Job Description

Nuclear Talent Acquisition Partner

Bring your nuclear recruiting expertise to Curtiss-Wright at an exciting stage in the growth of our Nuclear team. As our Nuclear Talent Acquisition Partner, you will help build and scale the teams needed to support an expanding portfolio of commercial and naval nuclear programs where safety, reliability, and technical excellence matter.

You will join a collaborative talent acquisition team and serve as a strategic partner to hiring leaders across engineering, quality, operations, manufacturing, and program leadership. This is an opportunity to shape sourcing strategies, influence hiring decisions, and build specialized talent communities while helping Nuclear teams scale for further growth.

Location: Fully remote within Ontario, with preference for candidates in Ottawa, Toronto, or surrounding areas.

Salary range: $80,000–$90,000 CAD

The posted range is a general guideline for an Ontario-based position. Final compensation will consider relevant experience and qualifications, the scope of the role, and market and business factors.

Why You’ll Love This Opportunity

• Make a direct impact on the growth of commercial and naval nuclear programs.
• Own complex, high-visibility searches and become a trusted advisor to business leaders.
• Work remotely in Ontario while collaborating with a supportive, globally connected talent team.
• Expand your expertise and professional network across a specialized, safety-critical industry.
• Bring forward new ideas, modern sourcing approaches, and market intelligence that influence hiring strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with hiring leaders to translate technical, regulatory, quality, and program needs into focused recruitment strategies.
• Build and engage pipelines for hard-to-find nuclear talent through advanced search, professional associations, referrals, industry networks, and targeted talent mapping.
• Strengthen our presence in the nuclear talent market by developing relationships across utilities, reactor technology companies, engineering firms, laboratories, suppliers, and industry associations.
• Lead the full recruitment lifecycle—from intake and sourcing through assessment, selection, offer recommendations, and negotiation.
• Recruit across nuclear engineering, systems and design engineering, equipment qualification, quality assurance, manufacturing, operations, and project and program leadership.
• Use market intelligence and recruiting data to advise leaders, identify talent risks, and improve hiring decisions.
• Seven or more years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including proven success in the nuclear power industry.
• A track record of filling both high-volume and niche roles across engineering, technical, quality, manufacturing, operations, and professional functions.
• Strong knowledge of nuclear talent profiles and the ability to assess experience in areas such as quality assurance, equipment qualification, configuration control, safety-related manufacturing, and nuclear engineering.
• Advanced sourcing, talent-mapping, and candidate-engagement skills, supported by an established nuclear network or the ability to build one quickly.
• Confidence advising hiring leaders, managing competing priorities, and maintaining momentum in a fast-changing environment.
• A creative, data-informed approach to recruitment and a commitment to an engaging candidate experience.
• Experience with an applicant tracking system; Workday Recruiting experience is an asset.
• A quiet, secure home workspace suitable for confidential recruiting conversations.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you know how to find specialized nuclear talent, earn the trust of hiring leaders, and turn challenging searches into successful hires, we would like to hear from you. Apply and help build the teams behind critical technologies and programs during an exciting period of growth for our Nuclear team.

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No unsolicited agency submittals please. Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal. Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.

Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

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If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.