Environmental Officer

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Assessment accommodation

To be appointed to a position, you must meet all the essential qualifications. Other qualifications may be considered in the selection of the person appointed to the position. Some of the qualifications (essential or otherwise) will be assessed using your application. It is your responsibility to provide relevant examples of how you meet each requirement. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.

In order to be considered for employment, your application must clearly describe how you meet the following statements (essential qualifications)

Duties

The environmental officer provides advice and guidance, analyzes environmental problems related to laws, regulations, policies and programs, must carry out various projects according to the priorities of the environmental program, must provide training and conduct environmental compliance audits. The main environmental aspects considered are the hazardous materials management, halocarbons, the petroleum product storage systems management, contaminated sites management, species and their habitats.

Work environment

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada building is located at 104 Dalhousie Street, in the heart of the Old Port of Quebec City, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. The building is close to restaurants, parks and walking and running trails, a public market, etc. Employees have access to amenities such as showers, changing rooms and a secure bicycle room, allowing them to commute to work using the Quebec City bicycle path system. In addition, the Employee Social Club offers a program of activities depending on the season.

Intent of the process

There are two components to this process:
- Stream 1: Environmental Compliance
- Stream 2: Contaminated Sites Management

The intent of this process is to fill one (1) temporary one-year position (French essential) on the Environmental Compliance Team.

A pool of qualified candidates for each of the components will be created and may be used to fill similar permanent or temporary positions within Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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

Streams 1 and 2
Bachelor's degree with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry or other science related to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES

Streams 1 and 2
- Recent and significant* experience in providing environmental advice and recommendations.

Definition of 'Environmental': a field related to environmental compliance management, pollution prevention, contaminated site management, environmental protection or resource conservation.

- Recent and significant* experience in analyzing and interpreting scientific data and writing environmental technical reports or documents.

- Recent and significant* experience in managing environmental projects and/or delivering environmental programs.

Stream 2
- Recent and significant* experience in contaminated sites management, including the performance and analysis of characterization, rehabilitation or risk management work.

*Recent and significant experience means 2 years of experience acquired over the last 5 years.

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

Various language requirements
Various language requirements such as Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB and French Essential.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

Stream 1
- Knowledge of the main federal and provincial (Quebec) laws related to environmental protection.

Stream 2
- Knowledge of the main federal and provincial (Quebec) legislation related to environmental protection and contaminated sites management including the Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Policy .

- Knowledge of characterization, risk analysis/management and remediation of contaminated sites practices.

ABILITIES

Streams 1 and 2
- Ability to communicate orally.
- Ability to communicate in writing.
- Ability to manage priorities.

Stream 1
- Ability to identify, analyze and evaluate environmental issues and make appropriate recommendations.
- Ability to interpret environmental regulatory requirements.

Stream 2
- Ability to identify, analyze and evaluate a problem related to the contamination of a site and to make appropriate recommendations.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Streams 1 and 2
- Judgement
- Initiative
- Work effectively with others

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

KNOWLEDGE

Stream 2
- General knowledge of the federal approach to contaminated sites.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

- Ability and willingness to travel frequently to remote areas in small aircraft, vehicles or watercraft, sometimes under difficult weather and road conditions.
- A valid class 5 driver's licence.
- Ability and willingness to work overtime as required.

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

A situational exercise may be administered.

If applicable, you will have to provide proof of your original education credentials when requested.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.

Candidates from outside the federal Public Service may be required to pay for their own travel expenses for assessment.

Official language proficiency: due to its unique character, this essential qualification could be assessed and required solely upon appointment. It is therefore the candidate’s responsibility to inform the person in charge of the selection process if he/she obtains the linguistic requirements after the pool has been established. Also, a person who initially failed linguistic testing could be reintroduced into the pool of qualified candidates during the pool’s validity period if, for example, he/she is assessed again through another selection process or following linguistic training.

Please note that any acting appointment or assignment must be made as part of an agreement between the home manager and the host manager and therefore requires the approval of the manager of the substantive position, with no obligation on his or her part. It is therefore important to discuss any such possibilities with your manager before indicating your interest.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates through emails and/or through the www.canada.ca/government-jobs applicant account. Candidates participating in this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and that their system accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block the receipt of these types of email).

Once the decision regarding the selected candidate(s) is made, the other interested applicants will be informed and, in the case of an acting appointment, they will also be informed of their right to make a complaint to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board on the www.canada.ca/government-jobs.

ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE www.canada.ca/government-jobs WEBSITE. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.

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.