedures, and controls are audit-ready, defensible, and consistently applied across projects and sites.
- Lead the development and ongoing refinement of graded quality frameworks, including decision logic for quality program selection and control intensity.
- Ensure Project Quality Leads apply grading principles to inspection and surveillance levels, hold points and witness points, documentation and records retention, and supplier/subcontractor oversight.
- Challenge over-specification or under-application of quality controls to optimize cost, schedule, and risk without compromising nuclear safety.
- Provide functional leadership, direction, and performance management for all site-based Project Quality Leads; ensure consistent interpretation across sites, JV partners, and project phases.
- Set expectations for quality leadership behaviours, escalation thresholds, and decision-making authority.
- Support workforce planning, capability development, and succession planning for nuclear quality roles.