MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS OFFICER - Amendment to closing date

Important messages

You will be required to show how you meet each of the screening qualifications (ie. Education and Experience Qualifications, both Essential and Assets) through your resume and/or through the answers that you are required to provide by completing the mandatory online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in a cover letter or screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions, with various tenures depending on organizational needs, within Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pool could be used for acting appointments under exceptional circumstances to protect employee's indeterminate status.

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)

EDUCATION:
• Diploma in trades and technology from a recognized post-secondary institute or an acceptable combination of education, training and work experience.*

*An acceptable combination of education, training and work experience is defined as “a Secondary School Diploma, training in trades and technology (such as university or college courses taken as part of a degree or diploma program) and three (3) years or more of full-time work experience in a related field, obtained within the last five (5) years

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
• Experience operating and maintaining water and/or wastewater systems in a municipal setting.**
• Experience in tracking project budgets.**
• Experience in reporting on the progress of projects.**
• Experience using MS Excel to manipulate data and create reports.**
**Experience is defined as “experience equivalent to two (2) or more years of full-time work experience obtained within the last five (5) years.”

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
• Experience working with First Nations in British Columbia.
• Experience working in a small rural municipality.
• Experience in water and/or wastewater systems operator education.
• Depth, breadth or type of work experience related to the position.
• Knowledge of WorkSafe BC practices pertaining to water and/or wastewater operations..

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of water and wastewater infrastructure and building systems.
• Knowledge of maintenance management systems.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety practices in water and wastewater operations.

ABILITIES:
• Ability to plan, organize and set priorities.
• Ability to communicate orally.
• Ability to communicate in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• Integrity and respect.
• Thinking things through.
• Working effectively with others.
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented.

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

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginal Persons, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disability.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Possession of a valid BC driver’s license or mobility usually associated with having a driver’s license.
Willingness to travel in small aircraft and off-road vehicles.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

Applicants who are entitled to a priority for appointment are encouraged to indicate this, along with their priority type, in their covering letter, résumé and/or application form.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.

The essential qualifications that are listed in the statement of merit criteria are mandatory. A pass mark will be established for each. Applicants must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. An applicant may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. In the event that there are as many applicants who meet the essential qualifications as there are vacancies, the manager may decide not to assess some or all of the asset qualifications.

Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to a position, however, a person may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. Meeting these criteria is nonetheless desirable and may be a deciding factor for the staffing of some positions.

Management may choose to use one or more Asset Qualifications at the pre-screening stage to determine the number of applicants who will advance to the following stage of the selection process

Random selection of applications maybe applied.

Top-down consideration of scores at various points in the process may be used to determine the number of qualified candidates who will be considered further in the process.

FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (Education and Experience) WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION.

The client organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line:
- Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
- Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
- Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
- Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
- For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire that are only available when applying on-line.
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.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

A written exam may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

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).

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.

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.