Junior Maintenance Management Specialist (Dams) **AMENDMENT TO CLOSING DATE**

Work environment

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Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada across Canada with various tenures such as indeterminate or term. The pool can be used to staff positions with various linguistic profiles and various security requirements.

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:

Post-secondary school diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Technology or other area related to the position and two (2) years of experience on the labor market in relation to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

Experiences:

Experience in reviewing and preparing reports, specifications, drawings, inspection reports for heavy Civil Infrastructure.
Experience collecting data, measuring heavy civil infrastructure components, and performing inspections on heavy civil engineering infrastructure.
Experience in planning, scheduling, and managing routine maintenance contracts for electrical and mechanical equipment associated with dams or hydro power stations.
Experience in the delivery and quality assurance of low value and low complexity repairs to dams or other heavy civil engineering infrastructure.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

Knowledge of construction costs, methods, and materials.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of dam safety and public safety around dams.
Knowledge of dam mechanical or electrical inspection procedures and methods.
Knowledge of routine maintenance tasks needed to ensure reliability of dams and their flow control equipment.

Competencies:

Values and ethics
Action management
Client service

Ability:

Ability to communicate effectivelly orally.

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

Asset Qualifications:

Experience in quality control or quality assurance on construction sites.
Experience as a Dam Keeper or Lock Master on a canal or waterway.
Experience as a trades person or labourer working on bridges, dams, highways, or other heavy civil engineering infrastructure.
Professional accreditation as a Certified Engineering Technologist.

Operational Requirements:

Willing and able to work overtime when needed and on short notice.
Willing and able to work on construction sites, from heights, around fast-flowing water, and walk or climb over rough terrain.
Willing and able to work in tight or confined spaces, work in a stooped or crouched position, work outdoors under various weather conditions and able to lift equipment (40 lbs).
Willing and able to be exposed to noise, dust, and fumes from normal traffic on dam decks and from construction equipment during repair and construction projects.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other Conditions of Employment:

Willing and able to maintain a driver’s license.
Willing and able to wear boots, hard hat, reflective clothing, and other safety equipment to suit site-specific hazards.
Willing and able to travel, by car, train or plane, to project sites including out of town overnight stays up to a week at a time.

Other information

You must provide proof of your education credentials and proof of citizenship.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

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.

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE. While online application is the preferred method, your application can also be sent by e-mail, in which case you must indicate the process reference number and your application must be received at the latest on the closing date.

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel costs associated with this selection process.

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.