Architect / Landscape Architect / Urban Planner

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, auditing and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards.

PSPC has one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of real estate in the country and is the Government of Canada’s real property expert.

By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

Intent of the process

A list of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff positions within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada. The pool may be used to initiate any appointment process for positions with various tenures, linguistic requirements and security requirements.

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

All positions:

Architect:
Graduation with a degree in architecture from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Landscape Architect and Urban Planner:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in landscape architecture or in urban planning, rural planning, community planning or some other specialty relevant to landscape architect and town planner positions.

Note: The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

AND

AR-05 and AR-06 only:

Architect:
Registration as a professional architect in Canada.

Landscape Architect and Urban Planner:
Registration as a professional Landscape Architect or Urban Planner in Canada.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

The experience must be related to the discipline for which you apply. Please note that all disciplines are represented in AR classification. In this process, we are looking for the following levels: AR-04, AR-05, AR-06.

All positions:

E1. Significant experience* in providing professional services in the discipline.
AR-04: approximatively three (3) years of experience.
AR-05: approximatively eight (8) years of experience.
AR-06: approximatively twelve (12) years of experience.

E2. Significant experience* in providing advice in the following specialties:
- Design Development
- Building Code Conformance
- Inclusive Accessibility
- Building Science
- Master and Site Planning
- Building and Site Construction
- Sustainability

AR-04: significant experience in one (1) specialty or more.
AR-05 and AR-06: significant experience in two (2) specialties or more.

*Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of relevant functions.

AR-06 only:

E3. At least three (3) years of recent** experience in supervision and management of financial and human resources, including professional architectural or landscape architecture or urban planning teams.

**Recent is defined as being approximatively within the last five (5) years.

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

Various language requirements
- English Essential or French Essential
- Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
- Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

K1. Knowledge of practices related to project management.
K2. Knowledge of building or landscape components, and their integration into design and construction.
K3. Knowledge of standards, regulations and codes in design and in construction.

COMPETENCIES

All positions:

C1. Uphold Integrity and Respect
C2. Client Service
C3. Achieve Results
C4. Promote Innovation and Drive Change
C5. Communicate Effectively

AR-06 only:

C6. Mobilize People
C7. Create Vision and Strategy

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

EDUCATION

AE1. Additional education (postgraduate, certificate, diploma), or training related to:
- Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Building Science and Technology (BIM)
- Sustainable planning, design, and construction practices; assessment tools. (eg. LEED)
- Project management
- Accessibility Legislation, Regulations and Standards

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

AEX1. Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Building envelope design
- Land use planning and land development
- Building Information Modeling, Collaboration Technologies or Virtual Design and Construction
- Stakeholder consultation and engagement

AEX2. Experience in providing professional functional advice, developing and implementing policies, standards, guidelines or best practices related to buildings, landscapes or urban environments.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

OR1. Willingness and ability to travel to locations throughout Canada and occasionally abroad.
OR2. Willingness and ability to work overtime on occasion on short notice including weekends.

Conditions of employment

CE1. Various security requirements: Reliability to Secret.
CE2. Willingness and ability to work in and around construction sites including wearing protective equipment.

AR-05 and AR-06 only:

CE3. Maintaining registration as a professional architect or professional landscape architect/urban planner in Canada throughout duration of employment.

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.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid email 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 to be noted that it is your responsibility to ensure that, you communicate any changes related to your telephone number or e-mail address (please see contact information below).

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.

Please apply online. No applications submitted by email will be accepted.

Do you have questions? We are available! Please indicate the following process number in your email so that we can provide you the correct information: 2019-SVC-EA-HQ-352860.

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.