Discipline Engineer (Senior Dam Engineer)

Important messages

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE and complete the Screening Questionnaire pertaining to this advertised process. You MUST provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the educational and occupational certification and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and/or asset qualifications section. An online Screening Questionnaire has been created to assist you in completing this information. Alternatively, if you do not complete the screening questions, one effective approach to prepare your application would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs thoroughly demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided.

The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your occupational certification and/or experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION. PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST POSSESS THE OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION BY THE CLOSING DATE WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.

Candidate(s) must meet the Essential Qualifications and the Conditions of Employment to be appointed to the position. Candidate(s) may be required to meet the Asset Qualifications, Organizational Needs and Operational Requirements, depending on the requirements of the position being staffed. NOTE: References may be used to verify information provided and to confirm work history and experience.

While an online application is the preferred method, your application can also be sent by e-mail or by fax or by courier, in which case you must indicate the process reference number and your application must be received at the latest on the closing date. You can also send your application by mail in which case it must be postmarked at the latest on the closing date and received within ten (10) calendar days of the closing date.

Duties

Our primary client, Parks Canada’s Ontario Waterways, owns and operates the Trent-Severn Waterway and Rideau Canal System, which consists of approximately:

• 30 moveable swing bridges;
• 25 fixed bridges;
• 150 concrete gravity dams;
• 250 canal retaining walls and wharves;
• 94 navigation locks; and
• several associated earth dams.

As a Discipline Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• performing field inspections of engineering assets and perform structural analysis to ensure public safety, regulatory and code compliance, and determine if remedial work is required;
• develop designs, cost estimates and contract documents (plans and specifications) for the rehabilitation or replacement of civil engineering structures;
• produce Terms of Reference for retaining consulting engineers, including the review of consultant deliverables to ensure that they meet contract and design requirements;
• provide professional engineering advice to clients for project delivery throughout the entire process (project identification, project definition, project delivery); and
• attend site construction meetings and perform periodic inspections of on-going construction work.

Work environment

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, auditing and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html.

Intent of the process

The intent of this appointment process is to establish a fully assessed pool of qualified candidates. The immediate use of the pool will be to staff one (1) indeterminate position in Ottawa. However, the results of this process may be used to staff similar or identical positions for future vacancies of various tenures located in Ottawa within Public Services and Procurement Canada.

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 in Civil Engineering.

Degree equivalency

Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Canada.

Note: Your application/résumé must clearly demonstrate how you meet the occupational certification requirement.

1. Extensive* and recent **experience in the provision of engineering services, including inspections, design and construction of marine structures***.

2. Extensive* and recent** experience developing construction tender documents (specifications and design drawings) for new or rehabilitation of marine structures***.

* Extensive is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of engineering projects, working in the position of structural design engineer.
** Recent is defined as within the six years immediately prior to the closing date of this job opportunity advertisement.
*** Marine structures include canal walls, concrete dams and navigational locks.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of dam structural engineering approaches for rehabilitation of marine structures.
Knowledge of geotechnical engineering applicable to marine structures.
Knowledge of hydraulics related to dam engineering.

Effective interpersonal skills
Initiative
Client Service Level 1
Value & Ethics
Oral Communication
Written Communication

Note: Written communication will be assessed globally based on the candidate’s responses to the written exam questions. Oral communication will be assessed globally based on the candidate’s oral interactions to all oral exam questions made during the oral interview portion of the assessment process.

Ability to prepare proposals for engineering services and fees.
Ability to determine the stability of a dam.

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

Experience in condition assessment and design repairs of historic masonry structures.
Experience in structural assessment of larger timber components of marine structures.

Organizational Needs:

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities, Women, or Aboriginal Persons.

Operational Requirements:

Candidates must be able and willing to travel and work overtime.
Candidates must be able and willing to enter confined spaces.
Candidates must be able and willing to travel to construction work sites, use ladders and/or power lifts to access areas of work for inspection or assessment.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Some positions may require a higher level of security due to the nature of the duties.

Possession of a valid Driver's Licence or personal mobility to the extent normally associated with the possession of a valid driver's licence.
Licensed as a professional engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario.
Candidates must be able and willing to travel and work overtime.
Candidates must be able and willing to enter confined spaces.
Candidates must be able and willing to travel to construction work sites, use ladders and/or power lifts to access areas of work for inspection or assessment.

Note: Those selected must meet and maintain the above-noted conditions of employment throughout their employment.

Other information

Interested persons must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. However, a person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

You must be prepared to provide the original, or a certified copy, of your education credentials and occupational certification.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

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.

Travel costs associated with this process may not be covered. Before making any arrangements or incurring expenses, please contact the hiring department.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; only candidates successful in the screening process 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.