Nuclear Safety Analyst

Status: Permanent Full Time 

Working Conditions: Hybrid      

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Base Location: Oshawa, ON  

Shift: Days

Travel: 10% 

Deadline to Apply: July 16, 2026

Salary Range: $1,704.68 - $2,924.93 Per Week

Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.

Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on -- and off -- the job.

JOB OVERVIEW

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Nuclear Safety Analyst.

Reporting to the Section Manager, Safety Analysis Improvement Project, the successful candidate will perform Deterministic Safety Analysis (DSA) to demonstrate that the utility’s response to transient events maintains required safety functions. This role ensures that structures, systems, components, and operator actions are effective and compliant with applicable regulatory requirements and safety limits.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Perform and/or provide technical oversight of contracted work related to the preparation and execution of safety assessments and analyses. Develop and apply analytical models to predict plant responses and assess the potential consequences of transient events that may challenge reactor safety systems, the reactor core, plant equipment, workers, the public, or the environment.


• Use safety analysis tools to model reactor behavior, assess neutron flux changes, and evaluate shutdown system performance


• Determine safety analysis limits that are used to establish station operating limits and the nuclear safety licensing basis


• Assess the effectiveness of shutdown systems and identify trips required to safely shut down the reactor during accident conditions.


• Contribute to the development and maintenance of station Safety Reports, Accident Analysis for Darlington and Pickering


• Prepare regulatory submissions on safety analysis and support regulatory discussions on the analysis


• Support industry working groups and research initiatives

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science or Engineering


• Minimum of 2 years of relevant engineering experience, preferably in the nuclear industry.


• Knowledge of reactor physics, core reactivity monitoring and behavior, and deterministic safety analysis (DSA) is required


• Experience in modelling the steady-state core for flux and power distributions, core response to perturbations, behavior of the core to both slow and fast transients is desirable


• Experience or familiarity with core neutronics simulation codes is considered an asset.


• Experience with nuclear regulatory requirements and licensing basis development is a distinct advantage


• Candidate must be a fully licensed engineer in the province of Ontario, or be eligible to be licensed in the Province of Ontario

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the selection process, please contact [email protected]

What makes a career at OPG different?

With operations across Ontario, OPG is one of the most diverse power producers in North America. As the largest generator in Ontario, we meet approximately 50% of the province’s electricity needs, largely from low-carbon sources like nuclear and hydro.

As we work to achieve our vision of Electrifying life in one generation, OPG and our family of companies are also helping advance the development of new low-carbon technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), refurbishment projects, and electrification initiatives to help power the growing demands of a growing economy. Join OPG and make history.

Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/. OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

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OPG may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.

The base salary range considers many factors including, but not limited to experience, education, and training, including any collective agreement requirements for union represented positions. It is not typical for the salary to be offered near the top of the range, and salary is dependent on numerous factors. For management roles, the base salary range does not represent the total compensation package. The total compensation package for regular full-time management roles includes pay-for-performance programs for annual and medium time periods. Maintaining a high-performance culture and excellence is a core expectation of every member of our leadership team and is rewarded through the established compensation framework.

OPG is committed to employment equity. As such, we encourage applicants from equity-seeking communities (Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and women). We strongly believe that alleviating the under-representation of equity-seeking individuals will create a stronger OPG team and allow us to better serve the needs of our diverse communities.

In order to fulfill the above-mentioned purpose, priority in hiring may be given to qualified persons who self-identify as a member of equity-seeking groups as identified in the application process. This initiative constitutes a special program under the Human Rights Code/Canadian Human Rights Act.