Methods Validation 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

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.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one EG-04 position on a determinate basis for a period of 1 year.

A pool of qualified candidates will also be established through this process to staff identical or similar EG-04 positions within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, or Bilingual) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability status or Secret clearance), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

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)

Successful completion of post-secondary education from a recognized post-secondary institution in Chemical Technology, Laboratory Technology, or in another field related to the duties of the position, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience consulting with and providing technical advice, information or services in response to written and verbal requests related to the interpretation, validity or accessibility of the data or products
Experience in writing or contributing to scientific papers or technical documents.
Experience recommending new systems, standard specifications or methodologies

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of guidelines, processes, procedures and techniques to maintain and devise safety and health procedures
Knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of technical procedures, techniques
Knowledge of the practices to set-up and carry out analytical or investigative projects including experiments
Knowledge of quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) principles applied to analytical laboratories

Demonstrating integrity and respect
Thinking things through
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action oriented
Ability to calibrate and maintain standard laboratory equipment
Ability to perform accurate calculations on experimental results.
Ability to work under pressure of tight deadlines and changes in priorities
Ability to train people

Reliability
Judgment

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

Experience operating and maintaining Gas Chromatographs
Experience performing wet chemistry such as filtration, titration and extraction
Experience operating and maintaining elemental analyzers including combustion or ICP instruments
Experience operating and maintaining distillation apparatus
Experience operating and maintaining physical properties analyzers such as Densitometers and automatic viscometers
Experience operating and maintaining adiabatic or scanning calorimeters
Experience setting up and performing contaminant transport experiments
Experience setting up and performing oil sands tailings experiments
Experience operating and maintaining ion chromatographs
Experience operating and maintaining dissolved/total inorganic and organic analysers.
Experience conducting experiments and analyses for oil sand tailings research such as settling tests, specific resistance to filtration (SFR), yield stress
Experience operating and maintaining particle size analysis instruments
Experience operating and maintaining surface tensiometers

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

Ability and willingness to do occasional overtime
Ability and willingness to do occasional shift work

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Willing to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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

You must provide proof of your education credentials. 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 hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Government of Canada jobs website. 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.

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.

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.