BUILDING SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN ***Amendment for work location: Ottawa, Ontario***

Important messages

You must clearly demonstrate in your application, via the screening questions, how you meet each of the essential (education and experience).

When responding to the screening questions, please be sure to provide comprehensive examples from your work experience that clearly demonstrate how you meet the identified education and experience criteria. Your answer should clearly identify your role in the noted example. A job title alone does not demonstrate that you have the requisite level of experience, so be sure to explain the relevant responsibilities and/or actions that you took. Failure to complete the questionnaire or failure to provide sufficient details to the screening questions related to the essential education and experience, you will be eliminated from this process.

Work environment

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to work for one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2017, according to the Globe and Mail?

Canadian Heritage is looking for a Building Systems Technician at the Canadian Conservation Institute to join the team that provides operation and maintenance of the facility at 1030 Innes Road in Ottawa.

The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) advances and promotes the conservation of Canada's heritage collections through its expertise in conservation science, treatment and preventive conservation. CCI works with heritage institutions and professionals to ensure these heritage collections are preserved and accessible to Canadians now and in the future.

If you are concerned about customer service, you are autonomous and reliable, this type of job could be for you! You could join a team of professionals engaged in making a positive contribution to a department that works in many sectors of activities related to culture, sports and arts.

Intent of the process

The intention of the process is to staff the position indeterminately (full-time).

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)

A secondary school diploma and / or professional diploma in plumbing or building technique or mechanical assembler and / or acceptable combination of experience and training.

Degree equivalency

Significant * experience in the operation and maintenance of a facility, including mechanical systems, automatic building control systems, electrical systems and fire protection systems.

Significant experience * in the operation and maintenance of each of the following: refrigeration equipment, boiler systems, water treatment and ventilation and air conditioning equipment

Significant experience* of the repair and maintenance of various types of mechanical equipment.

* Significant experience is defined by a rich and diverse experience normally coming from performing a wide range of varied and complex activities for a period of about 3 years.

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

Certificate in Building Environmental Systems Operator Class II or Building System Technician

Experience in the operation and maintenance of laboratory fume hoods.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of applicable building codes.

Knowledge of the applicable maintenance procedures for building systems.

Knowledge of energy conservation measures, and energy management systems.

Ability to diagnose various types of equipment failures within facilities and to perform repairs.

Ability to inspect, operate and maintain building mechanical and related systems.

Ability to interpret printouts of data outputs and graphical displays.

Ability to supervise and follow up with contractors or suppliers.

Ability to communicate.

Autonomy
Initiative
Reliability
Judgement
Team Player
Client service orientation

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

- Possession of a regular and valid Driver’s license;

- Being able and willing :
• to lift equipment;
• to work in difficult conditions (ex.: outdoors, in variable temperatures and in dusty or noisy places);
• to work overtime, including weekends;
• to work on standby *;
• to perform related duties related to the job, such as but not limited to; transportation of parts or artifacts, installation of equipment for events, painting work and various repairs.

* During the standby period, you must be present at the workplace within 60 minutes.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

An interview will be administered to qualifying candidates;

Reference checks will 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;

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

The Assessment Committee reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the candidates (within the Public Service Only), if found necessary, in order to adequately assess the candidates;

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials;

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

A top down approach on assessment results may be invoked at any stage in this process to limit numbers of candidates, or for appointment purposes.

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.