Environment or Health and Safety Advisor (Multiple Streams)

Important messages

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Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

Please note that you must send a copy of your educational credentials BEFORE the closing date of the poster at the following email address: .

Work environment

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Intent of the process

The immediate need of this process is to staff six (6) positions indeterminately within Public Services and Procurement Canada. A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within the public service with various tenures such as temporary or permanent. The pool could be used to staff positions with various linguistic requirements and various security requirements.

Positions to be filled: 6

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

****IMPORTANT**** You must clearly demonstrate in your answers to the screening questions how you meet the education and experience criteria. You must clearly demonstrate WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification by giving examples. Failure to provide the above information may result in your application being rejected.

EDUCATION:

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry, biology or some other studies relevant to the position (i.e. industrial hygiene)

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:

Significant* and recent** experience in planning and implementing technical projects or programs related to at least one of the following:
- Stream 1: Environmental Compliance;
- Stream 2: Contaminated Sites;
- Stream 3: Sustainable Buildings;
- Stream 4: Custodial Health and Safety.
**NOTE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH STREAMS ARE DESCRIBED IN THE "OTHER INFORMATION" SECTION**

Significant* and recent** experience in providing environmental or health and safety services to clients.

Significant* and recent** experience assessing and interpreting environmental and/or health and safety related data.

*Definitions:

*SIGNIFICANT will be evaluated in terms of the degree complexity*** and diversity of work handled, and the level of direct responsibility demonstrated for a wide variety of complex files and/or projects.

** RECENT experience is defined as within the last 5 years, immediately prior to the closing date of this job advertisement.

***COMPLEX files would contain two or more of the following characteristics: high profile (e.g. public or media attention), multi-stakeholder, high value (e.g. include financial information), multi organizational, multi-jurisdictional (e.g. public-private, federal-provincial, federal-municipal), broad in scope, requiring broad consultations, high impact or any other factors for which the value of complexity can be demonstrate by the candidate.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC; BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of project management as applied to environmental and/or health safety issues.

Knowledge of federal Acts and Regulations as they apply to environment or health and safety and their application to real property programs and projects.

Knowledge of the Federal Government’s approach to Sustainable Development.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

Create Vision and Strategy
Mobilize People
Uphold Integrity and Respect
Promote Innovation and Guide Change
Achieve Results

Client Service (Level 2)

For information on the Key Leadership Competency for supervisors, please see the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

For more information on the Client Service Competency, please see the following link: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html

ABILITIES:

Ability communicate effectively orally;

Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in contract management and administration including: identifying requirements, developing scope of work and specifications, monitoring contractor progress and performance ;

Experience with complex*** contaminated sites remediation projects including different methodologies (i.e. in situ and ex situ remediation);

Experience in the development, implementation and administration of sustainable development strategies for solid waste management programs and non-hazardous waste;

Experience in the interpretation and application of sustainability concepts and rating/assessment systems as applied to Real Property operations and services.

Experience in the interpretation and application of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) as applied to Real Property operations;

Experience in conducting and/or reviewing Canada Labour Code (CLC) studies and investigations;

Experience in managing human and financial resources.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Willingness to perform duties that require minimum physical labour (i.e. climbing ladders, carrying equipment, confined space entry);
Willingness to travel on occasion;
Willingness to work overtime on short notice

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

Please note that your answers to the screening questions will be used to assess your ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

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.

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

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH STREAM:

STREAM 1 - ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
REGIONAL LEVEL: Provide building and asset specific technical support and guidance as well as implementation of regional (and occasionally national) Environmental Compliance programs and projects that relate to the management of real property in the fields of: fuel storage systems, halocarbons, species at risk, environmental impact assessment, hazardous substances, waste water and various other areas related to the federal and provincial environmental legislation.

NATIONAL LEVEL: Provide functional direction on Environmental Compliance programs that relate to real property. This includes but is not limited to the development of national policies, processes, tools and training; provision of advice and guidance; implementation of process quality management and governance in the fields described in Operations.

STREAM 2 - CONTAMINATED SITES
REGIONAL LEVEL: Provide, under a client-oriented environment, overall leadership for the planning, design and implementation of contaminated sites programs and/or projects involving: Phased environmental assessments (I, II and III); Remediation Options Analysis and Risk Management (Human Health and Ecological) projects.

NATIONAL LEVEL: Responding to Senior level inquiries and sensitive information requests, developing and monitoring national workplans and programs, engaging internal PSPC and external federal and private sector stakeholders, assisting in developing tools and approaches for the benefit of the national PSPC team and the federal community.

STREAM 3 - SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS MANAGEMENT
REGIONAL LEVEL: Provide planning, design, Quality Assurance and performance management for integrated sustainable project, building, site and portfolio level solutions. Program Areas include, water (conservation, re-use, green/blue infrastructure); Waste (reduction, prevention, up cycling/reuse/recycle); Materials (life-cycle assessment, connection to nature, impact on humans/wildlife); Positive site impacts (regenerative solutions); Health and wellness to build employee productivity; intelligent workplace and employee engagement and Community/site sustainability and resilience

NATIONAL LEVEL: Provide functional guidance and leadership on sustainable building aspects to Real Property Services, Regions and PSPC Senior Management; develop programs, tools and services related to sustainable buildings; collaborate and consult with partners internal and external to the department; do research and analysis of the sustainability trends to keep up to date and continue to advance the PSPC and Real Property Services sustainability agenda. The Program areas include waste management, water management, sustainable materials, positive site impacts, occupant wellness and productivity, sustainable performance assessment standards, and integration into communities and sites.

STREAM 4 - CUSTODIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
REGIONAL LEVEL: Provide building specific technical support and guidance as well as implementation of regional (and occasionally national) Health and Safety Programs and Projects that relate to Real Property in the fields of potable water, indoor air quality (including radon and mould), asbestos, hazardous substances, legionella, and various other areas related to the Canada Labour Code (such as lighting, acoustic, etc.).

NATIONAL LEVEL: Provide functional direction on Health and Safety compliance programs that relate to Real Property. This includes but is not limited to the development of national policies, processes and tools; provision of advice and guidance; implementation of process quality management and governance in the fields described in Operations.

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.