Project Engineer (Stability)

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

This process will be used to establish a candidate pool for filling current and future vacancies with various tenures (term, indeterminate, casual).

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)

Education:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Naval Architecture or other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

- Experience in providing expertise and recommendations to managers, supervisors, work groups, committees or production employees.
- Experience producing technical drawings.
- Experience writing technical engineering reports.
- Experience in docking events and / or stability experiments for ships and / or submarines.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

- Knowledge of stability requirements for ships and / or submarines.

Personal Suitability:

- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- History of effective teamwork.
- History of dependability.
- Ability to apply engineering principles to the support of ships and submarines.

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

Education:

- Graduation with a master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering.
- Other relevant specialized education and training.

Occupational Certification:

- Maintain a recognized professional designation (i.e. P.Eng., EIT, PMP).

Experience / Knowledge:

- Knowledge of conducting shock analysis of structures or equipment employed in the marine environment.
- Knowledge of the application of Materials Engineering practices in the marine environment.
- Knowledge of the design and operation of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) in the marine environment.
- Knowledge of hydrodynamics of ships or submarines.
- Knowledge of conducting ship structural analysis.
- Experience in the use of a departmental business process system, such as Defence Resource Management Information System (DRMIS) or another SAP- based program.
- Experience with engineering software, such as: Paramarine, General Hydrostatics, Solidworks, AutoCAD, Microstation, Rhino, Polyworks, etc.
- Experience in managing the operations of a multi-disciplined work group (to include engineers, technicians or draftsmen) in the conduct of technical activities

Degree equivalency

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

Information on employment equity

Occasionally, this position requires candidates to work:

- overtime, evenings and on weekends at short notice; and
- at height, in confined spaces, or in high noise areas.

Conditions of employment

Reliability and security:

Various (including Reliability, Secret)

Other conditions of employment:

- Ability to work in an open office environment and in an industrial environment.
- Ability to work on and transfer to/from ships and submarines via small boat or helicopter. Ability to travel nationally or internationally.
- Ability to work in confined spaces on board ship or submarines.

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.