Junior Engineer (River Hydraulics)

Important messages

The candidate MUST provide a cover letter. In this document, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications (may be needed) section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties.

One effective approach would be to use the wording of each of the essential and asset (may be needed) education and experience criteria as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details, dates and examples are provided. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Your cover letter may also be used in the assessment of your ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Intent of the process

Anticipatory process for determinate staffing.

However, a pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, various language requirements (unilingual and bilingual positions) and various security requirements within the department.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 4,500 words (maximum)

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)

EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution** in civil engineering, hydrological engineering, or in some other field of engineering related to the duties of the position.

*A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities, unless the type of credential is specified in the relevant Qualification Standard.
** Public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Experience in geospatial data processing;
Experience in numerical modelling in a field related to hydraulics;
Experience in programming with Matlab;
Experience in writing technical reports.

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

EDUCATION
A graduate degree (master’s or doctorate) relevant to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Recent work experience within a field related to the position (for example, river flow modelling, analysis of buoy static and dynamic behavior, etc.).

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of the hydraulic characteristics of the St. Lawrence River and its main tributaries.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of theories and principles of fluvial and maritime hydraulics and of freshwater ice.

ABILITIES
Ability to communicate effectively in writing;
Ability to communicate effectively verbally;
Ability to work on more than one project at a time.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
Teamwork
Effective interpersonal skills
Initiative
Judgement

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

OTHER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
The following conditions of employment may apply to certain positions:
Ability and willingness to perform field work on an occasional basis;
Possession of a valid Class 5 Driver's License (or the equivalent).

Other information

A test may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

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.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

Please note that the information provided may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or asset qualifications (may be needed), including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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.