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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Overview
The Nuclear Legal Affairs team plays a critical role in supporting some of Canada's most significant nuclear programs, including reactor refurbishment projects, new nuclear development initiatives, technology licensing, engineering services, major procurements, strategic partnerships, and international nuclear opportunities.
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Paralegal to join our Nuclear Legal Affairs team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work alongside lawyers, project executives, commercial leaders, procurement professionals and engineers on complex and strategically important projects in a highly regulated industry.
The successful candidate will become an integral member of a collaborative legal team that values innovation, continuous improvement, practical problem solving, and the effective use of technology to enhance legal service delivery.
Working closely with legal counsel and business stakeholders, the Senior Paralegal will support a broad range of commercial, regulatory, governance, intellectual property, dispute resolution and legal operations activities across the nuclear business.
Why this role is unique:
As a Senior Paralegal within the Nuclear Legal Affairs team, you will contribute directly to the legal support of Canada's nuclear industry. You will work on matters involving complex engineering projects, strategic commercial arrangements, significant intellectual property assets, regulatory compliance requirements, and major project dispute resolution while helping drive innovation and modernization within the legal function.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a legal professional seeking to combine traditional paralegal skills with project support, legal operations, technology, and strategic business engagement in one of the most sophisticated and highly regulated industries in Canada.
Your role
Commercial Contract and Project Support:
- Support legal counsel in the preparation, review, execution and administration of commercial agreements.
- Maintain and organize contract repositories and legal document management systems.
- Track key contractual obligations, milestone dates, renewal periods, warranties, guarantees and notice requirements.
- Prepare contract summaries, obligation trackers and legal issue logs.
- Coordinate execution of legal agreements and maintain executed agreement records.
- Support legal counsel and project teams on major project documentation and contract administration matters.
Intellectual Property and Technology Protection:
- Assist with the management of intellectual property records, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and technology licensing agreements.
- Maintain records relating to confidentiality obligations and proprietary technology.
- Support intellectual property protection initiatives and technology transfer activities.
- Assist with maintenance of legal records relating to CANDU technology and related proprietary information.
Regulatory Compliance and Governance:
- Support corporate governance processes and maintenance of corporate records.
- Assist with preparation of resolutions, officer certificates, powers of attorney and related corporate documentation.
- Coordinate corporate filings and compliance activities.
- Support legal and regulatory compliance initiatives applicable to the nuclear business.
- Assist with internal investigations, audits and regulatory inquiries.
Legal Operations and Knowledge Management:
- Support implementation and continuous improvement of legal processes and systems.
- Maintain legal precedents, templates, guidance documents and knowledge repositories.
- Support legal spend management, invoice processing and reporting.
- Prepare presentations, dashboards, reports and management updates.
- Assist with implementation of legal technology tools and AI-enabled workflows that improve efficiency and service delivery.
Location
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-160046
Salary range
-
About you
- Paralegal Diploma, Law Clerk Diploma or equivalent legal education.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience as a paralegal or legal professional.
- Experience working within an in-house legal department, law firm, or complex commercial environment.
- Strong experience reviewing, organizing and managing legal and commercial documentation.
- Ability to manage confidential and commercially sensitive information.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting major infrastructure, engineering, energy or nuclear projects.
- Corporate governance experience.
- Intellectual property administration experience.
- Experience supporting implementation of legal technology and AI-based solutions.
- Familiarity with contract lifecycle management systems and legal matter management tools.
- Bilingual English and French considered an asset.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.
Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.
Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.
And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.
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About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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