ICP-MS Support Scientist

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada with various tenures, various linguistic requirements, language requirements and profiles, various security requirements, various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, geoscience, chemistry or some other science relevant to the position.

Note: The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

Experience operating laser ablation plasma-based analytical instrumentation (ICP-MS).
Experience performing elemental analysis of geological materials.
Experience processing, compiling, synthesizing and analyzing analytical data for quality control purposes.
Experience implementing new elemental and/or isotopic analytical techniques.
Experience preparing technical and scientific reports.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience in multi-collector-ICP-MS analysis.
Experience supervising users of a geochemistry laboratory.
Experience working on geoscience projects as part of a scientific team.
Experience performing chemical sample preparation procedures on geological and/or environmental materials.
Experience calibrating and maintaining complex analytical equipment.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of the calibration methodologies commonly used in plasma spectrochemistry-based analysis.
Knowledge of mass spectrometry.
Knowledge of basic data aggregation and statistical methods/techniques.
Knowledge of the diagnostic physical and chemical properties of common geological minerals.

Ability to supervise activities in a multi-user analytical facility.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to communicate effectively orally

Initiative
Team player
Flexibility
Conscientiousness
Dependability
Sound judgment

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Knowledge of radioactive decay schemes used in isotope geochemistry.
Knowledge of lasers.

Ability to develop new analytical methods.

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

Willingness and ability to work overtime and flexible hours.
Willingness to work in chemical and instrument laboratory environments.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may/will be used to evaluate the candidates.

If you are selected for further consideration, please advise the person who will contact you of any accommodations you may require during the selection process.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.