Director, Engineering and Technical Services

Important messages

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the Screening questionnaire how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the essential and asset qualifications (other qualifications). Please note that stating that the requirement has been met, and/or listing past or current responsibilities, does not represent adequate substantiation. Rather, you must provide concrete examples that clearly illustrate how you meet the requirement. Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached resume" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected. Failure to provide this information in the requested format may result in your application being rejected.

Please note that your application could be used to assess the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Duties

Directs engineering and scientific staff on development and implementation of national technical and operational design standards, guidelines, procedures and tools related to capital project planning, asset life-cycle management, infrastructure construction, facility maintenance and environmental stewardship; oversees technical and operational research and studies by staff and contract consultants; develops strategic recommendations and plans on emerging issues (ex: climate change) and new initiatives for program improvement and sustainability; ensures environmental regulatory compliance and due diligence including addressing new environmental regulatory requirements and contaminated sites; and leads national engineering and environmental committees.

Work environment

In August 2017, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that, effective April 1st 2018, the Gulf Fisheries Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick will be the new home of DFO’s national component of the Small Craft Harbours program, which is currently located in Ottawa.

Small Craft Harbours (SCH) is a nationwide program of the Department of Fisheries and Oceanswhich operates and maintains a national network of harbours in support of the needs of the commercial fishing industry. The mandate of SCH is to keep the harbours that are critical to the fishing industry open and in good repair. The program is delivered in cooperation with Harbour Authorities (local not-for-profit organizations) who manage the harbours. Low activity fishing harbours and recreational harbours are divested to third parties.

SCH is a decentralized program. Moncton will provide national coordination with five regional offices who manage program operations.

SCH pursues three main strategies to fulfill its mandate:
• Maintain a network of core fishing harbours;
• Promote and sustain the use of Harbour Authorities for the local management and operation of core fishing harbours;.
• Transfer the ownership of non-core fishing harbours and recreational harbours to local communities through divestiture.

Intent of the process

The intent of this advertisement is to staff the position of Director, Engineering and Technical Services (EN-ENG-06) in Moncton, New-Brunswick on an indeterminate basis. A pool of candidates may be established.

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
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, aeronautical engineering, geological engineering, naval architecture or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
- Certification as a Professional Engineer in Canada

EXPERIENCE
- Experience in developing and implementing short and long term operational strategies or policies.
- Significant* experience in validating and providing technical engineering advice to senior management.
- Significant* experience in providing diverse engineering services or in managing a team involved in providing diverse engineering services (Ex.. design, construction, investigations and reports, analysis, conditions assessments).
- Significant* experience in the management of human and financial resources.

*Significant is understood to mean the depth and breadth normally associated with having regularly performed these duties over a period of approximately 3 to 5 years.

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

EDUCATION (ASSET)
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in civil engineering or naval architecture.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (ASSET)
- Experience working with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours program
- Experience in conducting marine engineering projects.
- Experience in developing national construction and engineering maintenance policies and plans.
- Experience in the field of sustainable development, climate change and environmental management.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
Positions with other bilingual imperative profiles might be staffed using this process.

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES
- Create Vision and Strategy
- Uphold Integrity and Respect
- Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
- Promote Innovation and Guide Change
- Achieve Results
- Communication Skills

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness and ability to travel
- Willingness and ability to work overtime, often on short notice

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Other information

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

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

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Center for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

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.

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.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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

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.