Senior Nuclear Fuel Supply Analyst

Status: Regular Full Time

Working Conditions: Hybrid   

Education Level: 4 years university degree in Engineering (Nuclear, Mechanical, or related). Master’s degree or MBA will be preferred.

Base Location: Oshawa, ON

Shifts(s): Days

Travel: 10%

Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2026

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

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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 Senior Nuclear Fuel Supply Analyst.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Supply Chain, this position is responsible for developing and analyzing nuclear fuel demand and inventory requirements and support business planning for all Nuclear site facilities. Forecast fuel demands, prepare fuel supply plans, prepare reports, maintain performance records, perform inventory and financial reporting and support audits.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Be accountable for developing supply management of OPG’s Nuclear Fuels, in support of forecasting inventory demands, supply planning, business planning, monitoring of actual fuel supply and consumption, and inventory and financial reporting. Update, maintain and improve existing computer system software models for fuel price/usage/consumption forecasts, analysis, and report generation. Change reactor physics modeling parameters in NFSP System spreadsheets.
• Perform fuel supply management activities to forecast demands on inventory, plan supply requirements, prepare business plans, monitor actual supply and consumption, and report on inventory and financial performance against business planning targets and projections. Specific roles and responsibilities: a.) Fuel Data Coordination and Processing: Collect uranium concentrate (U3O8), uranium dioxide (UO2), and fuel bundle prices and consumption data. Forecast monthly uranium concentrate contract prices, refining and conversion prices and fuel bundle manufacturing prices. Update price forecasts to reflect changed in contract terms and economic forecasts. Prepare reports and analyses for ad hoc requests. b.) Fuel Usage, Fuel Costs, and Marginal Running Cost Forecasting: Prepare written fuel utilization reports and forecasts. Prepare mid-term fuel utilization forecasts for business planning and budget purposes. Prepare long-term fuel utilization forecasts in support of long-term business planning scenario analysis. Prepare fuel usage requirements forecast monthly for inventory monitoring and fuel procurement. Produce marginal running cost forecasts for Energy Markets, Risk Management and long-term business planning scenario analysis. c.) Business Planning and Budget: Prepare fuel consumption costs, fuel purchases and inventory forecast for yearly business planning process. Prepare plan-over-plan, year-over-year and other analysis as may be required for financial reporting. Forecast year-end fuel consumption projections and explain monthly variances from budget. d.) Reporting and Variance Analysis: Prepare monthly and year-over-date, year-over-year and actual-vs-budget variance analyses for corporate financial monthly, quarterly and year-end reporting requirements. Prepare monthly fuel inventory analysis report. Prepare monthly fuel metrics report. Prepare input for corporate finance’s Briefing Book and Client Assistance Package. Prepare Foreign Uranium Report and allocate foreign uranium at various stages of the fuel cycle. e.) Fuel Delivery Plan and Shipping Schedule: Prepare finished fuel delivery nominations quarterly. Prepare uranium dioxide delivery and shipping schedules. Prepare uranium concentrate delivery schedules.
• Execute process improvement work related to nuclear fuel supply management in accordance with the governing document for process design. Provide line management with the information they need so that they may effectively implement and sustain the new processes. Identify and specify all stakeholders required to meet the business needs. Establish the configuration of the systems and the security requirements to meet the process needs. Recommend the business requirements for any interfaces to other Nuclear or Corporate systems. Identify and recommend any necessary organizational and job function changes that are required for module implementation across all sites. Prepare the content of any necessary job documents that are required by the implementation. Provide input to employee communications about progress against the goals, support for managing the change, and to contain expectations.
• Work with external contacts, i.e., Information Management (IM) vendors and suppliers, project staff. Influence them to make changes and improvements to software/hardware suitable to the needs of Nuclear Fuel management.
• Maintain optimum level of expertise through appropriate training in nuclear fuels technology, reactor physics and energy production with respect to fuel burn-up and conversion efficiencies, financial planning and accounting business practices and general business improvement methodologies
• Represent the Business Unit/Division, as necessary, to ensure alignment with other Corporate initiatives, ensuring our Nuclear Fuel supply management interests are identified and considered
• Receive monthly data from organization, update “Fuel Planning System” spreadsheet, generate month, quarterly, and year end reports. Model and analyze impacts on inventory and fuel procurement plans for different operating scenarios and variance of unit operation actualization
• Receive yearly energy plan data, update “Fuel Planning System” spreadsheet and generate yearly business plan spreadsheet data for submission into Finance Business Planning process.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires 4 years university degree in Engineering (Nuclear, Mechanical, or related). Master’s degree or MBA will be preferred.  
• Requires a minimum of over 6 years or more within fuel planning, procurement, sourcing, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, inventory management and/or project management/integration is considered necessary to gain this experience.
• Requires experience in research, project estimating and planning, cost monitoring and reporting, finance, accounting, business planning and forecasting, inventory optimization, and contract administration etc.
• Require advanced/expert level of Excel skills, along with strong computer programming, logic, and math skills and will be Working with VBA (Visual Basic) for Excel macros and SQL scripts to query data from AS9, SAP, and other sources.
• Requires experience with the operations of a nuclear facility, including organization, contacts involved, regulations, policies and procedures, as relating to all aspects of nuclear fuel consumption, warehousing, and controls.
• Requires experience necessary to understand the full scope of tasks and accountabilities associated with the role, including customer needs, interrelationships between stakeholder work groups and the like.
• Requires knowledge of engineering principles, business management systems and controls, contract management, supply chain and inventory management, communications and the application of computer programs relevant to nuclear fuel. Such knowledge is necessary to effectively provide deliverables and consultative services to clients and stakeholders, as well as necessary future process improvement business re-engineering.
• Requires applicable academic knowledge to utilize computer facilities available for data analysis and evaluation, and in order to develop information packages, risk, cost versus benefits, and other related aspects to supply planning for nuclear fuels.

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 AODA@opg.com

What makes a career at OPG different?

With operations across Ontario and the United States, 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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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.