Senior Advisor, Emergency Response

Position Overview

Reporting to the EHS Director, the Sr. Advisor, Emergency Response is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a world-class emergency preparedness and rescue capability for the SMR-X construction program. This role ensures the project is fully prepared to prevent, respond to, and recover from high-risk events including fire, medical emergencies, high-angle rescue, and confined space incidents across complex, multi-employer work environments.

This position serves as the technical authority and operational lead for all emergency response planning, readiness, training, and field execution—ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations, industry best practice, and nuclear-grade operational standards

District Overview

Kiewit Nuclear Solutions is a full-service engineering, project management and construction provider operating across North America. Our experience spans all aspects of the nuclear market from carbon-free, small modular reactors to Department of Energy science, environmental and nuclear security mission capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the power utility, renewable energy, industrial and infrastructure markets. 

Location

The position will be based on our project in Darlington, ON.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Project Emergency Response Framework, integrating fire suppression, medical response, high-angle rescue, and confined space rescue into a unified, auditable system.
• Establish emergency response standards, procedures, and performance requirements aligned with regulatory, client, and constructor expectations.
• Build and maintain formal rescue plan templates and scope-specific rescue packages for all high-risk work activities.
• Lead the development and approval of task-specific rescue plans for confined spaces, elevated and high-angle work, hot work and fire risk environments, and complex, multi-employer work fronts.
• Act as the project’s technical authority for emergency response methods, equipment selection, and rescue system design.
• Review method statements, permits, and hazard analyses to ensure rescue and response requirements are fully integrated.
• Maintain continuous oversight of emergency response readiness, including staffing levels, equipment availability, and response capability across all active work zones.
• Lead routine and unannounced response drills, simulations, and performance assessments.
• Conduct field audits and readiness inspections to verify compliance and effectiveness.
• Establish and lead a full-time Emergency Response Team (ERT), augmented by trained craft workers embedded within the workforce.
• Define training, certification, and competency standards for all response personnel.
• Build a culture of readiness, professionalism, and disciplined execution across the response organization.
• Design and implement a project-wide emergency response training program, including confined space rescue, high-angle rescue, first aid, trauma response, and medical coordination, fire suppression and incident command
• Maintain competency tracking, certification records, and refresher training schedules.
• Coordinate with local emergency services, site security, medical providers, and regulatory agencies to ensure seamless external response integration.
• Support leadership during incident response, investigations, and post-event learning reviews.
• Provide technical briefings and readiness reports to project leadership and client representatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum 10–15 years of experience in emergency response, rescue operations, or high-risk industrial safety environments.
• Proven experience in oil & gas, heavy industrial construction, major infrastructure, or energy projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in confined space rescue systems, high-angle and technical rope rescue, fire response and suppression planning, and Industrial medical response and trauma management.
• Hands-on experience developing, authoring, and executing formal rescue plans for complex work scopes.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks governing emergency preparedness in high-hazard environments.

Preferred

• Experience on nuclear, petrochemical, LNG, or megaproject construction programs.
• Formal training or certification in Incident Command Systems (ICS), technical rescue disciplines, and emergency management or crisis leadership.
• Experience building and leading dedicated industrial ERT programs.
• Core Competencies
• Operational Control Mindset: Thinks in systems, not just response—designs prevention, readiness, execution, and learning loops.
• Field Credibility: Trusted by trades, supervisors, and leadership as a technical and operational authority.
• Leadership Under Pressure: Calm, decisive, and structured in high-consequence environments.
• Technical Rigor: High standards for documentation, training, and procedural discipline.
• Communication: Clear, authoritative, and able to brief executives and field teams alike.

Performance Outcomes

• Zero uncontrolled emergency response failures.
• Fully auditable and regulator-ready emergency response system.
• Demonstrated field readiness through drills, audits, and performance metrics.
• A trained, professional, and embedded emergency response culture across the workforce.
• Other Requirements
• Able to lift at least 50 pounds and climb ladders, if required
• Must be comfortable with different work locations and job sites
• Ability to work with limited supervision and to be proactive
• Adaptable to flexible work schedule when required to meet deadlines
• Valid Driver’s License