Materiel Technician

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Duties

Provides a centralized service for the receipt, warehousing and issue of departmental assets, prepares and makes recommendations regarding asset disposal, including furniture, equipment and supplies; and takes inventory of assets as required.

Effects minor departmental moves, including the relocation of furniture, equipment and computers (including disconnect and reconnect of equipment), installation of screens, shelving, whiteboards, and other office equipment and accessories.

Coordinates and delivers photocopy paper and burn bags to multiple destination points within the department.

Effects minor repairs on departmental furniture assets, including modification of ergonomic station run-offs, replacement of casters and veneer, assembling and dismantling of furniture and screens, and coordinates the completion of major repairs to furniture assets through commercial companies.

Provides ongoing support to departmental conference facilities such as setting up and dismantling rooms (e.g. theatre style, open horse-shoe).

Intent of the process

The immediate intent of this selection process is to staff one indeterminate position.

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions in the Public Service with various tenures, various linguistic and profiles, various security requirements, various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education:

E1• Successful completion of secondary school education, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

E1• *Recent and **significant experience in receiving and warehousing operations, inventory management and disposal of materiel and equipment.
E2• *Recent experience in the use of automated materiel management systems.
E3• *Recent experience in the use of Microsoft Office suite of applications (i.e. Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel)

*Recent is defined as experience normally acquired within the last 4 years.

**Significant experience is defined as depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of activities which could normally be acquired over a total period of 2 years.

Knowledge:

K1• Knowledge of the policies related to materiel management in the federal government.

Abilities:

A1• Ability to analyze issues and propose recommendations on materiel management requirements.
A2• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A3• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A4• Ability to work under pressure

Personal suitability:

PS1• Demonstrating integrity and respect;
PS2• Thinking things through;
PS3• Working effectively with others; and
PS4• Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
PS5• Dependability

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience:

AE1• Experience working with freestanding and systems furniture (i.e. panels and panel hung surfaces)
AE2• Experience in the use of SAP.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Availability to work overtime may be required during peak periods.
• The employee will be required to work within the core business hours
(7:30 am. To 5:00 p.m.).
• Employee will be required to wear safety footwear at all times and occasionally other protective clothing such as hard hat, gloves, smocks, and dust masks and goggles.
May include but not limited to, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, bending, pulling and/or pushing, grasping, reaching, stooping, and crouching, sitting, reading, writing, color determination, speaking and listening, for extended periods of time.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative level BBB/BBB
English or French essential

Information on language requirements

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

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

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;

As this is an inventory, applications will be accepted on an on-going basis until the closing date. Random selection(s) of candidates will occur continuously while the inventory is active.

Our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail and/or via candidates PSRS account for assessment purposes. Therefore, candidates should ensure that this electronic address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mail). It is your responsibility to keep your personal data in your PSRS Applicant Account up-to-date and to check your e-mail account regularly to ensure that you do not miss out on any opportunities.

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

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.