Corrosion Technologist

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

NOTE: You must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and other qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.   For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate's responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.   We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel:

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html

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

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job, means developing
leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We
know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why
we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada
you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development
programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis.
We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible
work arrangements.

Intent of the process

A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established from this selection process and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, various linguistic profiles as well as various security clearances.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 9,999 words (maximum) "The ability to communicate in writing in English will be assessed using the cover letter in combination with the first experience criteria: Assembling, installing, operating and troubleshooting experimental apparatus and equipment for use in scientific projects and/or industrial applications."

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

Successful completion of a post-secondary diploma or degree with a specialization related to materials science or engineering, corrosion, chemistry or a relevant technical science, from an accredited post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

Assembling, installing, operating and troubleshooting experimental apparatus and equipment for use in scientific projects and/or industrial applications
Collecting, compiling, verifying and analyzing data from experiments
Calibrating and validating scientific equipment and techniques
Maintaining technical logs, files and records, databases and inventories
Working with chemicals in a laboratory environment

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of the principles and practices of conducting experiments in a chemistry, corrosion or materials science laboratory
Knowledge of the apparatus, equipment and techniques used in materials science, particularly as they relate to the study of corrosion and environmental cracking
Knowledge of WHMIS and Occupational Health and Safety guidelines.

Ability to set-up and conduct tests involving corrosive, high temperature and/or high pressure environments
Ability to prepare metallic, polymeric or coated specimens for environmental testing
Ability to work with compressed gases, acids, bases and other chemicals
Ability to organize work and establish priorities to meet deadlines
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing in English
Ability to use word processing applications, spreadsheets (MS Excel) and MS PowerPoint software

Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to learn
Thoroughness and attention to details
Flexibility

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

Experience with high temperature/high pressure equipment
Experience with corrosion testing
Experience working with dangerous chemicals such as: sulfides, concentrated acids, organic solvents, flammable and toxic gases

Willing and able to work overtime as required and to adopt flexible work hours as per operational requirements
Willing and able to wear a supplied-air breathing apparatus (SABA or SCBA)

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Willing and able to wear an air-purifying respirator (half-mask)
Must work with hazardous chemicals

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

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

The hiring 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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We thank all applicants for their interest in our position, for the purpose of this staffing process, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

It is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for assessment purposes. This will include communication of invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

Reference checks will be sought. References must have an in-depth and direct knowledge of your work, and must be able to answer specific questions pertaining to your achievements and strengths. References must have worked with you for at least six (6) months within the last five (5) years.

An interview may be conducted.

A written examination may be administered.

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.

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

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the other qualifications may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre 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.

The breadth and depth of experience may be considered when making selections from the qualified pool and in determining the "best fit" for the organization.

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

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for assessment purposes. This will include invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate's responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

Candidates must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.

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, 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.