Physical Scientist

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We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one PC 02 position located at Natural Resources Canada in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada at the PC-02 group and level with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative), language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability Status, Secret), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Graduation with a degree from a recognized university, with acceptable specialization in geology, physics, biology or other science relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

• Experience preparing for and participating in marine geoscience research and field activities.
• Experience using Geographic Information System (GIS) software to process and analyse scientific data.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

• Knowledge of seafloor mapping technology and the processing and interpretation of associated data.
• Knowledge of methods to analyse and interpret marine sediment samples.

• Ability to assess, integrate and analyse multiple data sets.
• Ability to apply methods, and techniques to conduct seabed geological research.
• Ability to plan, prepare and coordinate logistics for field operations.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.

• Effective Interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Judgement

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

• Experience in the acquisition, processing and visualization of seabed geospatial data such as geophysical data, multibeam bathymetry, bathymetric LIDAR.
• Experience collecting marine geoscience samples from the seabed.

• Ability to program using scientific software such as MatLab or Python.

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - This factor is not used at the screening stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.

• Willing and able to undertake field work, at sea or in remote land locations for up to 3 months a year.
• Occupational Health Assessment (Medical) required before appointment and to be maintained throughout employment (Department will arrange).

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

The client organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. 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.

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

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

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

An interview may be sought.

A written test may be administered.

A situational exercise may be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any time during the process to identify which applicants will be further assessed.

Candidates should be prepared to provide proof of education (copy of degree/diploma) and citizenship or permanent resident status. If you have obtained education outside Canada, you will be required to submit proof of evaluation of Canadian equivalency.

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

If you are selected for further consideration, please advise the person who will contact you of any accommodations you may require during the selection process.

Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

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

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.